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In the coming months, the Obama administration will determine whether a colossal open-pit gold and copper excavation project, known as Pebble Mine, can be built in the biologically rich and remote wildlands of Southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed.

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The Bristol Bay watershed, located in the remote wild lands of Southwest Alaska, supports the largest wild salmon runs in the world. It also is home to brown bears, bald eagles, beluga whales, and a wide variety of waterfowl. The area’s pristine mountains, meadows, rivers, and lakes sustain a subsistence-based economy for Native Alaskans as well as world-class sport and commercial fishing.

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(E&E News) Having seen the Obama administration ban new mining claims near the Grand Canyon, environmentalists are promoting similar restrictions for gold exploration around Yosemite National Park.

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Although the Grand Canyon was given a reprieve, other treasured landscapes remain at risk. That's because mining for uranium, gold and other hardrock minerals is governed by a law signed by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 to encourage development of the frontier.

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President Obama recently ordered a 20-year ban on all new mining claims on 1 million acres of national forests and other public land surrounding the Grand Canyon. Send an email to the administration to thank it for conserving this American treasure.

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(Living on Earth) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently signed a 20 year moratorium on mining for uranium near the Grand Canyon National Park. Jane Danowitz of the Pew Environment Group tells host Bruce Gellerman that it would protect close to the park but surrounding lands are still under threat.

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(LA Times) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Monday a final decision to impose 20-year ban on new mining claims on 1 million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon, an area where uranium mining stakes have spiked 2,000% in the last seven years.

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(Reuters) The Obama administration banned new uranium mining claims around the Grand Canyon for the next 20 years, a move hailed by conservationists on Monday as key to the president's environmental legacy but slammed by opponents as a job-killer.

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(AP) Fending off pressure from the mining industry and congressional Republicans, the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to ban new uranium mining claims on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon.

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Jane Danowitz, U.S. public lands director for the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement today in reaction to the signing of a record of decision by U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to bar new mining claims on nearly 1 million acres of public land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park.

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(The Guardian) The Obama administration is set to give protection to one of the world's natural wonders, by banning uranium mining on 1m square acres of land around the Grand Canyon.

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