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Judi Lynn

(160,601 posts) Wed Jan 31, 2018, 09:39 PM Jan 2018

Utah officials prepare for mining claims in reopened wilderness areas: report

Source: The Hill

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 01/31/18 08:11 PM EST

Utah's Bureau of Land Management is preparing for a possible rush of mining claims in the area opened up by President Trump's decision to reduce the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

Reuters reports that millions of acres of land will soon be open for mining claims governed by an 1872 law describing the process for prospecting and staking claims in the western United States.

“We’re working on getting information and new monument maps ready for people interested in claims,” BLM spokesman Michael Richardson said.

Trump announced in December that he would reduce the Obama-era monument declarations, which he has called a massive federal overreach.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/371746-utah-officials-prepare-for-mining-claims-in-reopened-wilderness

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Utah officials prepare for mining claims in reopened wilderness areas: report (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2018 OP

So how long will it take to recover from this ass hole? Some of things do not seem reversible. wasupaloopa Jan 2018 #1

Article says anyone can stake a claim for 20 acres by planting 4 stakes bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #2

how many claims to disrupt? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #3

Bingo! bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #4

FUCKING REPUBLCIAN ASSHOLES !!!!!!!! vkkv Jan 2018 #5

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

1. So how long will it take to recover from this ass hole? Some of things do not seem reversible.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 09:44 PM

Jan 2018

bucolic_frolic

(43,259 posts)

2. Article says anyone can stake a claim for 20 acres by planting 4 stakes

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 09:49 PM

Jan 2018

paying a few hundred dollars and a yearly maintenance.

Any of us could do it. Don't have to mine it. All you have to do is pay the yearly $150 fee.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,407 posts)

3. how many claims to disrupt?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 10:16 PM

Jan 2018

Somebody somewhere could figure out how many such claims it would take to disrupt mining attempts. A grass roots resistance funded by the rest of us.

bucolic_frolic

(43,259 posts)

4. Bingo!

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 10:22 PM

Jan 2018

I have no idea. 20 million acres is a lot of 20 acre claims.

Contact the environmental organizations. NRDC, Sierra Club, and the like. Surely they are not ignorant as to what's going on.

vkkv

(3,384 posts)

5. FUCKING REPUBLCIAN ASSHOLES !!!!!!!!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 11:16 PM

Jan 2018

- was that "polite" enough for you Judi?

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