HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has released the final bond for the Big Sky Coal Mine. Area A is the final section of the the Big Sky Coal Mine to be restored. This ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Bureau of Land Management announced a Public Land Order on Thursday to protect more than 900 additional acres at the Zortman-Landusky Mine reclamation area from future mining ...

RATE DROP IN A PORTION OF ITS WILDLIFE AREA IS CLOSED WHILE CREWS WORK TO RECLAIM A MINE. THE IOWA DNR SAYS THIS AFFECTS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE RECLAMATION AREA. THE SOUTH HALF WILL REMAIN OPEN ...

Land in the Pella Wildlife Area (above) is part of an abandoned coal mine that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is reclaiming. It is the largest reclamation area the department ...