1,142 acres of BLM Land in southeast Idaho could be sold to Simplot for phosphate mining
This would be a precedent setting decision that would eliminate access to this land and limit input into how it is managed.
Agency mulls selling public land for mine
TODD DVORAK – Associated Press
Is this a final victory in 23 year fight against the mine?
It probably isn’t because Judge Molloy both ruled for and against conservationists on their variety of claims, but it does send the Forest Service’s decision to approve the mine back to square one.
Molloy blocks mine beneath Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. By Michael [...]
Continue Reading →Controversy began 1n 1974-
Well what a cause for celebration this is! I can remember I was just starting to explore the wild country as a young man back in 1974 when Sage Creek Coal proposed a big coal mine on Cabin Creek, a tributary to the North Fork of the Flathead. In 2008 I [...]
Continue Reading →Great progress on the mining mess of the New World Mining district above Cooke City-
Although the article below writes of the headwaters of the Yellowstone. It is actually Soda Butte Creek and the Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstone.
They have been poking around and doing some mining here since the 19th Century. In the [...]
Continue Reading →After years of controversy, B.C. to ban mining, energy development in critical headwaters of famed river near Glacier National Park-
I have been worried about this for years, and posted many articles. Every month is seemed a new, massive environmentally destructive scheme was proposed for the North Fork.
Now British Columbia Lt. Gov. Steven Point [...]
Continue Reading →Western Watersheds Project Wins Summary Judgment on the 100,000 acre Byner Complex Allotments. BLM-
This no “family ranch” but a spin-off of Freeport-McMoRan mining.
Here is the WWP’s news release on the victory for the American people ♦Western Watersheds Project’s Arizona Office has been granted Summary Judgment byAdministrative Law Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer [...]
Continue Reading →Will there be a similar flight for opponents of the mining? No.
A state owned plane carrying Lt. Gov. Brad Little, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, deputy Attorney General Clive Strong, and mining lobbyist Jack Lyman for a tour of eastern Idaho phosphate mining areas was paid for by mining [...]
Continue Reading →Another controversial Obama appointment
This time, environmentalists are angered with Obama’s choice for Office of Surface Mining Reclamation, and Enforcement.
Enviros Blast Obama’s Choice for Office of Surface Mining – ENS
For the past 17 years Pizarchik has been engaged in Pennsylvania’s mining program, first as legal counsel and then as the [...]
Continue Reading →Followup to Obama’s move to temporarily delay mining claims on a million scenic acres is shaping up into a major battle-
Mine ban at Canyon may fuel new fight By Shaun McKinnon and Erin Kelly. Azcentral.com
Polls show the state’s residents support the general position of Grijalva.
The Arizona Strip is a vast area [...]
Continue Reading →Nevada wants to keep regulation out of federal hands for selfish reasons
According to the Las Vegas Sun the battle over the huge mercury plume from the recently-closed (again) Jerritt Canyon mine is really over Nevada keeping control of regulating its gold mining industry.
Closing mine part of bigger battle. State wants to keep [...]
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