Logo above courtesy of Pat Popple

Back in September, a number of people from around the Midwest who are fighting frac sand mining issues hosted a couple check in meetings on how things were going, sharing notes on some projects to date (you can read about the conversations here and here). We also had an opportunity to loop in on pathways forward people were seeing that were new, or could use some more attention.

I want to post an update on one of the projects that came up in those September conversations. With support from a number of groups and individuals, we've started to work on the Sentinel Program, originally conceived of by @Pat. This project is aimed at making reporting suspected violations from the frac sand mining industry easier to do.

So far on this project we have:

• Collected materials people have used in the past in filing suspected violations,
• Compiled a list of violations that could be observable by people,
• Collected resources on where materials can be reported to,
• Compiled a reporting form with information on what could be collected to support people's observations, and
• Created a draft reporting form folder.

I wanted to share out the materials so far, and am looking for edits, ideas, and further suggestions. You can comment below or in the doc itself here. We'll also be going over some of this material at the event on Saturday in Arcadia.