Wash. Mine Cleanup Puts Retreat Center At Risk
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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
Now, to a tiny village here in the U.S. attempting to solve an environmental challenge. Nestled in the remote valley in Washington's Cascade Mountains, Holden Village is about to be flooded with hundreds of workers there to clean up the contaminated remains of an old copper mine.
Anna King, of the Northwest News Network, reports on what the cleanup will cost the town.
ANNA KING: To understand how hard it'll be going to clean up this copper mine, first, you have to understand how hard it is to get there. From Seattle, it's a three-hour drive east. Then...
(SOUNDBITE OF A MOTOR BOAT)
KING: ...a three-hour boat ride up Lake Chelan.
Norm Day, is the U.S. Forest Service manager heading the mine cleanup.
NORM DAY: Forest Service departing Lucerne for Holden Village.
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