Mark Udall: “The need to rehabilitate this irrigation system is long overdue and the need for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to act…”

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

EPA has accepted responsibility here also.

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

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.