Mark Udall: “Both of these bills provide an important opportunity to protect these critical natural resources.”

Senators Jerry Moran and Mark Udall recently sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget outlining areas where improvements can be made.

I think Federal lands, which control so much of your State, are really critical, because those are vast rural areas that have virtually no coverage.

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.