Category Archives: Endangered Species

Pima County ratchets up opposition to Rosemont Mine as Army Corps Clean Water Act permitting decision looms

Pima County has provided additional information to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Division Commander and staff to bolster their long-standing opposition to the proposed Rosemont mine. In a series of five letters written since September, Pima County provided the … Continue reading

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Enviros file federal lawsuit challenging Rosemont mine

A Tucson environmental group on Monday filed a lawsuit against the federal government to challenge the proposed Rosemont open-pit copper mine that would destroy critical habit for the endangered jaguar. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit against the … Continue reading

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Forest Service excluded EPA and Arizona tribe from review of draft report on Rosemont’s impacts on endangered species

An Arizona Indian tribe and the U.S. Environmental Protection agency were excluded from making comments on a draft federal report on the impact of the proposed Rosemont mine on a dozen threatened and endangered species, the Arizona Daily Star reported … Continue reading

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Environmental group initiates legal action challenging federal Endangered Species Act ruling on Rosemont mine plan

A Tucson-environmental group sent notice Wednesday it intends to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency’s “biological opinion” issued in April that concluded the proposed Rosemont mine would not jeopardize the survival of a … Continue reading

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Jaguar video generates widespread media attention on threats posed by Rosemont Mine

A wildlife surveillance video capturing movements of the only known wild jaguar in the United States is focusing national attention on the impacts of the proposed Rosemont copper project on the big cat and other endangered species. The mine would … Continue reading

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