The Berkeley Pit is a former open-pit copper mine in Butte, Montana—and one of the few places in the world where you can pay to see toxic waste.

Discover the haunting story behind the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana—a former open-pit copper mine that has turned into one of the most toxic lakes in America. This video dives into the history ...

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BUTTE — Fifteen years ago, as state researchers ventured into the Berkeley Pit to collect their annual samples from the contaminated water, a surprise greeted them.

The Berkeley Pit in Butte is seen in this panoramic image shot in September 2023. Its contaminated waters could become a dumping ground for Superfund wastes excavated from sites in the Silver Bow ...

The Berkeley Pit in Butte is seen in this panoramic image shot in September 2023. Its contaminated waters could become a dumping ground for Superfund wastes excavated from sites in the Silver Bow ...

As darkness fell on Nov. 28, 2016, residents of Butte, Montana, heard the unmistakable honking of some 60,000 snow geese circling the Berkeley Pit, a defunct mine now flooded with toxic water.

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Regan Dean, game warden for Montana Department of Fish, ... BUTTE — The Berkeley Pit holds 45 billion gallons of water. The Yankee Doodle Tailings Pond holds more than 20,000 acre feet of water.

BUTTE — These days, the skies above Southwest Montana are teeming with birds headed north. Which means on a windy Tuesday in April, bird protection specialist Mark Mariano has been on duty since ...

Montana Moment Butte’s Berkeley Pit is as poisonous as battery acid. An entire flock of snow geese mistakenly landed on its surface in 1995 and died before they could take flight.