BLM proposes Red Devil clean-up, calls for community meetings

Crews last year built a channel at the old Red Devil mine site. 2015’s work is leading up to water and sediment clean-up. (Photo courtesy BLM)
The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday is releasing its proposed plan on how to clean up the hazardous tailings left by the Red Devil Mine.
“There is still mercury in those tailings, and there’s an awful amount of arsenic, and that stuff is tending to leach into the water,” Mike McCrum, BLM Project Manager, said, before adding an