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The proposed mine would be located directly across the road from the park. The sand from the mine will be used for natural gas “fracking,” a controversial process used to mine greater stores of natural gas. Prairie Rivers Network and others are concerned that noise and dust from the mine will negatively impact the people and wildlife that use the park.
Read this story, published June 4, 2012 in Midwest Energy News and our previous posts about the mine.