Re: Naylor Farms water request

[Bill London <london@moscow.com>]

Thank you Julia for an explanation of the role Brent Thomspon has played
in the Deary clay mining proposal and this new clay mining proposal at
Naylor Farms.  The Naylor Farms request never made sense as an
agriculture proposal--but it does make more economic sense as a clay
mining venture disguised as organic ag.
I continue to wonder why Latah County is not involved in the
discussion--after all as Naylor Farms pumps the aquifer dry, it will be
the private farm wells that will fail first.
I also wonder why these private negotiations between Naylor Farms and
the cities of Moscow and Pullman are still off limits to media and to
the public.
I hope the public meetings about ground water scheduled this week will
explain some of this.
BL

julia parker wrote:

> Greetings,
> When I read the messages from Bill London and
> Priscilla Salant about the request for water rights
> filed by Brent Thompson, it made me wonder about his
> connections with the mining company called Alchemy
> Ventures, Ltd.  (www.alchemykaolin.com)  Alchemy
> Ventures is nominally a mining company that was
> previously in the gold exploration business -- they
> trade under the symbol ALY TXS at about 32 cents per
> share.
> Last year Mr. Thompson appeared to be fairly heavily
> involved in the Canadian mining company's bid to get
> water rights and rights to mine kaolin clay in the
> Deary/Helmer area.  This request is still being
> processed in Boise.
> Some residents of the Deary/Helmer area were concerned
> about the impact of the kaolin mine and a potentially
> highly water-dependent processing plant in their area.
>
> Perhaps there is a very valid reason for Mr.
> Thompson's request for millions of gallons of water to
> farm 80 acres organically.  (Kaolin is an organic
> pesticide.) But, it seems to me that with the amount
> of water being requested a kaolin processing plant
> could be well supplied (no pun intended).
> I hope the community will hear more from Mr. Thompson
> about his farm's water needs and his connections with
> the proposed processing plant.
>
>
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