Salazar is Right to Protect Arizona’s Grand Canyon
We applaud the decision by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to continue the moratorium on new uranium mining claims near the Grand Canyon. This is an economic issue – the Grand Canyon attracts more than 4 million visitors a year. Hunting, fishing, tourism and outdoor recreation generate an estimated $3.5 billion in economic activity. This is an environmental issue – millions of Americans rely on the Colorado River for safe and clean drinking water. And, this is an issue of protecting our heritage. Thank you Secretary Salazar.
“Wisdom. Caution. Science. Interior Secretary Salazar set three guideposts for protecting the Grand Canyon. And they all point in the same direction: continuing the moratorium on uranium mining claims near the Canyon…We can’t put the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River in Jeopardy.”
ARIZONA REPUBLIC, June 21, 2011