Toxic Floods of the Coeur d’Alene http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html Toxic Floods of the Coeur d’Alene Clearcutting and toxic floods: a confluence of mining and logging environmental histories. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#0 22f20ac1-d32b-452c-aa3d-481b34042b39 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/TrygveNorthFork/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/TrygveNorthFork/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Clearcutting and toxic floods:  a confluence of mining and logging environmental histories.</p></div></div> Before: 1935, National Forest is intact on Coeur d’Alene’s North Fork. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#1 4232e781-adff-43f0-9b38-2dbdafa6b353 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/1935%20CDA%20NF%20Beaver%20Cr/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/1935%20CDA%20NF%20Beaver%20Cr/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Before:  1935, National Forest is intact on Coeur d’Alene’s North Fork.</p></div></div> After: 1997 massive clearcutting and road building severely impact forest. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#2 a043ee1d-004a-4008-8bc0-258712190ba7 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/original/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/original/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">After:  1997 massive clearcutting and road building severely impact forest.</p></div></div> Before: 1935, National Forest intact on Coeur d’Alene River’s North Fork. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#3 b7f5c6b1-49d9-4a66-8eb5-a3cc114681a5 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/1935%20CDA%20NF,Little%20Guard/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/1935%20CDA%20NF,Little%20Guard/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Before:  1935, National Forest intact on Coeur d’Alene River’s North Fork.</p></div></div> 1997: watershed forest severely impacted http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#4 a844d869-e498-4dbf-90a3-f317e2adb72d http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/1997%20CDA%20NF,%20Little%20Guard/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/1997%20CDA%20NF,%20Little%20Guard/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">1997: watershed forest severely impacted</p></div></div> North Fork Coeur d’Alene River - 1958. The river still runs deep. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#5 888717d1-45fc-4f23-bcb5-f2bb9cb7760a http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/NF%20%26%20LNF%201958%20CRU-2-17/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/NF%20%26%20LNF%201958%20CRU-2-17/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">North Fork Coeur d’Alene River - 1958.  The river still runs deep.</p></div></div> Unravelling forest watershed releases bedload, filling in rivers, worsening floods. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#6 46c8aa46-e1df-407a-80ae-de3e624d70e8 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/Bedload/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/Bedload/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Unravelling forest watershed releases bedload, filling in rivers, worsening floods.</p></div></div> Hecla Mine: polluted waters of the Coeur d’Alene’s South Fork. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#7 db71dda0-67bd-4813-8f1b-abb43b1fa914 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/Hecla%20Mine/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/Hecla%20Mine/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Hecla Mine:  polluted waters of the Coeur d’Alene’s South Fork.</p></div></div> Confluence: North Fork (above) and milky South Fork (mine wastes) to the right. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#8 174debd4-52f4-484c-a4bf-0e183ceec8e2 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/Confluence/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/Confluence/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Confluence: North Fork (above) and milky South Fork (mine wastes) to the right.  </p></div></div> Swan dead from lead poisoning. Thousands of wetland acres are covered with 100 million tons of contaminated media. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#9 2b4f3e70-a0c7-4085-9771-591cd445fdfe http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/deadswan2/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/deadswan2/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Swan dead from lead poisoning.  Thousands of wetland acres are covered with 100 million tons of contaminated media.</p></div></div> Swans, dead from lead poisoning. http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#10 a7e1782a-c88e-45ae-bfc7-dfbbf9f30283 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/8-Dead-Swans/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/8-Dead-Swans/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Swans, dead from lead poisoning.</p></div></div> Lead & PCB Health Advisory, Spokane River http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos.html#11 5d2d23f9-ac3d-4fbe-9f95-7107bb409878 http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/HealthAdvisoryG11/thumb.jpg http://www.washington.sierraclub.org/uppercol/toxicflood/Photos_files/Media/HealthAdvisoryG11/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_496_48"><div class="style"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lead &amp; PCB Health Advisory, Spokane River</p></div></div>