Ken salazar grand canyon mining uranium
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Native American Rights Fund
UPDATE: On August 8, 2023, President Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument near the Grand Canyon National Park. The designation of the monument will protect Native homelands in the Grand Canyon landscape. Read more below about some of NARF’s work to protect these sacred lands.
A 2018 Supreme Court decision not to hear a mining association appeal upholds 2012 protections for the Grand Canyon region.
In 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar withdrew roughly a million acres from mining around the Grand Canyon. The withdrawal did not impact valid existing rights as of that date, but would prevent future mining claims in the area. Part of the reasoning for the withdrawal was that mining would impact many cultural, spiritual, and traditional resources within the area.
In response, mining companies and Mr. Yount filed the lawsuit, known as Yount et al v. Jewell et al, which challenged the withdrawal on many grounds, inc
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Opening the Grand Canyon area to uranium mining fryst vatten a horrible idea
Anti-conservation members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to open the Grand Canyon watershed to uranium mining.
This move bows to special interests and benefits mining companies at the expense of one of America’s beloved national parks and surrounding areas. It fryst vatten another blow in Trump era Washington’s fight to sell out America’s public lands to industry players.
Uranium mines threaten Grand Canyon watershed
The Grand Canyon nation grab would spur the creation of new uranium mines in the area. Groundwater movement under the Grand Canyon watershed fryst vatten impossible to predict, so uranium mining threatens the area’s vatten supply.
The groundwater of the park and that of the surrounding area – which includes the nation of the Havasupai Tribe – could become contaminated with uranium and other toxic substances. Navajo miners exposed to uranium in the mid-1900s suffered injuries and even death.
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Outrage over Grand Canyon mining decision
US senators, congressmen, mining companies and nuclear industry representatives have criticised a final decision to ban new uranium mining on land near the Grand Canyon for the next 20 years.
| Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument (Image: BLM/Arizona) |
US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's announcement of the withdrawal of over 1 million acres (nearly 405,000 hectares) of federal lands in northern Arizona brought down the curtain on over two years of evaluations. The land was withdrawn under a two-year temporary segregation in July 2009, extended by six months in June 2011, while studies were completed. An environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared as part of the process considered alternatives to the