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Old Abandoned Oil and Gas Fields |
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| Many environmental problems or danger occur in the Old Oil and Gas fields. Oil seepage, scarred lands, old rusted equipment, H2s/Sour gas, cement slabs, cables, produced water, sharp and jagged metals, erosion cuts and dead birds. There are many old fields such as Black Coal, Sage Creek, Baldez Field, Crown Central, etc. which are just a few of these dangerous fields and some are still in production today. We hope that these fields will not become a problem in the future, for future generations. WREQC has no funds for cleaning these kind of sites and it would be very expensive to clean. | ||
| Old Abandoned Mines |
Muddy Creek Mines |
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WREQC has done some site assessments with the Abandoned Mine Lands (A.M.L.) group last summer (2005). The Environmental issues are coal mounds, caves, produced water, scarred lands, metals left behind along with some equipment. Issues: We have no funding for these projects but we have done walk overs. Are there more of these kind of sites? How do we clean them up? How can we get funds at no cost to the Tirbes? The Environmental Protection Agency has been a great resource. If you know of a site such as this, you can report it to WREQC. |
Warehouse at Old BIA Agency |
Old Abandoned Buildings |
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Environmental issues-Some kids can get hurt or even killed if they play around the abandoned buildings. Many hazardous matierials are inside these buildings such as abestos or the danger of cave ins are always present. Some of the dangers: Sharp objects, possible snake pits, and othe dangerous materials. If you know of a site like this please report it to WREQC. |
| Abandoned Environmental Sites | ||
Some of the problems WREQC encouters are illigal dump sites on the Wind River Indian Reservation. On the Tribal lands and in the open areas of the Reservation is where we find most of these illegal dump sites. WREQC has had no luck with cleaning up the sites. WREQC is not budgeted for these particular matters or issues. There are competitive grants where we must comptete with the other E.Q.C. in the United States or revolving loans, but you must pay them back with interest. Please take garbage to the landfills located at Fort Washakie, Ethete, Arapaho or Crowheart. Or you can take it to the Lander Landfill or Riverton Landfill. |
The Old Game and Fish Building
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Kate Basin Fire at end of 2003
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Environmental Issues |
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| Environmental issues from forest and plains fire are the ash that is left behind. The vegetation will never be the same. Some of the growth comes back too strong and overcomes some of the native vegetation or it can leave bare spots. For the forest the ash mainly gets into the rivers, streams, and in some cases the drinking water. Most of the time it kills the Riparian Zones. The Wind River Indian Resrvation has had several forest fires in the past years. We have experienced a drought for five or more years. This has made it harder for the natural growth to recover. |
For more information come and visit the Wind River Environmental Quality Commission in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. We are located at Building #10 on Washakie Street. |
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