Environmental dangers, including wildfires and groundwater poisoning, ended the Rushmore pyrotechnics a decade ago. Now they're back, defying a pandemic and protests.
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Revived Mount Rushmore Fireworks Will Feature Trump But No Social Distancing
Corrected: July 1, 2020 at 10:00 PM MDT
Due to a transcription error, a previous version of this story misquoted Bill Gabbert as saying, "Conducting that prescribed fire won't reduce the amount of flammable material — the vegetation that is on the ground." Actually, he said that a "prescribed fire will reduce the amount of flammable material."
