A mining company's illustration of the proposed massive New World tailings pond, more than a football field deep, that would have been built near the northeastern border of Yellowstone and the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. The mining and waste facilities were cited in a drainage that flows into the Yellowstone River system. The fight to stop it became one of the highest-profile environmental protection battles in US history.
A mining company's illustration of the proposed massive New World tailings pond, more than a football field deep, that would have been built near the northeastern border of Yellowstone and the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. The mining and waste facilities were cited in a drainage that flows into the Yellowstone River system. The fight to stop it became one of the highest-profile environmental protection battles in US history.