Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Defended by Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Coalition

by Gary Kopycinski on March 13, 2012

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Mining threatens water, wildlife, sacred lands

Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2012. Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe joined conservation groups joined in filing legal papers on Monday to defend the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims across 1 million acres of public lands adjacent to the Grand Canyon.

Dozens of new uranium mines threatened to industrialize iconic and regionally sacred wildlands, destroy wildlife habitat and permanently pollute or deplete aquifers. (Neil Jacklin)

Uranium pollution already plagues the Grand Canyon and surrounding area. Proposals for new mining have prompted protests, litigation and proposed legislation. (Neil Jacklin)

The Havasupai…