Transfer of 322 Acres to Prickly Pear Land Trust Puts East Helena Greenway Project on the Path to Reality

East Helena, MT (December 31, 2020) —The East Helena Greenway Project, which was first envisioned by the community 10 years ago, is now on the path to full-fledged reality as a result of the transfer of 322 acres of former ASARCO lands to Prickly Pear Land Trust (PPLT). On December 30, after years of multi-stakeholder coordination and collaboration, t he Montana Environmental Trust Group, LLC (METG) conveyed title to 242 acres along the reconstructed Prickly Pear Creek (PPC) corridor south of Highway 12 and approximately 80 acres along PPC near Kennedy Park in East Helena to PPLT for development of an 8-mile trail system on remediated and revitalized former ASARCO lands.

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Anna Novikova
2M tons of material to be removed from East Helena slag pile

HELENA — A big change is coming to East Helena’s slag pile, as leaders have announced plans to remove 2 million tons of material to be reprocessed.

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Montana Environmental Trust Group held an online public meeting Tuesday to give a yearly update on cleanup and restoration work at the former ASARCO smelter site.

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Anna Novikova
Montana Environmental Trust Group’s Prickly Pear Creek Realignment Project Wins International Engineering Award

East Helena, MT (September 2019) – The Montana Environmental Trust Group, LLC, as trustee of the Montana Environmental Custodial Trust, and its contractor Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. received a 2019 Merit Award from the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) for the Prickly Pear Creek realignment project in East Helena, Montana.

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Anna Novikova
Redevelopment possibilities revealed for Kerr-McGee site

Tuesday and Wednesday, Greenfield Multistate Trust and Environmental Protection Agency officials invited residents to review concepts for the redevelopment of the former Kerr-McGee site in north Columbus.

In three sessions, residents could review three conceptual maps on display in the Multistate Trust's community resource center on 14th Avenue North.

One concept was devoted heavily to open public spaces, another emphasized residential/industrial use and the third focus on a "town center concept."

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