‘Like a demon that’s always behind us’, the Jackpile Mine toxic legacy continues

In the village of Paguate as June Lorenzo’s grandmother knew it growing up, orchards and fields of wheat and corn carpeted nearby hillsides. Streams traversed a verdant valley where people hunted and grazed sheep near the small farming community in Laguna Pueblo. This was before a massive mine cratered the nearby land and altered the … Continue reading ‘Like a demon that’s always behind us’, the Jackpile Mine toxic legacy continues