RIVERTON, WY. – In the spirit of shared conservation stewardship on public land, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) collaborated for the second year with Lander Middle School and other partners to plant sagebrush seedlings in a reclaimed mine site in the Gas Hills Uranium Mining District east […]
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Ivey announces Grand River Technology Park project to reclaim abandoned mining sites
On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey, the Alabama Department of Labor’s Abandoned Mine Land program and the United States Steel Corporation announced a collaborative effort to create the new Grand River Technology Park and relocate the Southern Museum of Flight. -Read More-
State grant to aid in landslide cleanup
A $400,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will help the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy stabilize a dangerous landslide. -Read More-
Russell Co. abandoned mine project earns federal award
A project that helped improve water quality on the Clinch River while cleaning up a one-ton gob pile of waste at a Russell County mine site has earned federal recognition. -Read More-
Work underway to close old mine shaft entrances at Gold Butte monument – K.M. Cannon
State contractors are closing entrances to abandoned mines in Gold Butte National Monument to keep humans out but allow wildlife in. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) -Read More-
Arden Mine was a popular spot for hikers and desert explorers
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — It’s been a popular spot for hikers and desert explorers for decades but now, the Arden Mine is off limits. -Read More-
30-foot sinkhole opens up in Butte resident’s backyard
While sitting by his kitchen window one evening this past June, Peter Lucon felt the earth move. A mine shaft from the old Carrie Mine had opened up behind his house, causing a 30-foot sinkhole. -Read More-
Hydrogeologist’s death leaves big shoes to fill in Montana mine cleanups
Tom Henderson, a hydrogeologist with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, told an audience attending an October water conference in West Yellowstone that a $22 million cleanup of gold mine waste in Soda Butte Creek outside of Yellowstone National Park was the highlight of his career. -Read More-
N.M. Abandoned Mine Land Program: Safeguard, Preserve & Reclaim
Welcome to our Project Story Map. Explore a selection of our projects or initiatives in several phases of development. These represent the diverse activities covered by the N.M. Abandoned Mine Land Program in the Mining and Minerals Division of the New Mexico Energy, Mineral and Natural Resources Department. -Read More-
Old mines present mammoth remediation task in N.M.
Steering his Toyota 4Runner through a dirt path in the town of Cerrillos, Todd Brown points to one of the piles of waste rock that have been sitting for decades in one of the most mineral-rich mining districts in the state. -Read More-