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Gold Metal Waters The Animas River and the Gold King Mine Spill
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Gold Metal Waters The Animas River and the Gold King Mine Spill / edited by Brad T. Clark and Pete McCormick.
ISBN
9781646421756
1646421752
9781646421749
1646421744
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Summary
""Inter- and transdisciplinary examination into the 2015 Gold King Mine spill in Silverton, Colorado, when three million gallons of subterranean mine water, carrying 880,000 pounds of heavy metals, spilled into a tributary of the Animas River. Illuminates the ongoing ecological, economic, political, social, and cultural significance of a regional event" -- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 08, 2021
Contents
Introduction : From gold medal to gold metal waters / Brad T. Clark
A tale of two places : the upper and lower Animas River watersheds in Southwest Colorado / Brad T. Clark
The Gold King Mine release : impacts on water quality and aquatic life / Scott W. Roberts
A potent focusing event : the Gold King Mine spill and rapid policy development / Brad T. Clark
From deep time to deep valleys : hydrology and ecology of the Animas River drainage / Cynthia Dott, Gary Gianniny, and David Gonzales
Watershed consciousness : the Animas River and a sense of place / Pete McCormick
Tourist Season / Lorraine L. Taylor and Keith D. Winchester
Contaminated mines or minds : the psychological reaction to the Animas River spill / Brian L. Burke, Alane Brown, Betty Carter Dorr, and Megan C. Wrona
Social impacts of the Gold King Mine spill to Animas-San Juan River watershed communities / Becky Clausen, Teresa Montoya, Karletta Chief, Steven Chischilly, Janene Yazzie, Jack Turner, Lisa Marie Jacobs, and Ashley Merchant
The problems of litigating hardrock mining / Michael A. Dichio
Divergent perspectives on AMD remediation in the upper Animas Watershed : pre- and post-spill policy preferences examined through the Advocacy Coalition framework / Brad T. Clark
Afterword : we all live downstream / Andrew Gulliford
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