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For Immediate Release -- July 21, 2022 [click for full News Release PDF (4-pg) ]
Contact:
- Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter, (602) 999-5790, Sandy.Bahr@sierraclub.org
- Amber Reimondo, Grand Canyon Trust, (928) 286-3361, areimondo@grandcanyontrust.org
- Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
- Kelly Burke, Wild Arizona, (928) 606-7870, kelly@wildarizona.org
- Geoff Nolan, Earthjustice, (202) 740-7030, gnolan@earthjustice.org
- Liam Kelly, National Parks Conservation Association, (213) 814-8666, LKelly@npca.org
- Mike Quigley, The Wilderness Society, (520) 334-8741, mike_quigley@tws.org
Grand Canyon Protection Act Considered in Senate
Bill Sponsored by Senators Sinema and Kelly to protect lands around Grand Canyon takes another step
Senate Committee Marks Up Grand Canyon Protection Act
Arizonans Support Protecting 1 Million Acres Near Canyon from Mining
PHOENIX -- Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered and offered amendments on the Grand Canyon Protection Act, a bill that will protect about 1 million acres of public lands near Grand Canyon National Park from toxic uranium mining. The Act would make permanent a ban on mining that was enacted administratively in 2012. This is the farthest the bill has advanced.
A broad coalition of conservation organizations, business owners, faith groups, local government leaders, military veterans, hunting and fishing groups, river runners and others joined Indigenous Tribes and Nations, including the Havasupai Tribe that has led this important effort to protect these lands, in urging the U.S. Senate to expeditiously pass the bill, despite the 10-10 partisan vote in Committee....