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Fourmile Creek Watershed

By Ecosystems Land Change Science Program
Mine waste in Fourmile Creek watershed post fire and flood
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Mine waste eroded after wildfire and flood in the Fourmile Creek watershed, August 2019 (waste was removed in February 2020).

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Courtesy: Molly Seeling

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