Truce clears way for Buckhorn Mountain gold mine

"Over the years, the battle for Buckhorn Mountain, a remote peak just south of the Canadian border in north-central Washington, has helped unseat a U.S. senator, dashed the hopes of mining companies and rallied environmentalists.

Now, after two decades of controversy, environmental groups and the Canadian mining company Kinross on Thursday agreed to a truce that will finally allow gold mining to start at the Okanogan County mine as early as August."