Bill would enable ‘Good Samaritans’ to clean up abandoned mine pollution to improve water quality. Contacts: Arlington, VA. (September 13, 2023) – A bipartisan coalition of 19 Senators today introduced ‘Good Samaritan’ legislation to help clean up chronic pollution leaking from abandoned hardrock mines. Lead bill sponsors Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and James Risch (R-ID)…
New recommendations include providing Good Samaritans with liability protections to clean up abandoned mines, modernizing mining laws, and improved permitting processes. Contacts: Arlington, VA. (September 12, 2023) – Today, the Biden Administration released a new report, Recommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands, from the Interagency Working Group on Mining Reform with policies to support…
TU, BLM ink $8.867 million partnership for watershed restoration across the West.
Agreement will support process-based restoration in Colorado River, California-Great Basin, and Columbia Pacific Northwest watersheds Contacts: Arlington, Va.—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Trout Unlimited (TU) today announced a five-year, $8.9 million agreement to reconnect and restore arid Western watersheds, including the Colorado River, California-Great Basin, and Columbia Pacific Northwest river systems. TU will…
Upper Peninsula outdoor TV show “Discovering” features TU brook trout restoration project.
Michigan habitat work transforms stream in southeast corner of the state into a trout haven for a big population center.
Comments are needed through September 22nd to help bring balance back to public lands
