Six miles from the South Rim, the Pinyon Plain uranium mine threatens the springs that have sustained life for millennia. Join the fight to stop it.
The Pinyon Plain uranium mine isn’t just another hole in the ground — it’s a gamble with one of Earth’s most precious watersheds. Nine million pounds of uranium ore now sits stockpiled on the surface. For the Havasupai — the people of the blue-green waters — it’s an existential threat to their only water source.
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