Prescott National Forest Withdraws Approval of Hassayampa River Gold Mine
July 03, 2020
July 03, 2020
PRESCOTT, Arizona, July 3 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on July 2:
The Prescott National Forest withdrew its decision to proceed with a controversial mine, the River Bend Placer Mine project, on the Hassayampa River. The withdrawal comes after the Center for Biological Diversity delivered a forceful objection to the project's impacts on the globally imperiled Phillip's agave (Agave phillipsiana), a rare plant domesticated by Native American . . .
The Prescott National Forest withdrew its decision to proceed with a controversial mine, the River Bend Placer Mine project, on the Hassayampa River. The withdrawal comes after the Center for Biological Diversity delivered a forceful objection to the project's impacts on the globally imperiled Phillip's agave (Agave phillipsiana), a rare plant domesticated by Native American . . .