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Call to Action – Help Us Stop BLM's Proposed Ban on New Mining Claims! (October 19, 2015) On September 24, 2015, the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a Notice of Proposed Withdrawal to designate approximately 19,000,000 acres of federal land as "Sagebrush Focal Areas" and prohibit all new mining claims in those areas for ...