Save the Scenic Santa Ritas will host a free Town Hall at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Sahuarita Unified School District Auditorium to present information hidden from the public on the impacts of the proposed Copper World mine on Sahuarita and Green Valley.

Save the Scenic Santa Ritas has scheduled a community meeting to discuss the impact of the proposed Copper World mine.

SSSR has requested the Sahuarita Town Council to immediately determine whether Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals is in violation of an agreement to replenish 105% of the groundwater it plans to pump from the area aquifer for the Copper World mine.

A message from SSSR Executive Director John Dougherty

The Pima County Health Department was planning to make a presentation to the Board of Supervisors on a proposed ordinance to limit the number of trucks that can travel each day on unpaved county roads. The ordinance was pulled from the board’s agenda before the department could make its presentation.

Huge mine trucks and other heavy trucks may soon face strict limits on how many can travel and how fast they can travel on dirt roads in unincorporated Pima County.

Long lines and overcapacity at meeting after environmental group sent flyers urging discussion on Copper World.