Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
National Water Summary 1987
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Restoring the Shining Waters
Author: David Brooks
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806152494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
No sooner had the EPA established the Superfund program in 1980 to clean up the nation’s toxic waste dumps and other abandoned hazardous waste sites, than a little Montana town found itself topping the new program’s National Priority List. Milltown, a place too small to warrant a listing in the U.S. Census, sat alongside a modest hydroelectric dam at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers. For three-quarters of a century, arsenic-laced waste from some of the world’s largest copper-mining operations had accumulated behind the dam. Soon, Milltown became the site of Superfund’s first dam removal and watershed restoration, marking a turning point in U.S. environmental history. The story of this dramatic shift is the tale of individuals rallying to reclaim a place they valued beyond its utility. In Restoring the Shining Waters, David Brooks gives an intimate account of how local citizens—homeowners, university scientists, county health officials, grassroots environmentalists, business leaders, and thousands of engaged residents—brought about the removal of Milltown Dam. Interviews with townspeople, outside environmentalists, mining executives, and federal officials reveal how the everyday actions of individuals got the dam removed and, in the process, pushed Superfund to allow more public participation in decision making and to emphasize restoration over containment of polluted environments. A federal program designed to deal with the toxic legacies of industrialization thus became a starting point for restoring America’s most damaged environments, largely through the efforts of local communities. With curiosity, conviction, and a strong sense of place, the small town of Milltown helped restore an iconic western river valley—and in doing so, shaped the history of Superfund and modern environmentalism.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806152494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
No sooner had the EPA established the Superfund program in 1980 to clean up the nation’s toxic waste dumps and other abandoned hazardous waste sites, than a little Montana town found itself topping the new program’s National Priority List. Milltown, a place too small to warrant a listing in the U.S. Census, sat alongside a modest hydroelectric dam at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers. For three-quarters of a century, arsenic-laced waste from some of the world’s largest copper-mining operations had accumulated behind the dam. Soon, Milltown became the site of Superfund’s first dam removal and watershed restoration, marking a turning point in U.S. environmental history. The story of this dramatic shift is the tale of individuals rallying to reclaim a place they valued beyond its utility. In Restoring the Shining Waters, David Brooks gives an intimate account of how local citizens—homeowners, university scientists, county health officials, grassroots environmentalists, business leaders, and thousands of engaged residents—brought about the removal of Milltown Dam. Interviews with townspeople, outside environmentalists, mining executives, and federal officials reveal how the everyday actions of individuals got the dam removed and, in the process, pushed Superfund to allow more public participation in decision making and to emphasize restoration over containment of polluted environments. A federal program designed to deal with the toxic legacies of industrialization thus became a starting point for restoring America’s most damaged environments, largely through the efforts of local communities. With curiosity, conviction, and a strong sense of place, the small town of Milltown helped restore an iconic western river valley—and in doing so, shaped the history of Superfund and modern environmentalism.
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 3208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 3208
Book Description
Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediment (ARCS) Project
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chironomus
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chironomus
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
National Water Summary 1988-89
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains
Author:
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803276185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A beautifully rendered reference guide to the Great Plains portion of the famous expedition through the American West highlights the explorer's remarkable encounters with previously undocumented flora and fauna as they moved through the Plains region. Original. (Biology & Natural History)
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803276185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A beautifully rendered reference guide to the Great Plains portion of the famous expedition through the American West highlights the explorer's remarkable encounters with previously undocumented flora and fauna as they moved through the Plains region. Original. (Biology & Natural History)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher:
ISBN: 1610603613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 1610603613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
National Water Summary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
"The Whole Country was ... 'one Robe'"
Author: Nicholas Curchin Vrooman
Publisher: Riverbend Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher: Riverbend Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description