Rosemont Mine
Green Valley Water & CAP Pipeline
Patagonia area mines
1872 Mining Law
Green Valley News, Guest Comment, More hard facts about Rosemont Mine, May 3, 2008
Tucson Citizen, Mining company to pay for water study? May 1, 2008
Arizona Daily Star, Deal for silver at Rosemont site: For show or for real? Apr. 30, 2008
Sahuarita Sun, Council Opposes Proposed Mine, Apr. 29, 2008
Vail Sun, Groups gather, discuss mining, April 22, 2008
Green Valley News, April 20, 2008, Guest Commentary: Scoping Sessions on mine need to be improved.
KUAZ Radio, Arizona Spotlight, Rosemont Mine, April 18, 2008 (podcast)
SSSR's President Gayle Hartmann on Arizona Illustrated about the Rosemont mine, April 9, 2008
Arizona Daily Star, Rosemont: jobs or nature? April 13, 2008
Arizona Daily Star, County passed on land deal, April 13, 2008
Arizona Daily Star, How a mine becomes a reality, April 13, 2008
Arizona Daily Star, This time, mine plan meeting is orderly, April 6, 2008
Arizona Daily Star, 3 more meetings set on mine, April 3, 2008
Tucson Weekly, Guest Commentary, The Forest Service needs to let people speak out, April 3, 2008
Tucson Weekly, Mining Missteps, April 3, 2008
Tucson Citizen, Stunt pulled by mining firm just shameless, Mar. 28, 2008
Congresswoman Giffords' Press Conference, March 28, 2008
KGUN 9 News report at 6:00 pm, March 28, 2008
Many thanks to Congresswoman Giffords for her efforts to make this a more fair Public Process.
Congresswoman Giffords' Press Conference, March 28, 2008
KGUN 9 News report at 6:00 pm, March 28, 2008
Congresswoman Gifford's Letter to the Forest Service, March 27, 2008
Nogales International, Opponents disrupt mine information meeting, Mar. 26, 2008
Nogales International, Augusta claims go beyond proposed Rosemont mine, Mar. 26, 2008
Vail Sun, Vail meeting added on Rosemont Mine, Mar. 25, 2008
Nogales International, Feds question financial validity of Rosemont, Mar. 25, 2008
Green Valley News, Mine opponents disrupt meeting in Patagonia, Mar. 22, 2008
Green Valley News on the Scoping Meeting in Patagonia, Mar. 20, 2008
Tucson Citizen, Opinion: Speak out on ill-conceived mine in the Santa Ritas, Mar. 19, 2008
Green Valley News, Editorial: Mining impact statement raises stakes, Mar. 18, 2008
Green Valley News, Prudent Investment? Mar. 18, 2008
Read Congresswoman Giffords' letter to the Forest Service, March 18, 2008 opposing the Rosemont mine and objecting to the way the Scoping meetings are being conducted.
Vail Sun, Huckelberry responds to Forest Service, Mar. 17, 2008
Vail Sun, Rosemont Mine meeting will happen in Vail, Mar. 17, 2008
In a March 14 letter to Representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords, Governor Janet Napolitano stated that she fully supports their proposed legislation to withdraw Coronado National Forest lands in Pima, Santa Cruz County from future mining, and is concerned about water and other issues related to mining in those areas.
Rosemont Mine Environmental Review Begins, Dick Kamp Wick Communications Environmental Liaison, bepdick@att.net, March 12, 2008
Reviews of the March 1, 2008 Public Forum in Green Valley
Review by Jeneiene Schaffer
Green Valley News article
Arizona Daily Star article
Green Valley News: Regarding Mining Costs (letter to the editor), Feb. 22, 2008
Green Valley News: The True Picture (letter to the editor), Feb. 22, 2008
Tucson Weekly: Backroads Boondoggle, Feb. 21, 2008
High Country News: Reluctant Boomtown, Feb. 18, 2008
Green Valley News: Study: Costs cut benefits of new mine, Feb. 13, 2008
Tucson Citizen, Study: Mine may hinder tourism, Feb. 12, 2008
Arizona Daily Star, New Rosemont study rebuts pro-mine data, Feb. 12, 2008
Green Valley News, Guest Comment: A time for the "perfect storm", Feb. 6, 2008
Green Valley News: Hard Facts About the Rosemont Mine, Jan. 29, 2008
Bloomberg.org: Copper may post 1st drop since 2001, Jan. 22, 2008
Inside Tucson Business: Augusta Resource Survey on the Rosemont Mine, Dec. 7, 2007
Tucson Citizen: Our Opinion: Routing the Rosemont Mine, Nov. 20, 2007
Arizona Daily Star: Bill would halt Coronado mine claims, Nov. 19, 2007
Tucson Citizen: Jeff Smith: Gashing the Earth's thin skin, Nov. 16, 2007
Nogales International: Bill would withdraw mining claims in Coronado National Forest, Nov. 2, 2007
Oct. 13, 2007 Arizona Daily Star. Three Arizona GOP Lawmakers voice opposition to mine project.
Oct. 12, 2007 Press Release from Arizona Legislators opposing the Rosemont Mine and asking the Coronado National Forest for an independent review of the data.
Congresswoman Giffords statement on Rosemont, Sept. 29, 2007
Tucson Citizen, The big debate: The economy of a copper mine, Sep. 25, 2007
News Analysis of the Rosemont Mine by Dick Kamp, Green Valley News
Part 1: What's next in Rosemont controversy?, 1/31/07
Part 2: Are Rosemont mining claims valid?, 2/1/07
Part 3: Rosemont mine will be subject of much debate, 2/4/07
Green Valley News, 3-part series on the Rosemont Mine, Oct. 6, 2006
Green Valley Water & CAP Pipeline (back to top of page)
Arizona Daily Star, Rosemont Mine may expand pipeline, May 2, 2008
Green Valley News, Augusta revises deal for pipeline, May 1, 2008
Green Valley News, Editorial: Food for thought on water dilemma, April 17, 2008
Green Valley News, Water group recommends bigger pipe, April 17, 2008
Green Valley News, Guest Comment: Rosemont intends major mining of our groundwater, Mar. 22, 2008
Nogales International: Answers to water quality hard to get, Jan. 15, 2008.
Green Valley News: Pipeline Fuels Water Debate, Dec. 6, 2007
Arizona Daily Star: County resolution blasts Green Valley water-mine deal, Dec. 5, 2007
Green Valley News: Corporation Commission Examines CAP deal, Dec. 1, 2007
Green Valley News, Conservationist urges cooperation on water, April 5, 2008
Arizona Daily Star: Rosemont drills mine test well, nearby residents fear it will suck away their water, Nov. 19, 2007 (Map)
Green Valley News: Augusta wells in Sahuarita issued a dust control citation, Nov. 14, 2007
Patagonia Area mines (back to top of page)
Tucson Weekly: Is the Forest Service rubber stamping exploration permits? Oct. 4, 2007
Arizona Daily Star on the Patagonia Mines, March 12, 2007
1872 Mining Law reform (back to top of page)
Arizona Republic: Measure offers cleanup of mines, Dec. 3, 2007
Arizona Daily Star: Mining law reformers move needed legislation to the senate, Nov. 7, 2007
Nogales International: Bill would use mine royalties to reclaim land, Nov. 7, 2007
Tucson Citizen: Changes to mining act on Supervisor's agenda, Nov. 3, 2007
Arizona Daily Star: Senate should join House in OK'ing U.S. Mining Bill, Nov. 2, 2007
Press release on passage of Mining Law Reform from Earthworks, Nov. 1, 2007
Ray Carroll's letter of support for Mining Law Reform, Oct. 30,2007
Tucson Citizen on Congressman Grijalva's Feb. 24, 2007 Hearing
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better,
it's not."
The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss