February 24, 2012
Risks remain from uranium mining near the Grand Canyon Feb 22, 2012 High Country News By Heather Hansen, Red Lodge Clearing House. ”…..
There are over 5,000 active uranium claims within those one million acres.
The withdrawal goes a long way toward protecting the watersheds, seeps and springs, sacred sites and critical wildlife habitat in the area because the only claims that can now be mined would have had to establish “valid existing rights,” before the 2009 moratorium.
Yet even with these protections, the mines with existing rights — the ones allowed to operate despite the moratorium – may still have a significant negative impact on the Grand Canyon environment
http://uranium-news.com/page/3/
There are over 5,000 active uranium claims within those one million acres.
The withdrawal goes a long way toward protecting the watersheds, seeps and springs, sacred sites and critical wildlife habitat in the area because the only claims that can now be mined would have had to establish “valid existing rights,” before the 2009 moratorium.
Yet even with these protections, the mines with existing rights — the ones allowed to operate despite the moratorium – may still have a significant negative impact on the Grand Canyon environment
http://uranium-news.com/page/3/
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