The original was posted on /r/arizonatrail by /u/KDBluPanda at 2023-07-08 06:38:36+00:00.
Has anyone heard about the copper mines that were pushed through legislation? There’s one scheduled near Superior (Resolution Copper mine) that will result in a 1.8 mile 1000 ft pit that will eventually take out Oak Flat campground and some trails to Apache Leap have already been ruined due to test drilling. Not to mention the mine will use over 250 billion gallons of ground water over 40 years.
Is anyone else seeing this happening? Is there anything we can do to stop it?
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Dukedante at 2023-07-08 13:36:21+00:00 ID:
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The dispute had been ongoing for over a decade. The tribe (San Carlos Apache Tribe) did most of the heavy lifting of opposing it for a long time until others started paying attention. But I think the battle is mostly over and lost at this point.
noodlebucket at 2023-07-09 05:22:46+00:00 ID:
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Not yet - it is still in the courts.