BLM bans new mining claims in protected desert land areas (The Sun)

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The SunDecember 27th, 2016 8:55 pm...The proposal is to be published Wednesday in the Federal Register and initiates the temporary ban on new claims. “This is something that is going to be welcomed by the conservation and scientific community, hunters and those areas where (desert land) tourism is important to their local economy,” said Frazier Haney, conservation manager for the Mojave Desert Land Trust in Joshua Tree...Read Full Article

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