35 Mining Legacies and Environmental Remediation in the Southwest

This session focuses on environmental impacts of historical and modern mining, with an emphasis on remediation practices, community partnerships, and innovative approaches to reclaiming and monitoring impacted landscapes.

Wednesday, 20 May 2026
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Alvarado C

Participants

• Chair Adrian Brearley
• Chair Jose Cerrato

Presentations

• 8:20 AM
  Building a Workforce-Driven Mining Technician Program at a Two-Year Institution: A Case Study from the College of Western Idaho (CWI)
  Ander Sundell, College of Western Idaho , Boise , ID
  410520 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  Industry–Academic–Community Collaboration for Groundwater Remediation: A Community‑Scale Water Filtration System in the Navajo Nation
  Ranalda Tsosie, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and John Byrom, Pesco Inc., Farmington, NM and Jianjia Yu, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Abhishek RoyChowdhury, Bentley University, Waitham, MA and Bonnie Frey, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Tech, New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM and Stephan Chase, New Mexico Institue of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Laila Sturgis, New Mexico Institue of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Darlene Wilson, Crownpoint, NM and Maurice Upshaw, Navajo Nation , Window Rock, AZ and Emily Woolsey, INTERA, Albuquerque, NM and Haoying Wang, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
  410643 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  Uncounted Bodies, Unscored Risks: CERCLA, Uranium Mining, and Indigenous Lands in the Colorado Plateau
  Blanca Hinojosa, University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
  410526 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  Addressing Community Concerns by Long Term Enviromental Dust Monitoring at the Jackpile-Paguate Abandoned Uranium Mine, Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico
  Adrian Brearley, University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM, Albuquerque, NM and Amy Garcia, Pueblo of Laguna, Laguna, New Mexico and Andreanna Roros, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona and Mackenzie Freeman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Ian Malone, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Gregory Jojola, Pueblo of Laguna, Laguna, New Mexico and Chris Shuey, Southwest Research Information Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Derek Capitan, Southwest Research Information Center, Albuquerque, NM and Eliane EL Hayek, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Jose Cerrato, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  410683 (Technical Sessions)