Missoula
Possibly the least known mountain range in southwest Montana, the John Long Range is a special area for those seeking peace and isolation from the noise of modern life.
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Missoula
Travelers’ Rest State Park welcomes more than 70,000 visitors each year, including 2,000 school children on field trips.
Minnesota
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Tuesday banning nonferrous mining in the Rainy River Watershed, which is the site of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — handing environmentalists a signfiicant victory they’ve sought for years. Walz will give a mid-morning address Tuesday to discuss his climate and environmental record at a state park. […]
Virginia
With new research showing that black lung disease among Appalachian coal miners has reached an almost 50-year high, advocates are demanding federal regulations be enforced. The data published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is also part of a peer-reviewed research letter from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health […]
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The United Mine Workers of America made an “urgent demand” of the federal government on Thursday for the “immediate, uncompromised” enforcement of previously approved policies and rules that would protect coal miners from incurable black lung disease. The call from the UMWA comes after new research this month shows that black lung rates have increased […]
Montana
ANACONDA, Mont. – Kicking off the Smeltermen’s Day weekend celebration in Anaconda on August 7, Kathy Ilene Lunde launched her historic book, Echoes of Anaconda: Stories Carried on the Copper Wind.
Illinois
(The Center Square) – Four people are facing federal charges in connection with a Franklin County mine fire that occurred in August 2021.
Missoula
Randy Winstead, who retired in 2015, shares his underground mining memories in a new book after 30 years on the job.
New Mexico
The Chama Basin Watershed Protection Act, sponsored by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, all New Mexico Democrats, if enacted, would prohibit all forms of uranium mining through much of Rio Arriba County, including in the Santa Fe and Carson national forests.
Pennsylvania
A set of reviews issued by the Citizens Coal Council claims that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is failing to properly implement an oversight program intended to assess how underground coal mining is affecting streams and properties across Pennsylvania.
