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 Stories About: Idaho AND rivers and watersheds AND toxics AND US EPA AND Washington AND water pollution
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Curse D' Alene
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14 Aug 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Curse D' Alene In a precedent-setting move, U.S. federal officials signed an agreement yesterday ceding control of the cleanup of Idaho's highly polluted Coeur d'Alene Basin to state, local, and tribal officials. For more than a century, mining waste from the Silver Valley washed down the Coeur d'Alene River into Lake Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane River, and from there into Lake ... |
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| Topics: Idaho, rivers and watersheds, toxics, US EPA, Washington, water pollution (all these topics) |
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