We now have supporters who are well known and connected in Washington, DC, and who state they will assist us in bypassing lower level staffers and getting us face-to-face meetings with Senators.

We’ve heard from miners in Arizona about federal agencies closing off historic roads that provide access for miners, and we need your input.

• EPA declines to impose additional regulations and financial requirements on hardrock miners
• “Baffling” ruling in suction gold dredging court case

• Environmental groups push for more ESA listings
• Proposed grant program to recruit mining engineering students