Clean Up a 137-Year Old Mining Law to Protect Wildlife

For more than a century, the 1872 Mining Law has allowed mining companies to buy up America's public lands for $5 or less per acre with little or no cleanup required. It also allows mining to take precedence over protecting public land for wildlife habitat, clean water, hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation.

A month ago, over 1,500 of you helped us thank Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman for introducing the "Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009" (S. 796). This legislation will ensure that environmental protections are modernized for mining.

Now we need your help in asking your senators to support this historic bill.

Please take a minute to urge your senators to clean up this 137-year old law to protect wildlife and public lands.