Arizona voters strongly support the Grand Canyon Protection Act (GCPA) regardless of party affiliation or regional proximity, according to a recent survey by opinion research firm GQR.
Introduced to Congress earlier this year, the act would permanently protect more than a million acres of federal land around the Grand Canyon from future uranium mining. The GCPA has passed in the Arizona House of Representatives, but has yet to be passed in the state Senate.
Numerous tribal authorities, environmental advocates and legislators remain steadfast in their vocal support of the act, and according to the GQR survey, their position is shared by a growing majority of Arizonans...