KILL THE ALBION PRAIRIE MINE BEFORE IT
KILLS OUR PRAIRIE AND WILDLIFE
WE OPPOSED AND STOPPEDTHE CUP # 2260 THAT WOULD HAVE TURNED A BEAUTIFUL ALBION PRAIRIE FIELD INTO A GRAVEL QUARRY DIRECTLY BORDERING THE ALBION WETLANDS
ON FEB. 12 2014 THE ALBION TOWN BOARD APPROVED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR GIANT CORPORATE FARMER TO PUT A 105 ACRE GRAVEL QUARRY ON THE ALBION PRAIRIE. THIS MINE IS TO BE LOCATED ON A GREATER THAN 20% SLOPE ON THE BEAUTIFUL HIGH PRAIRE ABOVE AND BORDERING THE ALBION WETLAND CORRIDOR MARSH. THEY WILL BE BLASTING, GRINDING, LOADING AND HAULING GRAVEL FROM THIS SITE FOR 10 YEARS FROM 6 A.M. TO 6 P.M. DAILY AND 6 A.M. TO 2 P.M. ON SATURDAYS!
CRAZY ACRES INC. OWNS THOUSANDS OF ACRES AWAY FROM SENSITIVE WETLANDS AND HOMES BUT HAS CHOSEN TO LOCATE THIS IN AN AREA OF RARE REMAINING WILDLIFE HABITAT AND QUIET HISTORIC COUNTRY FARM HOMES.
THIS WILL BE 500 FT. FROM A NEIGHBORING HISTORIC PROPERTY, WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM PEOPLES HOMES IN A HIGH WIND AREA, AND WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF CHILDREN RIDING HORSES!
AS MANY AS 200 TRUCK LOADS OF GRAVEL PULLING OUT ONTO BUSY HIGH 73 A DAY, 200 EMPTY TRUCKS GOING BACK IN EACH DAY,
! ONE TRUCK EVERY 1.8 MINUTES !
STOP THIS ASSUALT ON THE WILDLIFE, THE BEAUTY ,THE RURAL LANDSCAPE, THE PEACE AND ENJOYMENT OF OUR HOMES
SHOW UP AND OPPOSE CUP #2260 CRAZY ACRES INC. MINERAL EXTRACTION
This mineral extraction does not comply with Dane County Zoning standards nor already permitted use of neighboring properties
THEIR HOME IS IN DANGER
THEY NEED YOUR HELP!
THE COURT STOPPED CUP #2260
STOP OTHERS FROM DESTROYING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR US AND OUR WILDLIFE!
STOP IT FROM HAPPENING TO YOU NEXT !
save the peace and enjoyment of our homes and our delicate wetlands and wildlife in Albion!
Call Dane County Zoning 608-266-4266
THIS PEN AND THESE HORSES
ARE WITHIN 600' OF THIS PROPOSED SITE !
105 acres is the equivilant of 79 NFLfootball fields in size, the Mall of America gross sq. ft. is only 97 acres.
This mine site is equal
to 7.7 State Capital
Square grounds.
! Stop CUP # 2260 !
MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAME THE CUP # AND REFERENCE THE STANDARDS THIS DOES NOT MEET IN YOUR OBJECTION.
Link to photos by permission of David H. Thompson - photographer and environmental blogger
DEAR SUPPORTER'S, WE WON THE APPEAL! PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THE JUDGES DECISION! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WE WON AGAIN BUT ALBION ISSTILL IN DANGER! We need help!
Town board member BRUCE HUDSON was voted out Aril 2016. Save Albion! KEEP HUDSON AND WESTBY OFF THE BOARD !
WE WON THE QUARRY IS STOPPED! BUT OTHERS ARE THREATENING!