Ep 23 — Diving into Lake Coeur d'Alene with Matt Nykiel and Shelby Herber
Update: 2020-04-24
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Join Hannah in a conversation with ICL’s North Idaho staff - Shelby Herber and Matt Nykiel - about precarious pollution challenges in and around Lake Coeur d’Alene. Learn about the interconnected web of contamination from historical mining activity in Idaho’s Silver Valley and the legacy of toxic materials that threaten lakeside residents and downstream communities.
We need your help to protect Lake Coeur d’Alene. Join us in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate Lake Coeur d’Alene and provide a cleanup plan that will work. Comments are due April 30! Take action here: https://p2a.co/SH2c102
Learn more:
Pollution at the Heart of Lake Coeur d’Alene blog by Matt Nykiel
https://www.idahoconservation.org/blog/pollution-at-the-heart-of-lake-coeur-dalene/
A dangerous cocktail threatens the gem of North Idaho: Upstream mining has left a toxic legacy at the bottom of Coeur d’Alene Lake by Emily Benson (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.11/pollution-a-dangerous-cocktail-threatens-the-gem-of-north-idaho
Leaded: The Poisoning of Idaho’s Silver Valley by Michael C. Mix
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/leaded
We need your help to protect Lake Coeur d’Alene. Join us in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate Lake Coeur d’Alene and provide a cleanup plan that will work. Comments are due April 30! Take action here: https://p2a.co/SH2c102
Learn more:
Pollution at the Heart of Lake Coeur d’Alene blog by Matt Nykiel
https://www.idahoconservation.org/blog/pollution-at-the-heart-of-lake-coeur-dalene/
A dangerous cocktail threatens the gem of North Idaho: Upstream mining has left a toxic legacy at the bottom of Coeur d’Alene Lake by Emily Benson (High Country News)
https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.11/pollution-a-dangerous-cocktail-threatens-the-gem-of-north-idaho
Leaded: The Poisoning of Idaho’s Silver Valley by Michael C. Mix
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/leaded
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