Judge Halts Mining Expansion, Returns Land to Umstead State Park
Update: 2025-12-04
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Judge Halts Mining Expansion Near Umstead State Park, Orders Land Return: A significant victory for conservationists as a mining company is prevented from expanding its operations near the park. The ruling comes after a Wake County Superior Court judge sided with a wildlife coalition, ordering the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to halt all mining activities by 2031. The dispute centers on a surveying error from nearly fifty years ago, with the Umstead Coalition discovering that fourteen acres of parkland were mistakenly included with an adjacent property. The judge also noted a critical change in the mining permit, transforming a fifty-year limit into an undefined future, which he deemed unacceptable.
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