Please support the SAVE OAK FLAT ACT. It's our last chance to save this sacred land that is home to one of the most rare oak forests in Arizona. Don't let a foreign mining company destroy one of Arizona's natural treasures and a land used for generations by the Apache people for coming-of-age ceremonies.
Intro Song: Estun Bah "Mountain Spirit"
Article read is from the Center for Biological Diversity.
Link: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/congress-must-pass-save-oak-flat-act-to-protect-sacred-land-in-arizona-from-massive-copper-mine-2021-07-08/
"Please ask your members of Congress to support and co-sponsor the Save Oak Flat Act to right a wrong, protect the religious freedom of Indigenous people, save an important recreational area, and protect the plants and animals that inhabit this biologically rich part of the Tonto National Forest.
The Save Oak Flat Act corrects Section 3003 of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act; which currently allows the US government to give Oak Flat, a sacred recreational and ecological haven, that is US public land, to foreign mining companies.
HR 1884, was introduced by Congressman Grijalva (D-AZ) on March 12, 2021, and S 915, was introduced by Senator Sanders (I-VT) on Match 23, 2021.
Time is of the essence in moving the Save Oak Flat Act so please act now!"
- Roger Featherstone, Arizona Mining Reform
Link to write your congress person: org.salsalabs.com/o/676/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=23970