Mining

This interview originally aired Aug. 18, 2020.Back in 1966, a mining company had a plan to develop an open-pit mine in the North Cascade Mountains of…

Back in 1966, a mining company had a plan to develop an open-pit mine in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington state. Endangering the Glacier Peak…

As part of its budget plan, the Trump administration proposes spending $150 million for a new uranium reserve. That could help struggling uranium mining…

Public lands that used to be a part of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah will lose many of their environmental protections ,...

President Trump is touting his environmental achievements this week. But some environmental advocacy groups are not impressed. The Center for Western...

The law that governs today’s hardrock mines on public lands in the West is nearly 150 years old. New legislation this week from House Democrats would...

Idaho’s Surface Mining Act was amended by a bill passed during this year’s legislative session. The Idaho Department of Lands, or IDL, will hold public…

A public meeting on the CuMo Mine, a potential mining project near the Boise River headwaters, was supposed to happen in January. But because of the…

Major lands projects have a way of dividing people, and the proposal to resurrect the gold mine at Stibnite is no exception. During my reporting on the…

Wanna Know Idaho traveled to Idaho's West Central Mountains to answer this question from McCall resident Fred Coriell: "What impacts will an open-pit…