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Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club (602) 999-5790, sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
Sierra Club Celebrates the One-Year Anniversary of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument
There is still more to do to protect these sacred lands
Phoenix, AZ – Today, Sierra Club celebrated the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
However, there is still work to do to better protect this area, including a strong management plan that centers Indigenous people and the closure of an existing uranium mine, the Pinyon Plain uranium mine. Despite the monument designation, Pinyon Plain was grandfathered in. This mine threatens to deplete and pollute the waters that feed the Grand Canyon seeps and springs that provide the sole source of drinking water for the Havasupai Tribe.
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