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Animas River
Animas River is a 126-mile-long (203 km) river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System. The river's free-flowing status will soon end as the Animas-La Plata Water Project nears completion. The project will pump water over a low pass to fill a reservoir, Lake Nighthorse, in Ridges Basin to satisfy Southern Ute tribal water rights claims associated with the Colorado Ute Settlement Act amendments of 2000.
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Animas River after mine spill, August, 2015
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updated Fri. January 5, 2024
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The Journal
April 2, 2018
The first documented instance of the Animas River getting its name was from Spanish explorer Juan Maria Antonio Rivera, who led what is considered the earliest known Western expedition through this region in 1765. According to his journals, he called the river “Rio de Las Animas” – the River of Souls.
The Durango Herald
March 31, 2018
... that have participated over the last six months. We look forward to receiving their goals and recommendations, and we appreciate the Animas River Community Forum, Animas River Stakeholders Group, Animas Watershed Partnership and Trout Unlimited for organizing the series of Workgroup meetings.
The Durango Herald
March 30, 2018
A partial under water image shows the deeper colors of the Animas River north of Durango on Aug. 6, 2015 that is filled ... For anyone who watched the Animas River run mustard-yellow from the Gold King mine spill, “Don't let this happen again” is a very compelling rationale for change. Continue readingÃâà...
Farmington Daily Times
March 25, 2018
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved Molar Rock as the name of the pillar at its December quarterly meeting. The formation is located on Bureau of Land Management land 3 miles west of where U.S. Highway 550 crosses the Animas River. Gary Skiba said he was pleased by the decision, butÃâà...
KOB
March 24, 2018
Last Friday the EPA called upon Sunnyside to launch an investigation into the groundwater quality in the Bonita Peak Mining District. The reason? To help study and maintain a clean Animas River, most widely known as the river that turned a mustard yellow as a result of a Gold King Mine Spill in August ofÃâà...
The Durango Herald
March 16, 2018
Dan Bender of the La Plata County Sheriff's Office takes a water sample from the Animas River on Aug. 6, 2015, after the accidental release of an estimated 3 million gallons of waste from the Gold King Mine by a crew led by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA says it has almost finishedÃâà...
KOB 4
March 16, 2018
It can be hard to forget how that spill, triggered by an EPA contractor, turned the Animas River a mustard color nearly three years ago, but the Associated Press reports the agency accounting for the claims appears to be overstating the value by $100 million. It isn't clear when the EPA will pay out for theÃâà...
The Durango Herald
March 15, 2018
5, 2015, while working north of Silverton, the Environmental Protection Agency dug too far into the collapsed portal of the inactive Gold King Mine, unleashing a torrent of wastewater into the Animas River. As the spill turned the river an electric hue of orange, it also awoke a consciousness in many WesternÃâà...
The Durango Herald
March 15, 2018
The order comes just weeks after the corporation declared further study of mine pollution in the Animas River headwaters would be “wasteful and is not required.” On Thursday, the EPA sent Sunnyside Gold a unilateral administrative order to investigate the groundwater system around Sunnyside Mine, oneÃâà...
The Durango Herald
March 15, 2018
5, 2015, while working north of Silverton, the Environmental Protection Agency dug too far into the collapsed portal of the inactive Gold King Mine, unleashing a torrent of wastewater into the Animas River. As the spill turned the river an electric hue of orange, it also awoke a consciousness in many WesternÃâà...
Farmington Daily Times
March 12, 2018
If local water users, such as the city of Farmington or the city of Aztec, need more drinking water, they can ask for water from Lake Nighthorse to be released into the Animas River. San Juan County water users could request water from Lake Nighthorse if drought conditions put a strain on water resources.
The Durango Herald
March 8, 2018
The previous record low for March 6 was set in 1990 when the Animas River was flowing at 121 cubic feet per second. On Tuesday, the Animas River was flowing at 104 cfs. And on Wednesday, the previous record low of 118 cfs in the 1990s was shattered when the Animas River averaged 107 cfs.
The Durango Herald
March 6, 2018
Sunnyside had argued that of the 48 mining sites in the upper Animas River watershed the EPA included in the “Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund” site, 29 had not been properly evaluated and should be removed. Sunnyside owns two of the 29 sites mentioned, including the Sunnyside Mine and theÃâà...
Moab Sun News
December 31, 1999
These compounds were not that harmful, but their concentration in the river indicated a large rush of water flushed into the Animas River. This rush of water also contained a massive accumulation of acid mine drainage and heavy-metal byproducts, all of which had escaped containment in the Gold KingÃâà...
Deseret News
December 31, 1999
From there, Thompson jumps into far stretches of time — to 1765, when a Spanish explorer named the Animas River; to 10,000 years earlier, when Paleo-Indians roamed the river's valley; to the meridian of time, when the ancestors of the Zuni, Hopi and Rio Grande Pueblo people inhabited the land for 500Ãâà...
News Deeply
December 31, 1999
A small stream of wastewater flows into a creek that feeds the Animas River in San Juan County, Colorado, in 2015. The contaminated wastewater came from a spill at the Gold King Mine, which polluted the Animas River for many miles downstream. It's an example of the disturbances that have disruptedÃâà...
Stanford University News
December 31, 1999
In 2015, 3 million gallons of drainage water came rushing out of the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, spewing 190 tons of heavy metals and other contaminants into a tributary of the Animas River, which flows into the San Juan River. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which hadÃâà...
The Durango Herald
December 31, 1999
When it comes to prioritizing parks and recreation spending in Durango, residents say they are most willing to support extending the Animas River Trail, purchasing land for recreation, and maintaining buildings and green space. Survey responses and other feedback will inform an update to the city's Parks,Ãâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
December 31, 1999
(Jerry McBride | The Durango Herald | The Associated Press) In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, Dan Bender, with the La Plata County Sheriff's Office, takes a water sample from the Animas River near Durango, Colo. after the accidental released of an estimated 3 million gallons of waste from the Gold KingÃâà...
The Durango Herald
December 31, 1999
When it comes to prioritizing parks and recreation spending in Durango, residents say they are most willing to support extending the Animas River Trail, purchasing land for recreation, and maintaining buildings and green space. Survey responses and other feedback will inform an update to the city's Parks,Ãâà...
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