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Public Lands: Who Owns the West?

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Modern-Day Gold Rush Threatens Grand Canyon

NewScientist.com

Metals Mining Claims Increase In West

Tucson Citizen

Rush For State Mining Rights

Colorado Springs Gazette

Uranium Boosts Mining Claims Increase

Associated Press (+100 Outlets)
EWG released a new report detailing the dramatic increase in mining claims on public lands that border some of the nation's most cherished national parks, including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Yosemite.

Changes To Mine Law May Shake State

Colorado Springs Gazette

Mining Claims on Western Public Lands

Environminute Podcast

Gale Norton is Back

Former Bush Interior Secretary Takes Job As Attorney For Shell
NewWest

Politics Is War, but in Some Cases It's Best Just to Hold Fire

Congressional Quarterly Today