Controversial Mining Subtitle Withdrawn from Budget Bill Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV), has announced that he is officially dropping the controversial mining provisions that he and House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo (R-CA) inserted into a budget reconciliation bill. Read More> WRM Launches Mine, All Mine - the Citizen's Mining Company Coloradans staking mining claims for the Citizen's Mining Company. Credit: INFORM With four wooden stakes and 97 cents an acre, the Citizen's Mining Company is staking mining claims to protect special places and water resources across the West. Read More>

Tell Congress to Coloradans in Washington to make their case for mining reform. Protect America's Special Places from Mining! Urge them to reform the 1872 Mining Law, which puts special places around the West at risk. ACT NOW!>   America's Western Heritage for Sale A new Westerners for Responsible Mining report, America's Western Heritage For Sale, shows the Interior Department is poised to sell large tracts of America's public lands, including parts of national parks, for pennies on the dollar.  A recent AP story highlights the issue.  Read More >