In a successful legal objection, the U.S. Forest Service regional office has directed the Klamath National Forest to reject the northern Californian Discovery Day mining proposal and has required the miners to clean up their mess.
Read MoreOverwhelming support from local communities and more than 70,000 comments in favor of protecting wild rivers and drinking water made a difference in defending against the imminent threat of nickel strip mining. On January 13, 2016, the Department of the Interior signed off on a 20-year mining ‘time-out’ that encompasses 100,000 acres and 100 miles of the North Fork Smith, Illinois River, and Hunter Creek watersheds.
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