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Raúl Grijalva of Arizona joins Center for Biological Diversity in call for environmental analysis that could delay any construction for several years

Such habitats aren’t common in the desert, making this succulent extremely rare, and under pressure.

Center for Biological Diversity: TUCSON, Ariz.— U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced the Save Oak Flat Act today to protect the Indigenous sacred site in central Arizona from being destroyed by a massive copper mine.

In a victory for Indigenous rights and conservation activists, the Forest Service rescinded its decision to permit a controversial mining project to be built within Tonto National Forest in Arizona on Monday.

Arizona PBS March 1, 2021 The fight over the copper mine proposed for Oak Flat in southeastern Arizona has raged for years – and will likely continue after Monday’s decision to pull back Forest Service approval for the project. In this 2015 photo, members of the San Carlos Apache tribe gather at the Capitol to protest the land swap that would let the project proceed. (File photo by Jamie Cochran/Cronkite News) WASHINGTON – The government Monday rescinded its approval for a proposed massive copper mine at Oak Flat, just days before it was to transfer thousands of acres of federal land fo...