Plaindealer features 2016 summer mine remediation work


Projects use creative techniques to mitigate mine pollution by Tori Sheets tori@ouraynews.com      Sneffels Creek will run more clearly after completion of a bank stabilization project designed to divert the creek away from mine tailings at…

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San Juan Mining & Reclamation Conference coming up soon!


Register NOW for the 2016 San Juan Mining & Reclamation Conference in Durango and Silverton on Aug. 3-5. Come for one day or two or the whole event! Go to http://www.mountainstudies.org/sjmrc/ Download the 2016 SJMRC Poster, share…

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Attention: Increased heavy metal load expected in Uncompahgre River on April 13


Eric Jacobson, vice president of engineering of Hydrowest, informed the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership and other river-related agencies in the watershed about a planned gate opening at the Ouray hydropower dam on Wednesday, April 13 at…

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UWP mine remediation projects noted in Good Samaritan Law article


No protection for Good Samaritans just yet By Tori Sheets, tori@ouraynews.com Abandoned mines will not clean themselves, but neither will third party groups when they can be held responsible for the environmental damage given off by the mines as soon…

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