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Montana Tribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for Illegal Mining That Polluted Water Source

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Montana Tribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for Illegal Mining That Polluted Water Source
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The Fort Belknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.



From 2020 to 2022, Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC conducted mining activities at the Zortman Mine in the Little Rocky Mountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation effo

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