GPS Tracking Livestock Movement and Exposure to Abandoned Uranium Mine Waste in Cove Watershed

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Funder:

Environmental Protection Agency

PIs:

Yan Lin (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies)
Johnnye Lewis (College of Pharmacy, UNM)

Students:

Daniel Beene
Zhouming "Leo" Liu

Description:

This project is in partnership with Cove community in the Navajo Nation, researchers at Dine’ College, the Navajo Nation Tribal College, Northern Arizona University, and Montana State University – Billings (MSUB). The research project objectives are to 1) model the potential for livestock exposure to waste from abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) using GPS; 2) measure uptake of uranium and other metals in livestock tissues; and 3) evaluate the human health risk of consuming meat and organs from livestock that graze in the AUM impacted Cove Wash Watershed.