Tag Archives: U.S. Senator Steve Daines

U.S. Forest Service Announces Support for 20-Year Mining Ban Outside Yellowstone

Paradise Valley

The U.S. Forest Service has announced it wants to ban new mining claims on land just north of Yellowstone National Park for 20 years.

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Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act Omitted From Omnibus Bill

Paradise Valley

The Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act will not be included in the 2018 omnibus spending bill—for different reasons, according to Montana’s congressional delegation.

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Supports Mining Ban Outside Yellowstone National Park

Paradise Valley

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has thrown his weight behind a mining ban proposal in the Paradise Valley outside of Yellowstone National Park.

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Kinross Gold Inc. Donates Former Mineral Hill Mine to Trout Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Trout Unlimited and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation have reached a conservation easement agreement for 549 acres just outside Yellowstone.

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Lucky Minerals Inc. Could Start Drilling By End of Year

After getting the go-ahead from the Montana environmental officials, Lucky Minerals Inc. could start drilling in the Paradise Valley by the end of the year.

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Lucky Minerals Inc. Gets Go-Ahead to Explore for Gold in Paradise Valley

Lucky Minerals Inc. has been given the go-ahead to explore for gold on private land north of Yellowstone National Park in spite of local opposition.

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Hearing Scheduled for Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act

Officials have scheduled a hearing for the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, sponsored by U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT).

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YGBC Seeks Support of Senator Daines for Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act

Opponents to mining in the Paradise Valley outside Yellowstone National Park are pressuring U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) to speak out against two mine proposals.

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Senator Daines Rails Against Sexual Harassment in Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) railed against bullying and sexual harassment in the National Park system—specifically in Yellowstone National Park.

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Senator Tester Introduces Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act

U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining on 30,000 acres of land in the Paradise Valley outside Yellowstone National Park.

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