Gold Metal Waters: The Animas River and the Gold King Mine Spill

“The coverage of this single event is comprehensive—every important aspect is considered by disciplinary experts who are able to write in prose accessible to nonspecialist readers. This will be a very useful addition to the environmental history of the western United States.” —Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University   “Those interested in environmental and natural/technical disaster areas will find this book quite rewarding. Specialists in river management, land policy, mining mitigation, and/or training in these fields will find this a useful case study from which they can draw lessons for their own work in other areas.” —Jeff Crane, Saint Martin’s University “This is a highly accessible, informative text about the sad legacy of human extraction of resources from the environment without regard to the consequences.” —CHOICE “Approachable and illuminating. . . . Gold Metal Waters is an excellent book for understanding the complexity of the Gold King Mine spill and its impact on the region. Its usefulness extends beyond the content—the interdisciplinary format in examining the event provides a blueprint for how environmental disasters should be studied.” —Electronic Green Journal