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aerial view of red sludge flooded an entire river and vally and broke a bridge

28 Facts, Tragedies, & Catastrophes of Open-Pit Mines

Alex Jan 31, 2021 Centennial Mountains, Cyanide, Dams, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environmental, environmental disasters, environmental racism, Excellon Resources, First Peoples, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Idaho, Kilgore Project, Mining, Montana, Politics, River, Tragedy, Utah

Why a Countdown of 28 Facts, Tragedies, & Catastrophes of Open-Pit Mines? On January 12, 2021, the Post Register published a Forest Service legal notice giving the public 30 days

The sublime majesty of cyanide

Eric May 10, 2018 Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, Cyanide, Dams, Environmental, Idaho, Kilgore Project, Mining, Montana, Otis Gold

ScholarDay has been writing recently of a proposed open pit cyanide heap leach mine proposed in the Centennial Mountains in Eastern Idaho: the Kilgore Project. We’ve talked about how the

Centennial Mountains from highest peak Mount Jefferson

The Centennial Mountains: A Range Like No Other In Idaho

Alex Feb 11, 2018 Big Table Mountain, Bitterroot Mountains, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Centennial Mountains, Centennial Valley, Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDT), Environmental, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Habitat Corridor, Hellroaring Creek Drainage, Idaho, Keystone Species, Kilgore Project, Logging, Mining, Montana, Mount Jefferson, Mountain Drainages, Natural Borders, Noise Pollution, Otis Gold, Outdoor Recreation, Peak Bagging, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgeline, Rocky Mountains, Sawtell Peak, Taylor Mountain, Trumpeter Swans, Wilderness

The Centennial Mountains: Our Favorite Places’ Best Kept Secret Sure, in terms of Rocky Mountain celebrities, the Centennials are not exactly A-listers. Glacier National Park lies to the north; Yellowstone

A Master Course in the Macabre in Idaho’s Beaverheads

Eric Jan 22, 2018 Backpacking, Backpacking Idaho, Bear, Bear Bait, Beaverhead Mountains, Birch Creek Valley, Camille Saint Saens, Centennial Mountains, Continental Divide, David Lynch, Fossils, Geomorphology, Grizzly Bears, Hiking, Idaho, limestone, Macabre, Montana, Mountain Drainages, Peak Bagging, Ridgeline, Rocky Mountains, Scott Peak, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Spencer, Stone, Targhee National Forest, Wilderness, Yellowstone NP

From Late June through July of 2017, Alex and I were engaged in a near-300-mile through-hike of eastern Idaho’s mountain ranges. We began at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park

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