Residents of Crested Butte, Colorado, have long opposed mining on Mount Emmons

Mount Emmons and the town of Crested Butte are surrounded by Gunnison National Forest

locator map of Mount Emmons and town of Crested Butte and Gunnison National Forest

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Source: National Forest Service, USDA

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