From the Missoulian: "The spirit of the late author and fly-fishing practitioner Norman Maclean was invoked Friday along the banks of the Blackfoot River as state and federal officials announced a $37 million settlement to remove the Mike Horse Dam and mining wastes from the river's headwaters."
The Montana Department of Justice announced a settlement with "Atlantic Richfield Co. and ASARCO LLC to remove the aging Mike Horse Dam and the contaminated tailings behind it, and to clean up and restore the Upper Blackfoot River and Mining Complex." The text of the settlement is online.
Additional information on the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex is available on the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) website. Forest Service documents related to the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex have been posted on the Helena National Forest website.
Source: Cramer, J. (26 April 2008). "$37 million Mike Horse settlement reached." Missoulian. A1.
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