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From Toxic Wasteland to Thriving Farmland: How the Quapaw Nation Reclaimed Oklahoma's Mining Legacy
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The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma has successfully transformed one of America's most contaminated mining sites into productive agricultural land, now raising cattle and growing wheat and corn. Taking the lead on remediation efforts in 2013, the tribe completed decades of cleanup work and restored the land to economic and environmental health.
The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma has successfully transformed one of America’s most contaminated mining sites into productive agricultural land, now raising cattle and growing wheat and corn. Taking the lead on remediation efforts in 2013, the tribe completed decades of cleanup work and restored the land to economic and environmental health.