Court victory on Rosemont mine!

Court victory on Rosemont mine!

Victory for the Santa Rita Mountains! This morning, the 9th circuit court upheld Judge Soto’s ruling that the US Forest Service was wrong in approving the Rosemont mine. “Today’s ruling affirmed both natural and US law,” said Roger Featherstone, director of the...
HUGE NEWS! US Forest Service Rescinds Resolution Copper Final Impact Statement

HUGE NEWS! US Forest Service Rescinds Resolution Copper Final Impact Statement

The US Forest Service just announced they are rescinding the Resolution Copper Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and the Draft Record of Decision on the project!
This halts the land exchange until a new FEIS is published.

This is wonderful news and although there is still much to do to protect Oak Flat and the surrounding precious lands, we should take time out to thank and remember everyone that has worked so hard to protect Oak Flat and prepare for the final effort to make sure Oak Flat remains free forever! 

Injunction Sought to Block Oak Flat Land Trade for Massive Arizona Copper Mine

Injunction Sought to Block Oak Flat Land Trade for Massive Arizona Copper Mine

Tribal and conservation groups asked a federal judge today to block a land trade that would hand over thousands of acres in the Tonto National Forest in central Arizona to multinational mining company Rio Tinto for the massive Resolution Copper mine. The Oak Flat area, considered sacred by Apache and other Native people, would be destroyed by the mine.

Lawsuit Challenges Review of Mine Proposal That Would Destroy Oak Flat

Lawsuit Challenges Review of Mine Proposal That Would Destroy Oak Flat

PHOENIX— Tribal and conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today to stop a land trade that would hand over thousands of acres in the Tonto National Forest in central Arizona to a London-based mining company. The Oak Flat area, considered sacred by Apache and other Native people, would be destroyed by multinational mining company Rio Tinto for a massive copper mine.

Send a Letter to the Biden Administration to Protect Oak Flat

Send a Letter to the Biden Administration to Protect Oak Flat

Please sign your organization onto a letter urging President Joe Biden to immediately withdraw the recently issued Final Environmental Impact Statement, Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange (EIS 20210005) that will facilitate a land exchange and construction of the Resolution Copper mine, resulting in the destruction of a Native American sacred area, Oak Flat or Chi’chil Bildagoteel.