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News Release House Natural Resources Committee House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) yesterday accompanied the U.S. Forest Service

As the bill to save Oak Flat stalls, mine opponents call on Sen. Mark Kelly to revive the bill, while others call for tougher mining regulations.

About 20 protestors gathered in front of Sen. Mark Kelly’s office to urge him to save Oak Flat, a sacred Indigenous site near Superior, from copper mining.

The Biden administration is facing a major test of its commitment to sacred sites as citizens of the San Carlos Apache Tribe head to court to protect one of their most important places.

As Arizona enters what is likely to be its third decade of unprecedented drought, the proposed Resolution Copper mine just east of Superior at the site of Oak Flat has become a symbol of the fight over economic development, dwindling water supplies, and the preservation of Native American heritage and publicly owned open spaces.

A site in Arizona sacred to tribal nations for 1,500 years is about to be destroyed by a copper mine that will form a 1,000-foot deep crater.

A site in Arizona sacred to tribal nations for 1,500 years is about to be destroyed by a copper mine that will form a 1,000-foot deep crater.

Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.― Community events next week will rally support for the Save Oak Flat Act and send off members of Apache Stronghold as they start a cross-country road trip to Washington, D.C., to lobby for the bill’s passage. Stronghold leaders, including former San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman Wendsler Nosie Sr., will attend a community event Sunday and an interfaith blessing Thursday evening.

House committee markup on Save Oak Flat Act and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Indianz.Com The first is H.R.1884, the Save Oak Flat Act. The bill permanently protects Oak Flat, a sacred Apache site in Arizona, from being used for a massive copper mine. The second item of interest is H.R.443, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act. The bill authorizes the Indian Health Service to convey property to the Alaska Native Trib...

Natural Resources Committee gears up for full week of hearings FILE PHOTO State representatives welcome public to watch LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The Natural Resources Committee is holding four livestreamed hearings next week to discuss public lands accessibility, wildlife trafficking and wildfire preparedness during climate change. Tuesday, April 27, 12 p.m. EST The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, led by Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.), will host an oversight hearing title...