NPS / Jacob W. Frank
News Release Day: July 11, 2019
Speak to: Karen Ogden, Montana DEQ, (w) 406-444-6360, (c) 406-461-2503
Speak to: Morgan Warthin, (307) 344-2015
On July 18, 2019, the Beartooth Alliance, together with the Montana Section of Environmental High-quality (DEQ) and the Nationwide Park Support (NPS), will host an party to celebrate the prosperous cleanup of the McLaren deserted mine near Cooke City, Montana. The get the job done resulted in the ecological restoration of Soda Butte Creek, which flows into Yellowstone Countrywide Park.
The occasion also will celebrate the everyday living and accomplishments of the late Tom Henderson, the DEQ hydrogeologist who performed a key position in the cleanup effort and hard work, which led to the first delisting of a waterway from Montana’s Impaired Waters Listing.
The celebration will start off with speaker reviews at 3 p.m. (see place details beneath) adopted by a public tour of the reclaimed McLaren mine web page.
The abandoned mine cleanup and delisting of Soda Butte Creek from the Environmental Security Agency’s impaired waterbodies listing symbolize hundreds of thousands of dollars, extra than 10 decades of function, and an unparalleled partnership involving the DEQ, US Forest Assistance, NPS, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Section of Purely natural Assets and Conservation, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Beartooth Alliance, and the citizens of Cooke City.
Tom Henderson, DEQ’s Job Manager for the McLaren Reclamation Job, passed away abruptly in Oct 2018. Tom spearheaded the cleanup and co-led the sampling plan required for Soda Butte Creek to be delisted. His expertise, initiative and capacity to develop agency and group partnerships ended up crucial to the project’s success.
Event speakers contain Montana DEQ Director Shaun McGrath, former Montana DEQ Director Tom Livers (now Montana Condition Budget Director), Yellowstone Nationwide Park Superintendent Cam Sholly, Office of the Interior Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Joe Balash, Custer-Gallatin Countrywide Forest Supervisor Mary Erickson, and Beartooth Alliance Chair Kenneth Cummins.
The media is invited to a Governor’s Briefing with Governor Bullock on Monday, July 15, at 10:30 a.m., in the Governor’s Reception Room on the 2nd ground of the Montana Point out Capitol. Agency officers will be offered to response inquiries about the cleanup and delisting.
The Beartooth Alliance will host an evening celebration at the Selection Rider Lodge in Silver Gate, Montana.
WHAT: Soda Butte Creek Cleanup Celebration
WHEN: Thursday, July 18, 3 p.m.
Exactly where: Significant turnout close to the reclaimed McLaren mine web-site on the right facet of HWY 212 less than a quarter mile east of Cooke Metropolis. Restricted parking is available in the turnout. Individuals are inspired to park in Cooke City and possibly carpool or wander the shorter distance to the celebration. See map.
DEQ will make acceptable lodging for persons with disabilities who desire to participate in the event. If you require an accommodation, you should get hold of Autumn Coleman at 406-444-6687 or [email protected] at least 3 times just before the function.
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