Funding for Legacy Mine Cleanup Established in New Water Bond Bills
September 5, 2013
The Sierra Fund has spent nearly a decade working on the problems associated with legacy mines, and has developed a strong coalition of organizations interested in finding solutions to these problems.
This coalition includes Nevada Irrigation District, El Dorado County Water Agency and Mountain County Water Resources Association; private businesses including Teichert Materials; and a large number of conservation groups including Tuleyome, Environmental Working Group, Planning & Conservation League and the Sierra Nevada Alliance.
The Sierra Fund’s advocacy campaign to “Get the Mercury Out” is reflected in three different places in the new Assembly water bond bill now under consideration in the legislature.
