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Cherokee Environmental Scientist Summer KingIctnews
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs decided to leave 30 million tons of toxic chemicals on the Quapaw reservation after a 1920s mining-boom.
The EPA started the clean-up in 1983 , when they first realized the red-orange color of a creek in Picher was caused by toxic amounts of iron in the stream that rusted.
Last year was the project's 10-year-anniversary .
The pasture used to be a smelter site, where metal and contaminants were separated from each other.
Today it is lush with plants and wildlife that butterflies and grasshoppers swarm in.
King has hand-sewn thousands of seeds to grow Native plants that promote shelter and food for the wildlife currently living there.
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