Mike talks to a group of concerned citizens and activists about a proposed open pit sand mine that would be located adjacent to Starved Rock State Park. They are John McKee, President of the Starved Rock Audubon Society, Daphne Mitchell of the Illinois River Coordinating Council, LaSalle County property owner Merlin Calhoun, activist and writer Tracy Fox, Joseph Standing Bear of the Midwest Soarring Foundation, and Katie Dumke Troccoli, who helped organize a rally against the sand mine in Ottawa.