In 2008, there were over 8,000 mining claims on public lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. According to the 2012 Northern Arizona Mineral Withdrawal Record of Decision, which banned new mining claims on about 1 million acres of public land surrounding the park for a period of 20 years, there were over 10,000 mining claims on these lands in 2009.
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A December 2024 poll of 500 Arizona voters by public opinion research firm GQR found strong public support for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, which protects precious water sources and the ancestral homelands of Native American tribes near Grand Canyon National Park. Download the poll memo › Download […]
This map shows the risk of fatal accidents along the more than 300-mile transportation route from Canyon uranium mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) near the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa uranium mill. Four of the five most dangerous sections along the route are on the Navajo Nation. See a photo gallery of the haul route, […]