Abandoned Mine Lands: A Decade of Progress Reclaiming Hardrock
Mines: A new joint Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management publication commemorating the 10th anniversary of the
AML program.
Diggin' Deep: Minerals and Geology
Management National Newsletter.
The
Geology and Minerals Training Office:
(GMTO) is the Forest Service's principal training facility for
the design, development, and delivery of geology and
minerals-related technical training and training materials.
Find the latest information on course offerings.
Main Page for Minerals Management Information:
Find the Forest Service Reclamation Bond Training Guide and Minerals Sustainability Commitment
statement and the publication, Anatomy of A Mine. Link to locatable, leasable, salable, and reserved and outstanding minerals information, forms,
and production.
Geological Resources Management:
Link to Forest Service Geomorphic Classification System,
geology in other national forests and regions.
Paleontological
Resources Management: Find information on fossil
collecting, paleontology legislation, paleontology in the
national forests, and links to other paleontological web
sites.
Appeals:
Forest Service decisions related to minerals on National Forest System
lands.
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Energy Leasable Minerals:
Find the Forest Service's Energy Implementation Plan,
geophysical forms, energy regulations, and links to the White
House National Energy Policy and Bureau of Land Management
energy information.
Energy Policy Act Section 390 Categorical
Exclusions for Oil and Gas Activities
Administrative Categorical Exclusions for Oil and Gas
Exploration and Development
Locatable Minerals:
Find the Forest Service Minerals Policy Statement, surface
management regulations, plan of operations form, notice
of intent instructions, mineral production annual summary, and
minerals inventory information.
36 CFR 228A,
Federal Register Notice. Proposed rule would revise
the regulations for locatable mineral operations on National
Forest System Lands
Mineral Materials or Salable
Minerals: Find links to mineral materials sales
contract, mineral material annual production, Forest
Service mineral minerals regulations and manual sections.
Reserved and
Outstanding Minerals: Forest Service manual section and
Secretarial orders related to private and reserved mineral
estates.
AML/ Restoration:
Forest Service information on restoring and reclaiming lands and
watersheds affected by mining practices.
Ecosystem Restoration:
Provides ecological restoration tools to
designers, managers and practitioners in a web-based information
repository hosted by the University of Montana.
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