IT'S CALLED THE RIVER OF TIRES…AND IT'S FINALLY BEING CLEANED UP. 400-THOUSAND TIRES WERE DUMPED IN AN ARROYO IN MORA COUNTY OVER SEVERAL YEARS. NOW, THE MAN WHO LEASED THE LAND HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR THE REMOVAL. STATE LAND COMMISSIONER RAY POWELL SAYS THE TIRE PILE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD.
POWELL SAYS THE LEASE-HOLDER HAS UNTIL NOVEMBER TO COMPLETE THE CLEANUP. HE SAYS THE TIRE PILE BEGAN AS EROSION CONTROL…BUT THE TIRES SOON BLED OVER ONTO STATE TRUST LAND.
