<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Matt Nykiel of the Idaho Conservation League explained “What You Need to Know About Mining on Public Lands in Idaho” at the League of Women Voters of Moscow (LWV-Moscow) forum on Wednesday (Oct. 30) in the Arts Workshop of the Moscow 1912 Community Center.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Some, but not all, mining provides critical components in the tools we use in everyday life, but it comes at a cost that, as consumers, we often do not bear or are unaware of. This presentation summarized some of the historical and present-day mining issues in Idaho and described how ICL evaluates new mining proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nykeil is a conservation associate with ICL working to protect water quality and advocating to end fossil fuel use in Idaho's Panhandle. He earned his law degree in Colorado shortly before he accepted a position in ICL's Sandpoint field office.</span></p><div>Videos and photos of this forum are accessible at:</div><div><br></div><div><b>“What You Need to Know About Mining on Public Lands in Idaho”</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/Mining_in_Idaho_103019/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/Mining_in_Idaho_103019/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Videos and photos of previous LWV-Moscow forums are accessible at</div><div><br></div><div><b>League of Women Voters of Moscow</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/LWV/</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>