...and the Economic Development Administration. Under Interior: BIA, BLM, BOEMRE, NPS, FWS, USGS, and the Office of Surface Mining. Under Agriculture: Forest Service. These agencies are vital to developing land and water; our raw resources...

...devastating damage strip mining could cause. Most recently, Cook Inletkeeper and 11 other organizations urged the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to abandon proposed softening of stream buffer zone rules sought by the Bush Administration, and asked...

...footprint, but also associated areas around the mine site. By rewriting and reinterpreting the rule's intent, the Office of Surface Mining liberalized waste dumping restrictions, endangering salmon and other streams, opponents say. The new rule is...