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Sacred to Western Apache and other Indigenous people, Oak Flat is a stunning expanse of wildlands in the high desert of central Arizona. According to experts, it holds the best Apache artifacts in existence. It also lies within a national forest and harbors endangered species like ocelots and Arizona hedgehog cacti.
But the U.S. government is preparing to let a subsidiary of a foreign mining giant with a long, documented record of global environmental and human rights abuses turn Oak Flat into a massive open-pit copper mine. The mine would obliterate key wildlife habitat and public lands, consume massive amounts of precious water, and create 1.4 billion tons of toxic waste — leaving behind a 2-mile-wide crater surrounded by wasteland.
There's still hope for this place of beauty and prayer. A new bill in Congress would overturn the deal, but it needs support.
You can help: Ask your representative to cosponsor the Save Oak Flat From Foreign Mining Act today.