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New Gold Exploration Revives Old Fears for Montana’s Blackfoot River

Inside Climate News July 04, 2026 1 views

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State regulators have approved exploratory drilling near the headwaters of the rugged flow that inspired “A River Runs Through It,” which is still recovering from a mining disaster more than 50 years ago.

More than half a century after one of Montana’s most destructive mining disasters poisoned the upper Blackfoot River, a new gold exploration project near the river’s headwaters is sparking concerns about whether its decades of environmental recovery could be at risk. 

<small>Source: Inside Climate News</small>

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