And numerous steel pipes used to stabilize boreholes were sticking up from the ground, posing a risk for snowmachine travel, the CSPP study found.

In all 71 of the 107 inspected sites "were not fully reclaimed," based on observations of dead vegetation, flowing water and open and abandoned drill casings, its report said.

"There is some environmental degradation out there. It is not terrible," said David Chambers, report co-author and founder and president of the Center for Science. "But the major point is that there is work out there that needs to be done and because of the remote location out there, it is going to be very expensive to do it."
So, we should turn Pebble and its "Partenership" loose upon the land to do as they may for big, big money.  And PP is expected to do the correct and regulated thing in each and every instance and be trusted to police themselves on remediation and restoration.  Which costs a lot of money.  Hmmm . . .