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## While the protests failed to stop the landfill, they are widely credited with starting the national environmental justice movement.
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They marked the first time that environmental concerns were recognized as fundamentally linked to racial and socioeconomic inequality.
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## While the protests failed to stop the landfill, they are widely credited with starting the national environmental justice movement. They marked the first time that environmental concerns were recognized as fundamentally linked to racial and socioeconomic inequality.
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<img src="../../images/forestpubliccomment.webp" alt="Image of a form for to submit public comments on the construction of the road that was included in the draft EIS. Headline: How you can participate in the decision"/>
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<img src="../../images/invisible-hazards/forestpubliccomment.webp" alt="Image of a form for to submit public comments on the construction of the road that was included in the draft EIS. Headline: How you can participate in the decision"/>
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<img src="../../images/GOroadalternative.webp" alt="alternative roadmap option published in the EIS"/>
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<img src="../../images/invisible-hazards/GOroadalternative.webp" alt="alternative roadmap option published in the EIS"/>
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<img src="../../images/GOroadmap.webp" alt="proposed road map published in the EIS"/>
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<img src="../../images/invisible-hazards/GOroadmap.webp" alt="proposed road map published in the EIS"/>
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Alternatives Considered
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The draft EIS analyzed several alternatives:
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- 1. Proposed action (build the road)
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1. Proposed action (build the road)
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2. Alternate routes
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Public Response
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### The no-action alternative was presented as the only option that would fully preserve the cultural and environmental values of the area.
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## The no-action alternative was presented as the only option that would fully preserve the cultural and environmental values of the area.
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<span className="tag">US Forest Service</span>ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
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ETHNOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF GASQUET-ORLEANS ROAD SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST: A
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PROPOSAL<span className="date">1978</span>
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<span className="tag">US Forest Service </span>Archaeological and Ethnographic Survey of Gasquet-Orleans Road Six Rivers National Forest: A
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## Final EIS published
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<span className="tag">US Forest Service</span>Final Environmental Impact
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Statement Gasquet-Orleans Road (Chimney Rock Section)
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<span className="tag">US Forest Service </span>Final Environmental Impact
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<img src="../../images/invisible-hazards/supremecourtpetition.webp" alt="Image of the petition to the Congress of the United States created by the affected tribes"/>
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## The decisions by the Forest Service and Supreme Court to continue construction of the road despite its significant disruption to Native American culture ask us,
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Who’s opinion counts in big environmental decisions?
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## The decisions by the Forest Service and Supreme Court to continue construction of the road despite its significant disruption to Native American culture ask us, whose opinion counts in big environmental decisions?
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<img src="../../images/cancerAlleyMap.webp" alt="Map of Cancer Alley in Louisiana showing counties shaded by cancer level, red symbolzing higher ones and blue lower ones, with a deep red band around the mississippi river"/>
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<img src="../../images/invisible-hazards/cancerAlleyMap.webp" alt="Map of Cancer Alley in Louisiana showing counties shaded by cancer level, red symbolzing higher ones and blue lower ones, with a deep red band around the Mississippi River"/>
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## The Sunshine Project remains unbuilt after years of legal battles. Courts have repeatedly overturned and reinstated permits while community groups continue to challenge the project’s environmental and cultural impacts. The EIS is currently being created. The halt on plans represents a major success for environmental justice advocates.
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