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Scenic Highway 83 from Interstate 10 near Vail to Sonoita is one of Arizona’s few scenic highways. It winds its way through desert, grasslands, and mountain foothills with sweeping vistas. The highway also represents an economic link between Tucson, Sonoita and Patagonia, supporting a $2.4 billion tourism industry in Southern Arizona, as well as ranching and a growing wine economy. The Rosemont mine would impact all of these industries.

Arguments in favor of the mine focus on the estimated 434 direct jobs per year the mine would create during its 20-year operation. Compared to other high-paying employers, Rosemont would employ just 4% of the 10,300 employees at Ratheon Missile Systems and 38% of the 1,130 employees at Ventana Medical Systems. Moreover, Rosemont has yet to publicly state whether any of the 434 positions would be filled locally.

The negative impact of Rosemont on other sectors of the economy, including nature-based tourism (a loss of up to 77 jobs and $6.4 million in annual economic output), agriculture, and property values, suggests that Rosemont’s overall economic impact would be more detrimental than positive to the region. The EIS projects that dust pollution and impact on views will lower property values by an estimated 4.7 percent average for 576 private and 60 state-owned parcels within 5 miles of the mine site.

Recent Posts

  • Long Mountain – a film by Leslie Epperson July 8, 2020
  • Litigation Schedule February 19, 2020
  • A major win for endangered species in the Santa Ritas February 13, 2020
  • New Video from SSSR Supporter February 10, 2020
  • The Rosemont Story – Cartoon by Bob Swaim January 30, 2020

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RSS Latest from Rosemont Mine Truth

  • Pima County reaffirms resolution opposing Rosemont Mine April 19, 2019
  • Hudbay approves $122 million spending plan for “early works” at Rosemont March 29, 2019
  • Hudbay seeking Rosemont Mine joint venture partner after receiving key federal Clean Water Act permit March 15, 2019
  • Hudbay has failed to provide legal justification for Clean Water Act permit, Natural Resources Committee chairman says March 5, 2019

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Litigation Update

Speaking of which (the appeal originally filed in Nov. 2017 challenging the Forest Service’s approval of the mine), we now have a schedule for that case in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals – not definitive, but at least a general time frame:

 

After a lot of negotiating, the lawyers have come to an agreement on the final schedule of our cases before the 9th Circuit Appeals Court. Here is the updated schedule:

  • Feds opening brief due by 1 June 2020
  • Hudbay opening brief due by 15 June 2020
  • Then, our response by 3 September 2020
  • Feds optional reply brief by 2 November 2020
  • Hudbay optional reply brief by 9 November 2020

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