For Immediate Release
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Contact for Reporters:
Kimberly Sorensen
(970) 491-0757
Note to Editors: The survey results do not reflect the views of Colorado State University.
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University students conducted a survey this spring to gauge citizen concern and insights about the uranium mining operation proposed in northern Colorado.
During the 2008 spring semester, students in Colorado State's Journalism and Technical Communication course, Communication and Evaluation Research Methods, undertook a class project to examine citizen concerns about the uranium mine proposed for the area between Nunn and Wellington, Colo.
The mail survey focused on details concerning how people perceive potential risks and benefits associated with the proposed mining operation. It also focused on how people view information that has been provided through the media and other channels by two high-profile sources on the issue, the Canadian company Powertech (USA) Mining Corp. and the citizen's group, Coloradoans Against Resource Destruction.
Results showed that awareness of the proposed mining operation is nearly universal in the survey area. Of the 205 survey responses from 450 randomly selected individuals, only 5 percent indicated that they had never heard of the issue. When asked if individuals had made their minds up on the issue one way or another, very few respondents were in favor of the mining operation, at 5 percent; about 20 percent reported they were undecided, while a majority, or 74 percent, said they were against it. (Emphasis mine...SB)
More than half of the respondents agreed that they need more information about the issue and cited newspapers has the most important source of information. Respondents also stated that they thought Coloradoans Against Resource Destruction was more credible and trustworthy than Powertech.
(A copy of the study has been requested. We'll keep you posted...)
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