Chris Peltz, research coordinator for the Mountain Studies Institute, takes a sample of the water flowing out of the Bonner Mine near South Mineral Creek.
Mountain Studies Institute is moving its Durango office from Fort Lewis College to Unit A at 929 Colorado State Highway 3.
The institute also will have a new telephone number – (970) 422-5040.
The move was necessitated by the need to create more classrooms at FLC.
MSI is a nonprofit that opened in Silverton in 2002 to develop science that people can use to address environmental issues and apply to their projects.
The MSI office in Silverton will remain there. The telephone is (970) 387-5161.
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