Save Shewbird

A large crowd is expected

attend a public hearing regarrding the continued gravel mining of Shewbird Mountain

Hayesville Quarry, which could chop as much as a hundred feet off the mountain top.

While an international corporate firm owns acreage on

mountain, where the blasting

and gravel mining has taken place, there has been an ongoing

concern by adjacent property

owners, who say the quary operation is having a detrimental

effect onthe area's environment including pollution and

lowering of the water table.

Also there is concern that

expansion of their gravel mining operations would adversely affect the area's scenic

beauty.

North Carolina's General Statute 74-50 provides that public hearing may be held regarding the matter is there is sufficient interest. Several adjacent landowners and County Manager Paul Leek have requested such a hearing which

open to the public, including residents from Georgia, who might also be affected.

Leek told the Sentinel that

county has set aside a place

the hearing, which is to be held at the Senior Center, off Ritter Road in Hayesville.

Leek said the county has no ordinance or policy regarding

operation, and the decision

whether or not to permit the company license to expand their operation as requested will be made by the NC Department of Natural Resources.

If you have concerns about

protection of the county's natural environment in the face

rapidly expanding development, you might want toattend

hearing at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 2.

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