Juneau Assembly mining task force to add members

Greens Creek Mine. (Photo courtesy Hecla Mining Co.)
A task force appointed by Juneau’s mayor to re-examine the city’s mining ordinance met for the first time Friday. Its first decision is that the committee should be enlarged to include two planning commissioners and two members of the public.
That’s according to a press release from the City and Borough of Juneau.
A group of Juneau businessmen approached the Assembly in May arguing that the current mining ordinance duplicates