News Archive

September 2007

BLM and Forest Service release report Abandoned Mine Lands: A Decade of Progress Reclaiming Hardrock Mines (PDF)

Abandoned mines a 'death trap,' Az inspector says (September 5, 2007)

June 2007

EPA announces additional "Good Samaritan" AML Cleanup Initiatives

May 2007

BLM and National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs enter into partnership agreement

Watch a car being rescued from an abandoned mine (May 2007, warning large wmv file, 60.3 Mb)

April 2007

The California BLM Abandoned Mine Lands Team awarded the 2006 Department of the Interior Environmental Achievement Awards (April 19, 2007)

Abandoned Mine Lands Program Policy Handbook (PDF) now available (April 23, 2007)

February 2007

NewsBytes: Beware Hidden Mineshafts! (February 6, 2007)

December 2006

NewsBytes: David Lawler, California State Office Land Coordinator

November 2006

EPA Hard Rock Conference 2006 (November 14 – 16, 2006)

October 2006

Recipients of the 2006 Department of Interior (DOI) Environmental Achievement Awards (October 2, 2006)

September 2006

Public Safety Prompts BLM to Demolish American Flat Mill (September 8, 2006)

September 2006 Conference of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs (September 24 – 27, 2006)

August 2006

Abandoned Mine Safety (August 30, 2006)

Abandoned Mine Reclamation Work is Waiting for Legislation to Catch up with History (August 29, 2006)

Shoe Basin mine cleanup in progress (August 2, 2006)

July 2006

2 Killed By Fumes In Abandoned El Dorado Mine (July 27, 2006)

Yes, Virginia, There is a Mine Inspector (July 26, 2006)