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Rick G. Phillips, APR
Director, Public Relations
P.O. Box 27
Boise, ID 83707
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January 26, 2011 - -- Appeals Court Makes Smoky Canyon Decision
A ruling on Dec. 23 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit represents a major victory for the Simplot Company in the long legal battle...

 
In the News – Clips and Corrections

Idaho mines harm Yellowstone fish - Jan 12

News article based on misleading statements and data from activist about cuttthroat trout. Idaho state cutthroat management plan contains more factual data. (more)

 
Fact Sheets
Why is Phosphate important?
Why is Selenium an issue in SE Idaho?
 
Smoky Canyon visuals
Go to videoForest Service video
USFS produced 14 min video about Phosphate Mining in the Caribou-Targhee forest.
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Go to Pole Canyon videoThe Pole Canyon Solution video
How the J.R. Simplot Company solved the selenium challenge at Smoky Canyon. Video depicts the history of phosphate mining in Idaho by J.R. Simplot Co, the importance of phosphate as a fertilizer and the unanticipated selenium problem at Pole Canyon and Simplot’s engineered solution to selenium migration.

 
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