Save the Kasota Prairie was formed in 1979, when a group of local residents demanded that the company running the Kasota silica mine — at the time, it was Unimin Corp. — be required to do an environmental assessment after it announced plans to rezone a prairie just southwest of the city for strip mining.
Source: https://www.bemidjipioneer.com
Supporters worry mining company’s bankruptcy filing could leave fate of Minnesota prairie undecided
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