Volume 7, Issue 1 cfwep.org A Publication of the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program July, 2019 AnacondaAnaconda Remediation and Mount Haggin Waste Voices from the Watershed: Restoration Update Management Area Anaconda Students Page 5 Page 10 Page 12 AnacondaThis is part two in our watershed series. For the Headwaters Edition Edition see cfwep.org/montana-steward A view of Mount Haggin and Anaconda from Stucky Ridge. Photo by Kayla Lappin. Ask Dr. A: What is the Origin of the Town of Anaconda Dr. Arlene Alvarado Located in southwest Montana in Deer Lodge the “copper kings,” founded the town for his soldier of the Civil War, was inspired by Valley at the foot of the Anaconda Range employees to work at the Washoe Smelter, Horace Greeley, who said, “go west, young (locally known as the Pintler’s), Anaconda is refining the copper ore extracted from man.” And westward Hickey headed, a small town, spanning just 737 square miles. Daly’s Anaconda Mine in Butte. In the mid- bringing with him another Greeley quote Presently, she is home to about 9,100 residents, 1890’s, Daly unsuccessfully campaigned to concerning the Civil War. Greely stated that a large town by Montana standards. Anaconda have Anaconda designated as Montana’s Union armies would “encircle Lee’s forces is rich in history, culture and personality, and state capital, losing out to William A. Clark, and crush them like a giant anaconda.” The is surrounded by beautiful natural areas like another copper king, who pushed to keep image of this awesome snake stayed with Mount Haggin Wildlife Management Area Helena as the state capital. Hickey as he traveled west to Butte. When and the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness area. he was buying mine claims in 1875, Hickey The origin of the name of Anaconda is named one of his mines, the Anaconda The town of Anaconda was founded by Marcus credited to Michael Hickey who is thought Mine. Daly in 1883, making her 136 years old this to have influenced Daly to name the town, year. Marcus Daly, infamously known as one of Anaconda. Hickey, a young veteran Union Continued on Back (Pg. 16) Page 2 The Montana Steward: Anaconda Edition The Montana Steward: Anaconda Edition Page 3 The Director’s Letter Businesses Working on Anaconda Superfund This publication’s content is the result of collaborative efforts Sister City of Anaconda These folks are working tirelessly on our Superfund sites across the Upper Clark Fork River Basin. Bringing diverse skills and talents, they are all between many passionate and dedicated individuals. Each contributing their time and effort to a healthier environment. We want to give them recognition and say THANK YOU for all of your hard work in member of the CFWEP staff team contributed time and effort to Rayelynn Brandl helping to make our communities better. bring this publication to life. We’d like to extend special thanks The rivalry between Butte and to Charlie Coleman, Greg Mullan, and Pedro Marques. Anaconda runs deep. Perhaps our AECOM Colbert Electric Land Design, Inc. (LDI) Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. rivalry has been rooted in family and is good-natured overall. Agency for Toxic Substances and Copper Environmental Land Restoration Specialists (LRS) Poore, Roth & Robinson, P.C. CFWEP Staff Publication Editors Disease Registry (ATSDR) Everyone knows that the rule of Davis Graham & Stubs (DG & S) Marcom Lab RWH Engineering thumb is, ‘I can pick on my cousin, Rayleynn Brandl Arlene Alvarado Anaconda – Deer Lodge County but once someone else tries, we Director Energy Lab Montana Bureau of Mines and Schroeder Contracting Inc. are all in this together.’ This rule Rayelynn Brandl Arcadis Geology (MBMG) is pretty much how things have Dr. Arlene Alvarado Environmental Protection Agency TeleTech Kayla Lappin been through our storied history Education Coordinator Arrowhead Foundation (EPA) Montana Department of together. Butte and Anaconda are Environmental Quality (DEQ) TREC, Inc. Tammy Gordon rivals until another city or town Ashe Analytics Fairweather IT Budget Analyst UTRS wants to take one of us on, then we are one. Design & Layout Montana Department of Public Atlantic Richfield Company Formation Environmental Health and Human Services Chris Doyle Wasley Excavating Throughout our history, Butte shipped its ore to be refined and smelted Kayla Lappin (ARCO) (MDPHHS) Program Coordinator GoBird Montana in Anaconda beginning in the late 1880’s until 1980 when Atlantic Water and Environmental Big Sky Reclamation Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks Richfield Company closed the Washoe Reduction Works. Many old-time Granite Mountain Electric Technologies (WET) Dalit Guscio (FWP) miners reflect on the fact that much of the Berkeley Pit now resides as Missoula Program Manager Booth Consulting Published July, 2019 Hunter Brothers Construction Weltner Communications slag in Anaconda. Butte is left with a hole in the ground and Anaconda Montana Technological University Butte-Silver Bow Residential is left with a pile of waste. Sister cities indeed, both in history and in our Kayla Lappin Anaconda, Montana, USA (Montana Tech) present-day challenges. Communication & Events Metals Abatement Program Industrial Automation Consulting, Inc. Coordinator (RMAP) Natural Resource Damage Within the Clark Fork Superfund Complex, the Anaconda sites are some Program (NRDP) of the most challenging to address. The sheer volume of wastes that Canyon Creek Nursery Intermountain Construction Services (ICS) have been left in place within the city boundaries, the proximity of the O’Keefe Drilling Company CDM Smith wastes to homes and water supplies, and the extensive acreages that were Jordan Contracting Pace Analytical damaged in the uplands by nearly a century of smelter smoke ensure long Citizens Environmental nights for the engineers who are designing solutions. As agencies and Committee of Butte (CTEC) Kel’s Sprinklers local scientists work to develop the best plan for Anaconda, so too have Pathfinder Utility Locating her citizens rallied to find effective solutions for clean-up and economic development. Anaconda’s Local Development and Superfund is a Winning Combination In this issue, we highlight the hopes that the citizens of Anaconda have for their community. We illuminate some of the beautiful history of the Kayla Lappin & Rayelynn Brandl city that Marcus Daly wanted to name Copperopolis. We attempt to The people of the Clark Fork related to economic development educate and inform all of us about the complex issues that Anaconda Watershed have long endured that we never really saw Superfund faces, the solutions proposed, and current projects underway for economic the fallout from one of the as separate from local development. development. Butte and Anaconda have much to learn from one another most significant copper mining When Arrowhead was formed, we and can certainly help each other create a positive future. operations in the United States, worked closely with ALDC,” Jim and Anaconda, Montana is recalled to us. This gave Anaconda a no exception to this economic unique advantage. They have been downturn. Yet, despite losing much able to effectively communicate of its population (at its peak was and leverage Superfund using a CFWEP Program Updates 12,500, and is now roughly 9,100), business-minded focus. Davison Chris Doyle Anaconda remains an economic was instrumental in developing the stronghold in southwest Montana. partnership between ALDC and The programs and outreach events This year, we finished the last round and students in this program. conference, participants learned CFWEP met with former Anaconda the Arrowhead Foundation. that CFWEP delivers are geared of classroom visits for the Bringing Hopefully, this work can continue about topics around the theme, Local Development Corporation towards learning more about Research into the Classroom in the future to help teachers Community Engagement through (ALDC) Director, Jim Davison and One of the major successes of science, our local environments, (BRIC) program. This project was and students with more in-depth Citizen Science and Creating current Director, Adam Vauthier, economic development in Deer and the restoration that is taking a four-year teacher professional research opportunities. Stewards. to discuss some of the reasons why Lodge county was NorthWestern place, all to ensure a better future development and student outreach Anaconda continues to perform Energy’s Dave Gates Generating CFWEP recently completed CFWEP recently finished up the for generations to come. It is our program funded by a National well in economic development, Station, which has increased tax the spring semester Trout in the largest Cleanup Blacktail Stream responsibility to teach and provide Institute of Health (NIH-NIGMS) despite its Superfund status and revenue for Deer Lodge County Classroom (TIC) program and the Day (CUBS) in its history. We had opportunities for everyone to learn Science Education Partnership ongoing population recovery. significantly. Another victory about watershed science and the Award (SEPA). CFWEP partnered Restoration Education Program 391 students out with us from a for Deer Lodge County is the importance of stewardship in our with Dr. Marisa Pedulla from the (REP). Through the TIC program, number of local schools in Butte, One thing that stood out to us in development of new facilities own backyards. In 2018-2019, our Montana Tech Biology Department students learn about westlope as well as many volunteers from the terms of economic success is the by AWARE and CCCS. These programs reached students in the to lead students though a cutthroat trout and their riaparian community. In the three hours of fact that ALDC and Anaconda’s endeavors are unique in the realm Clark Fork Watershed communities bacteriophage research project in habitat. This program mostly serves the cleanup, the students collected Arrowhead Foundation work so of Superfund because they go and throughout the state. their classroom. local elementary and Blackfoot over 300 bags of trash from the closely together. The Arrowhead beyond protecting human health River area schools.