Public meeting to discuss assessment and cleanup of locally abandoned mines
The Brownfields Project Team is holding upcoming public meetings to discuss their assessments of abandoned mine lands in your area. Join us to learn how to be involved and protect your property.
At this meeting we will discuss:
- Locations of abandoned mines
- How property owners can get involved
- Cleanup funding opportunities
- Steps to receive an assessment
View the project information sheet.
People have mined throughout the upper regions of the Cache Creek and Putah Creek watersheds since the 1850’s. To date, the vast majority of the mines in this region for mercury, gravel and other materials are abandoned.
Water draining from abandoned mines can be highly acidic harming local waterways. Acidic mine drainage stresses plants and animals, alters chemical properties and natural reactions, and quickly dissolves metals. Some metals, such as nickel, are directly toxic to organisms. Others, such as mercury, are toxic after they transform and magnify in concentration in fish.
The Westside Brownfields Coalition Assessment Project is engaging local communities in and around the Cache and Putah Creek Watersheds to:
• Create an interactive database of mine sites
• Assess prioritized mine-scarred sites in the area
• Evaluate sites for potential cleanup
• Create an overall brownfields cleanup plan for the region
For more information visit: http://www.westsideirwmbrownfields.org/