Mining Cases
04/04/2011
Advocates for the West represents Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Rivers United, and Golden Eagle Audubon Society in a challenge to the Forest Service approval of Canadian mining company Mosquito Gold’s plan to explore for copper and molybdenum in the headwaters of Grimes Creek on...
03/10/2011
This case challenges the U.S. Forest Service's violation of its duties to preserve and protect the Lochsa and Clearwater Wild and Scenic River corridor and the Clearwater National Forest from the oil industry's "mega-loads" of industrial equipment. The Idaho...
07/07/2008
On behalf of Idaho Conservation League, we sent EPA a notice-of-intent letter in July 2008, alleging that it was violating Section 303(c) of the Federal Clean Water Act in not requiring the State of Idaho to adopt sufficiently protective water quality standards for arsenic and other toxic...
06/22/2006
Atlanta, Idaho is a small town that once saw extensive mining operations; but all commercial mining stopped by 1963 when the ore played out. Recently, a mining company has proposed to develop a large, cyanide heap-leach mine at the Atlanta site, which is located on the Middle Fork of the...
