Since the release of our 2005 report, Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the West, the Center of the American West has been working toward a solution to the problems posed by abandoned hardrock ...

Mining has been a bedrock of Idaho's economy since before the Gem State became a state, but an environmental nonprofit group says abandoned mines ... that settled the west has turned into the ...

The U.S. West is dotted with abandoned mines that pollute water and impair habitat, the legacy of earlier generations’ pursuit of wealth and industrial feedstock. In our 2005 report on abandoned mines ...