Abandoned Mine Lands

A large group of students and adult pose for a photo in an open, grassy landscape.

Local students continue habitat restoration on public lands in Gas Hills; nearly 7,000 sagebrush seedlings planted to date

Students from Lander and the Wind River Indian Reservation have partnered with the BLM, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and others to plant more than 7,000 sagebrush seedlings on abandoned mine lands.
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A cement worker smooths a cap on a mine

PODCAST: Cleaning up abandoned mine lands yields wildlife benefits in southwest New Mexico

"On The Ground": In southwest New Mexico, the Bureau of Land Management is restoring an area to both protect people from dangerous mine shafts, and to improve the habitat for endangered species.
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Boarded up mine entrance

Podcast: "Lodes" to clean up

When hazards are found on public lands, it's up to people like Mike McCrum to oversee the remediation. He leads BLM Alaska's hazardous materials and remediation program, and he's seen his share of cleanups, big and small
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Completed construction of physical safety closure and bat cupola on abandoned mine.

BLM New Mexico completes mine safeguarding project at Cookes Peak

Story courtesy of Susan Torres, Public Affairs Officer, Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department. Photos by Chris Teske, BLM Abandoned Mine Land Coordinator.

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