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Southern Arizona Doesn’t Want Another Mine!See our Endorsements page for a full list of businesses, organizations, clubs and groups endorsing our efforts to protect our public lands from mining. The public opposition in and around Tucson is unanimous! The opposition comes in many forms, and includes most of the surrounding area’s elected officials and jurisdictions:
“Southern Arizonans from every political persuasion are united in their opposition to the Rosemont Copper project. We will not allow Augusta to destroy our beloved Santa Rita Mountains. Augusta wants to make the Santa Ritas, hot, flat and dry.” - Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll ResolutionsNearly every jurisdiction and political body in Southern Arizona have passed a resolution opposing mining in the Santa Rita Mountains. Here are their resolutions. Pima County Board of Supervisors, Jan. 16, 2007 Pima County Letter to Forest Service regarding the resolution Town of Sahuarita, Jan. 22, 2007 Town of Patagonia, Feb. 20, 2007 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Feb. 23, 2007 Green Valley Community Coordinating Council, letter opposing the Rosemont Mine, Aug. 27, 2007 Congresswoman Giffords' statement opposing the Rosemont Mine, Sept. 7, 2007 Arizona Lawmakers oppose the Rosemont mine and ask for an independent review, Oct. 12, 2007 Pima County's resolution opposing the CAP pipeline proposed by Augusta San Xavier District of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Sept. 2, 2008 The Tohono O'odham Nation, Oct. 22, 2009 1997 Resolutions Opposing mining at Rosemont Ranch Pima County Board of Supervisors, May 30, 1997 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, May 14, 1997 Governor Napolitano's Executive Order declaring April as Water Awareness Month, April 2008 Here's what high school student, Kara Gibson from Greenwood Springs, Colorado, had to say after her flight over the Santa Rita Mountains (November 10, 2007): "The Santa Ritas are some of the most exquisite mountains ... The landscape has a dreamlike quality, populated as it is by agave, mesquite, cacti of many descriptions, tall grasses, and funny yucca that resemble diminutive palm trees ... Alas, a significant portion of this magnificent country may swiftly fall prey to an open-pit mine, courtesy of the 1872 Mining Law and the Augusta Resource Corp. ...Could such splendid wilderness really be sacrificed in favor of toxic Technicolor lakes and tailings piles? I urge you ... to take action to prevent this woeful occurrence. Open-pit mines are not a pretty sight, even from 1,000 feet."
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