Mineral Policy Center
- http://www.mineralpolicy.org/
- Environmental impacts of mining (acid mine drainage, and cyanide spills), reform of U.S. 1872 mining law. Focus on hard rock mining in the United States.
Mineral Policy Institute
- http://www.mpi.org.au/
- Information on inappropriate mining and its consequences. Includes a mining watch campaign, reports and Mining Monitor magazine, all with worldwide scope.
Mining Watch Canada
- http://www.miningwatch.ca/
- Technical and advocacy information about threats to public health, water and air quality, fish and wildlife habitat and community interests posed by irresponsible mineral policies and practices in Canada and around the world.
Office of Surface Mining
- http://www.osmre.gov/osm.htm
- U.S. Dept. of Interior Office of Surface Mining. Implements SMCRA (Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act). Addresses coal mining (open pit and strip mines).
Wisconsin Resources Protection Council
- http://www.wrpc.net/index.html
- WRPC helps counter the lack of information about the effects of metallic sulfide mining on Wisconsin's water supplies, tourism and dairy industries, and upon Native American communities that are located near potential mine sites.
