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Title Gold metal waters : the Animas River and the Gold King Mine spill / edited by Brad T. Clark and Pete McCormick
Published Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 277 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 30, 2023)
Subject Acid mine drainage -- Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County)
Abandoned mined lands reclamation -- Accidents -- Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County)
Waste spills -- Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County)
Water -- Pollution -- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)
Hard rock mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.)
NATURE / General
Acid mine drainage
Waste spills
Water -- Pollution
Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County)
United States -- Animas River
West United States
Form Electronic book
Author Clark, Brad T., editor.
McCormick, Pete, 1971- editor.
LC no. 2021001161
ISBN 9781646421756
1646421752