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In Butte, a Mine Stopped in 1982 Still Fills with Acid Water: in 2016, Thousands of Geese Fell on Its Banks
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The Berkeley pit in Butte, Montana, is an old abandoned copper mine that has been accumulating since 1982 with extremely acidic water loaded with heavy metals. On November 28, 2016, a snowstorm forced about 60,000 snow geese to land on this toxic water, causing the deaths of thousands of them. This disaster revealed the limits of the anti-bird devices and posed persistent questions about the environmental management of the site. More
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