Canyon Mine Aquifer Protection Permit

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued an aquifer protection permit for Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine), a uranium mine that sits fewer than 10 miles from the rim of the Grand Canyon and near a sacred site of great importance to the Havasupai Tribe. Read the permit ›

ADEQ Aquifer Protection Permit for Canyon Mine

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A December 2024 poll of 500 Arizona voters by public opinion research firm GQR found strong public support for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, which protects precious water sources and the ancestral homelands of Native American tribes near Grand Canyon National Park. Download the poll memo › Download […]

This map shows the risk of fatal accidents along the more than 300-mile transportation route from Canyon uranium mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) near the Grand Canyon to the White Mesa uranium mill. Four of the five most dangerous sections along the route are on the Navajo Nation. See a photo gallery of the haul route, […]