Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Grand Canyon About to Expire – Will BLM Cave to Lobbyists? « Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management

Posted by: Bob Payne | March 31, 2011

Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Grand Canyon About to Expire – Will BLM Cave to Lobbyists?

It is approaching time for the Bureau of Land Management to once again consider whether or not to allow bids for uranium mining on more than one million acres of land near the Grand Canyon. The two-year moratorium that is now set to expire was a challenge to win in the first place, and lobbyists are putting the pressure on to let the mining begin.

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Posted in Protected Areas | Tags: effectiveness, environmental management, governance, Grand Canyon National Park, human dimensions, linkedin, mining, national parks, policy, Protected Areas, science, social institutions, social science, USA

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