The Ninth Circuit Court granted a temporary injunction just before the planned transfer of Oak Flat to a copper mining company, in a small but meaningful delay in a long legal battle.
After a final Environmental Impact Statement is filed, just 60 days remain to save these sacred public lands from becoming a 1,000-foot crater.
The transfer of Oak Flat would have resulted in the destruction of this sacred site and the largest-ever loss of climbing on America’s public lands.
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Help save Oak Flat, a popular climbing area and sacred Native American site, from being irreparably damaged by mining.