A Call to Action
Re-stake Your Claim to the American West
Help Protect America's Special Places from Mining!

Hello,

As a member of Westerners for Responsible Mining, EARTHWORKS is working to reform the outdated 1872 Mining Law to protect western communities and water resources.  Along with communities in Nevada, Washington, Idaho, New Mexico, and Oregon, we are planning a day of action next week to elevate the issue of mining in the West, the threat it poses to special places and the need for mining law reform.  And we need your help!

The event in Seattle will take place on October 15th along with similar events in other Western states as well as Washington, D.C.

In order to raise public awareness of the threat to special places allowed by the 1872 Mining Law, Westerners for Responsible Mining staff, mining activists and volunteers like you -- hopefully including you -- will be distributing materials about mining to the public in busy pedestrian areas. We hope to educate

people about the destructive impacts of mining and send them to the Westerners for Responsible Mining website, www.bettermines.org, to ultimately enlist their help to fight for mining law reform.  

Your help is needed for leafleting in Seattle.  The more people who participate, the more impact it will have on protecting special places from the threat of hardrock mining.  We are well prepared with all the materials, now we just need volunteers like you to help us get our voices heard.  Please join us and “Re-Stake Your Claim to the American West.”

For more information about the Washington, DC action, please contact Lauren Pagel at lpagel@earthworksaction.org or 202-887-1872 x207 for more information.

For more information about the Portland, OR action, please contact Rolf Sklar at rolf@siskiyou.org or 541-592-4459 for more information.

For more information about the Seattle, WA, action, please contact Kimberlee Dinn at kdinn@earthworksaction.org or 202-887-1872 x204 for more information.

For more information about the Albuquerque, Taos or Santa Fe, NM actions, please contact Janice Varela at jvarela@amigosbravos.org or 505-757-3449 for more information.

For more information about the Reno, NV action, please contact Christie Whiteside at christie@greatbasinminewatch.org or 775-348-1986 for more information.

For more information about the Boise, ID action, please contact John Robison at jrobison@wildidaho.org or 208-345-6942 for more information.

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