Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has thrown his weight behind a mining ban proposal in the Paradise Valley outside of Yellowstone National Park.
Read More »Montana DEQ Issues Bond Request to Lucky Minerals Inc.
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has sent a bond request to Lucky Minerals Inc., which wants to drill north of Yellowstone for gold.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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).
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Public Comment Period Ends on Paradise Valley Mining Ban
The public comment period on a potential mineral withdrawal within the Paradise Valley outside Yellowstone National Park ended Wednesday.
Read More »Over 250 Comment on Lucky Minerals Drilling Proposal
Public comment has closed on the proposal to let Lucky Minerals Inc. do exploratory drilling north of Yellowstone National Park.
Read More »Congress Needed To Make Mining Claims Ban North of Yellowstone Permanent
Although the Interior Department has temporarily blocked new mining claims north of Yellowstone, it would take Congress to make the ban permanent.
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