Using 1872 Standards for Environmental Management!

Why are we still operating under the framework of the 1872 Mining Act on federal lands that was designed to encourage extraction of natural resources? The law takes presidence over all other uses including hunting and fishing and includes zero environmental provisions. The EPA estimates that 40% of western headwater streams are polluted by mine tailings .....read more about this in the Fall Issue of Trout or go to the TU web site and read it on-line.