Caleb Uerling, a fisheries biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, believes the high conductivity of treated Berkeley ...

Caleb Uerling, a fisheries biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, believes the high conductivity of treated Berkeley Pit water discharged into Silver Bow Creek could affect trout.

Surface waters that drain this area contain heavy metal contaminated mineral nanoparticles. Such environmental nanoparticles contribute to the transport of these metals up to 500 km downstream.

A great flock of snow geese traveling south came upon a small body of water in Butte, Mont. They swirled and landed on the water. However, this was no ordinary pond This advertisement has not ...

There’s another variable Uerling has considered — changes in stream “conductivity” linked to the discharge of treated mine water from the Berkeley Pit. That water has been discharged since ...