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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Old West novels are rich in action, romance and endearing characters, but the true-life story of Chipeta, the wife of Ute Chief Ouray, rivals any storyline written by the best of Western novelists.
One block separates Chipeta and Ouray avenues, both in the original town plat. While most of the original streets are named for 1800s-era settlers, senators or governors, Chipeta Avenue is the only street in the original plat to be named after a woman, let alone an âIndian Maiden.â
Historians agree that Chipeta (meaning âWhite Singing Birdâ) was born a Kiowa Apache near current-day Conejos, in south-central Colorado. She was adopted and raised by the Uncompahgre (Tabeguache) Utes after the death of her parents in a savage attack. She later became a caretaker for Ute Chief Ourayâs son, after his first wife died. Chipeta and Ouray became close and married. When Ourayâs son was
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ROCK SPRINGS Dinosaurs are taking over Downtown Rock Springs this summer.
Dubbed “downtown-osaurs,” the ten characters were created by local artists Don and Kaye Tyler. The Downtown-osaurs, like Timmy the Pterodactyl, and Titan the T-Rex, will take up residency at various locations around Downtown throughout the summer.
To kick off the summer theme, the Broadway Theater will be showing
Disney’s Dinosaur movie at 2 pm on Thursday, June 3. Admission is free, but seating is limited.
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Following the movie, everyone is invited to go on a scavenger hunt to find each Downtown-osaur. Upon finishing the scavenger hunt, participants can stop in the Rock Springs Main Street/URA office at 603 S Main Street for a special Downtown-osaur button. The scavenger hunt sheets also contain a variety of dino-facts.