Letters needed now!
July, 2023: On the west side of the Santa Rita Mountains Hudbay has been building roads, bulldozing drilling pads, drilling holes and generally making a mess in a project area they are calling Copper World. You can take action today by letting your local elected officials know you are concerned about this devastation and Hudbay's plans to dig more than one massive pit on the west side.
Complete the form here to send a letter to local elected officials:
You might also consider submitting a letter to the editor of local newspaper or writing to local elected officials. There is contact information for some local papers farther down on this page. To look up contact information for your elected official, try this resource: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials.
Our 2 most urgent tasks are below: to head off the Castro-Masto Senate bill 1281 and Hudbay's request that the state sell them state trust land where they can dump their toxic tailings piles. If you haven't already written to the key people below, please consider doing so today.
Click the buttons to open sample letters in Word format. You letter will be more effective if you don't copy our sample exactly but use your own words.
You can also click this link to download some points you could use in your letter: points for letter.
Below is a handy list of other contacts you can reach out to from time to time.
Important Contacts – Elected Officials
Sen. Mark Kelly
https://www.kelly.senate.gov/
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
https://www.sinema.senate.gov/
To find your Representative:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Rep. Juan Ciscomani
https://ciscomani.house.gov
Email: https://ciscomani.house.gov/contact/email
Washington, DC Office
1429 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2542
Tucson Office
1636 N. Swan Road
Suite 200
Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520) 881-3688
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-03)
http://grijalva.house.gov
Tucson Office
738 N 5th Ave. Suite 110
Tucson, AZ 85705
ph (520) 622-6788
fax (520) 622-0198
Committee on Natural Resources
U.S. House of Representatives
1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2761
Fax: (202) 225-5929
http://naturalresources.house.gov/
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Office U.S. Senate
304 Dirksen Senate Building Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4971
Fax: (202) 224-6163
http://www.energy.senate.gov/
Pima County Board of Supervisors
http://webcms.pima.gov/government/board_of_supervisors
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
http://www.co.santa-cruz.az.us/169/Board-of-Supervisors
USDA / Forest Service Contacts
EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) Website for the Rosemont Copper Project
http://rosemonteis.us/
Coronado National Forest
https://www.fs.usda.gov/coronado/
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250
AgSec@usda.gov
Vicki Christiansen
Chief, U.S. Forest Service
1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20250-0003
vcchristiansen@fs.fed.us
Michiko Martin, Regional Forester
U.S. Forest Service, Southwest Region
333 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
https://www.fs.usda.gov/contactus/r3/about-region/contactus
Coronado National Forest Supervisor’s Office
Kerwin Dewberry, Forest Supervisor
300 W. Congress St. Tucson, AZ 85701
CNF contact info
Newspapers
Arizona Daily Star
tucson.com
Tucson Weekly
jimn@tucsonlocalmedia.com
Green Valley News
https://www.gvnews.com/site/forms/online_services/letter/
Nogales International
Jonathan Clark, Managing Editor
editorial@nogalesinternational.com