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Pollution in the Animas River after the Gold King Mine spill. Wikicommons.
As the sixth anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill approaches, the New Mexico Office of the Natural Resources Trustee is seeking proposals for restoration projects along the impacted river system in the northwest part of the state.
The office hosted a webinar on Wednesday to provide groups interested in submitting restoration projects with details about the process.
The $1 million of funding for these projects comes from a larger settlement that the state of New Mexico reached with Sunnyside Gold Corporation the owner of the Gold King Mine in January.  ....

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