The EPA Superfund program was established in 1980 and over 1,700 locations have been placed on the National Priorities List. Superfund sites cover a vast array of environmental damages that contaminate the land and impact the health of citizens across the nation. There are 17 Superfund sites in Montana, including even a small one in Bozeman. In this presentation, Jennifer Dunn, a doctoral candidate in history at MSU, traces the development of the Superfund and focuses on the different historical and current situations in Butte and Libby. She is introduced by Crystal Alegria, director of the Extreme History Project.

Recorded at the Museum of the Rockies on November 15, 2018.