Mountaintop removal (Ohio Valley region)
Sludge and sediment pond problems
Berkeley Pit (Butte, MT)
Chino Mine (NM)
Leadville, CO
Oregon clearcut
Timber mining
massive clearcut
Coastal range

Bitterroot Valley and gourmet steaks ...
from the valley
fire
real estate
Mike's featured properties
John's featured properties
Saline seep
Coal bed methane
CBM map
CBM in Alaska

The Daly Mansion (Copper Baron Marcus Daly)

The "Big Ditch" was completed in the Bitterroot Valley. This was the main channel of the valley's irrigation system. The apple industry was booming. 

The U. S. Government established the Bureau of Reclamation in 1902 to help the arid West by storing water in reservoirs and constructing irrigation systems. The agency has built more than 600 dams and reservoirs.