State regulators require reclamation of San Juan County copper mine by September 2021
(Zak Podmore | Tribune file photo) Heap leach pads at the Lisbon Valley Mining Company's copper mine in eastern San Juan County in October 2019. The state has ordered full reclamation of the facility by September 2021.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.