Mike Kalagian, an OSM employee and project manager for the Augusta Lake remediation project, describes where on the 52 acre lake the scouts will be working. They measured the pH of distilled water, vinegar, and water taken from Augusta Lake. The scouts used canoes to move across the lake to the worksite. Sandbags to build the wetland dike are filled with on-site material, usually consisting of weathered acid sandstone sands, silts and clays. This material has washed down from the adjacent mine spoil ridges.
Team work gets the job done.