Mark Udall: “It's one of the reasons that Senator Risch and I started the Senate Outdoor Recreation Caucus.”

What happened at the Gold King Mine is part of a much, much bigger problem.

The 1872 mining law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals from public lands without paying any royalties.

We are grateful to Senators Udall and Barrasso as well as the bipartisan co-sponsors of S. 2440.

The royalties paid by coal companies--and energy development of all kinds on federal lands--provide critical support for local schools, roads and other services that Colorado families count on.