Cabinet Mountains: Forest Service Releases Draft EA on Mining

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Cabinet Mountains: Forest Service Releases Draft EA on Mining

By Derf Johnson For decades now, MEIC and our partners have been fighting against a set of proposed silver and copper mines that will be...

March 30, 2025

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Protect the Cabinet Mountains

The Kootenai National Forest is currently accepting public comments regarding its environmental review of proposed mining activities in the...

February 19, 2025

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Press Release: Tribes, Conservation Groups Vow Continued Fight Against Irresponsible Mining After “Bad Actor” Retirement

Phillips Baker, Jr., retires from Hecla Mining Company leaving unreclaimed mining disasters behind   CONTACTS Shiloh Hernandez,...

July 11, 2024

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Judge Orders Release of Gianforte Comms with Bad Actor Mining Corporation

By Derf Johnson Over the past few years, Gov. Greg Gianforte has wrongfully withheld public documents from an official document request by...

September 15, 2023

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Mining Beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness: An Update

By Derf Johnson Readers of Down to Earth and long-time MEIC members are likely quite familiar with the proposed Montanore and Rock Creek...

December 5, 2022

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Cabinet Mountains Mines Stalled

by Jim Jensen Idaho-based Hecla Mining Co.’s two proposed mines beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area are pretty much at a...

March 15, 2019

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