Raúl Grijalva: “The President proposes an $87 million increase in LWCF funding for the Forest Service and a $20 million increase for the…”

Wildlife trafficking and illegal logging facilitate instability in a country.

Mining is considered the highest and best use of our public lands.

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.