The following recommendations were developed by the Sportsmen United for Sensible Mining

• End mining’s priority status on public lands;
• Recover reasonable royalties on minerals taken from public lands and establish a fund for fish and wildlife habitat improvement to address impacts from past mining;
• Ensure that resource professionals have discretion in planning and permitting future mining to conserve public lands where high fish, water and wildlife values exist;
• Allow reclamation incentives for Good Samaritans; and
• Prohibit patenting or sale of public lands — keep public lands in public hands.
 

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