The 1872 Mining Law was passed only seven years after Congress abolished slavery and nearly five decades before women won the right to vote. It is surely time to update it.
Please take a moment to send the following letter to Oregon’s congressional delegation asking for reform of the 1872 Mining Law to benefit clean water, imperiled species and the American taxpayer.
Klamath-Siskiyou
Wildlands Center
POB
102,
Ashland,
OR97520
| 541-488-5789
| www.kswild.org