Let’s stop the destructive road into the Brooks Range for good. Write now to kill the Ambler access road. The Kobuk River near the village of Kobuk, Brooks Range, […]
Ambler Road A Threat to Alaska’s Wildlands
Peaks in the Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. Photo George Wuerthner While most Americans were focused on the seditious events in Washington DC, the Trump Administration approved the […]
1 Million birds might be dying each year due to PVC mining claim markers.
The American Bird Conservancy notes in a press release that a million birds may be dying each year after becoming trapped inside PVC pipes used to mark mining claims throughout […]
Millions of Bird Deaths in Nevada
Over my years of traipsing around public lands in the West I have come across hundreds of uncapped 3-foot tall PVC pipes sticking out of the ground. For a long […]
EPA concerned about Monsanto pollution control dam
EPA wants the dam to release clean, treated water. The dam built to keep selenium and heavy metals also blocks water flows to the Blackfoot River. EPA concerned about Monsanto […]
New World Mine claims all purchased
20 year threat of mining near Yellowstone National Park is over. The New World Mine was proposed to be built just north of Yellowstone National Park in 1990 by a […]
Feds propose extending minerals extraction ban on bighorn habitat
Wyoming herd is a big tourist attraction The Whiskey Mountain Bighorn Sheep Locatable Mineral Withdrawal may be extended to protect bighorn sheep habitat from development for another 20 years. The […]
Agency mulls selling public land for mine
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 […]