The North Fork Clearwater River, Idaho, where the Forest Service is fighting mining under a law that allows it to prioritize other uses. Linda Lantzy/Idahoscenics.com On a clear day last October ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) –The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has analyzed a proposed placer gold mining operation in Granite Creek, located 12 miles northwest of Idaho City, and will accept public ...

By midcentury, placer mining, the excavation of minerals from a streambed, was prohibited on 7 million acres of public lands.

EPA Settles Idaho Mining Case As part of the settlement, Bunker Hill Mining Corp. will pay EPA up to $20 million, on behalf of Placer Mining, in satisfaction of EPA's past costs claim against ...

The Ninth Circuit noted that since the 1970s the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has interpreted the Clean Water Act as prohibiting discharges from placer mining sluice ...

In a strategic partnership to support Idaho’s workforce development and economic growth, University of Idaho, North Idaho College and leaders from across the state’s mining industries are preparing ...

As part of the settlement, Bunker Hill Mining Corp. will pay EPA up to $20 million, on behalf of Placer Mining, in satisfaction of EPA's past costs claim against Placer Mining, and Placer Mining ...