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After 65 years of waiting, an acid waste-generating abandoned mine in the Taku River watershed may finally be cleaned up.

By Breanna Walker | Salmon Beyond Borders on Aug 30, 2022   Featured, General News, Southeast Alaska  

After 65 years of waiting, an acid waste-generating abandoned mine in the Taku River watershed may finally be cleaned up.

JUNEAU—The Tulsequah Chief Mine, located near the confluence of the Tulsequah and Taku Rivers in British Columbia, has long been a source of acid mine contamination as well as frustration for those downstream in Alaska. The former gold mine, which ceased operation in 1957, has been a political and legal football for decades. In mid-August, […]

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