| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Subject |
Acid mine drainage -- Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County)
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Abandoned mined lands reclamation -- Accidents -- Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County)
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Waste spills -- Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County)
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Water -- Pollution -- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)
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Hard rock mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.)
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NATURE / General |
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Acid mine drainage. |
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Waste spills. |
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Water -- Pollution. |
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Colorado -- Gold King Mine (San Juan County) |
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United States -- Animas River. |
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West United States. |
| Added Author |
Clark, Brad T., editor.
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McCormick, Pete, 1971- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gold metal waters Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2021] 9781646421749 (DLC) 2021001160 |
| ISBN |
1646421752 |
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9781646421756 (electronic bk.) |
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9781646421749 (hardcover) |
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