Endorse SSSR! Show your support for SSSR and our efforts to stop mining in the Santa Rita Mountains, Patagonia Mountains, San Rafael Valley and Canelo Hills. Print out our Endorsement Form and mail it back to us.
As of April, 2010, we have been endorsed by the following 91 groups, organizations, and businesses, representing over 80,000 individuals. Additionally, below is a list of former and current legislators opposed to the proposed Rosmeont mine.
Arizona Borderlands Democrats
Arizona Herpetological Association
Arizona Native Plant Society, Conservation Committee
AZ Highway 83 - 10 members
Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project
Bowdens Choice Fitness (Patagonia)
Camel Parts (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Callaghan Vineyards
Canela Bistro (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Casita Frontera (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Center for Biological Diversity - 180,000 members, 4,200 in Arizona
Center for Desert Archaeology - 1,000 members
Center for Environmental Ethics
Cienega Watershed Partnership
Circle Z Ranch (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Citizens Water Action Coalition - 260 person mailing list
Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection- (members consist of 40
conservation and neighborhoodgroups, representing nearly 30,000 people)
Creative Spirit Artists (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Cross Creek Cottages (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Darrell's Designs (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Deborah Allen Designs
Defenders of Wildlife - 500,000 members nationally
Democratic Club of the Santa Rita Area
Desert Care LLC (Patagonia)
Don't Waste Arizona, 100 members
The Duquesne House Bed and Breakfast (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Elvia's Beauty Shop (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Empire Fagan Coalition
Escabrosa Grotto - 44 members,
spelunking
group
The Enchanted Garden (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Farmers Investment Company (FICO)
Friends of Madera Canyon/Defenders of Madera Canyon - 250+ members
Friends of the Jaguar - 26 members
Friends of the Santa Cruz River - about 100 members
Friends of Scenic Highway 82
Gathering Grounds (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Global Arts Gallery (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Greenhouse Graphic Design, LLC (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Green Party of Pima County - approximately 1,300 members in Pima County
Groundwater Awareness League - 100 person mailing list
Hilton Ranch Road Community
Huachuca Audubon Society, Sierra Vista - 290 members
Jarnac Observatory
Jewelry by Jaye (Sonoita)
La Canada Desert Homes III, HOA, Green Valley
La Frontera Realty (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
La Hacienda de Sonoita (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
La Palomita de Patagonia (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Long Realty Sonoita/Patagonia
Los Primos Restaurant (Nogales)
Many Horses Trading Company, Sonoita
Maricopa Audubon Society
Mariposa Books and More (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Mesquite Grove Gallery (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Metamorphosis Art Gallery (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Mountain Empire Action Alliance (Sonoita)
Northern Jaguar Project
Northwest Democrats
Painted House Studio (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Pantano Christian Church Motorcycle Group - 150 members
Patagonia Area Business Association
Patagonia Market (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Pilates Patagonia
Portillo Hill I, HOA, Green Valley
Republicans for Environmental Protection - 75 members in S. AZ
Saguaro Eastside Democrats
Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, 240 members
Santa Rita Abbey, Sonoita
Santa Rita Foothills Community Association
Save the Santa Cruz Aquifer - 100 person mailing list
Shooting Star Pottery (Patagonia)
Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter
Sierra Club Rincon Group - 4,000 members in Southern AZ
Singing Valley North Home Owners Association
Sky Island Alliance - 1,500 members
Sonoita Community Crossroads Forum
Sonoita Hardware
Southern AZ Hang Gliding Association - 30 members
Southern Arizona Republicans
Spirit Tree Inn Bed and Breakfast (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Studio Gallery and Lodging (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Summit Realty, Inc. (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
Tanque Verde Valley Association
Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center (Patagonia)
Tucson Arts Brigade
Tucson Audubon Society
Tucson Orienteering Club - 132 members
• Walker Ranch
Wilderness Society
www.SantaCruzValley.com
Zopilote Press (Patagonia/Elgin/Sonoita)
The following former and current members of the Arizona State Legislature have given us permission to use their names as being opposed to the Rosemont Mine:
• Senator Paula Aboud, District 28
• Tim Bee (former Senator, District 30)
Representative David Bradley, District 28
• Representative Olivia Cajero-Bedford, District 27
• Representative Steve Farley, District 28
Senator Jorge Luis Garcia , District 27
• Representative Matt Heinz, District 29
• Representative Phil Lopes, District 27
• Marian McClure (former Representative, District 30)
• Senator Jonathan Paton, District 30
Representative Daniel Patterson, District 29
Representative Nancy Young Wright, District 26
