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PREsS RELEASES

January 9, 2013 – Grand Canyon Uranium-mining Threats Still Loom A Year After Historic Mining Restrictions

April 23, 2012 – Judge Awards Tribe, Conservation Groups Right to Defend Grand Canyon in Court Case

February 17, 2011 Federal Plan Announced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining

November 30, 2010 – Public Comment Sought on Plans to Allow Uranium Mines That Would Threaten Grand Canyon National Park

July 12, 2010 – Appeal Filed in Lawsuit to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining

April 8, 2010 – Tribes, Conservation Groups Tell Congress to Protect Grand Canyon From Mining, Dam Operations, and Other Environmental Threats

February 18, 2010 – Government Study: Elevated Uranium Levels in Grand Canyon's Watershed

February 11, 2010 – Bureau of Land Management Sued for Withholding Records on Uranium Mines That Threaten Grand Canyon

November 16, 2009 – Lawsuit Challenges Uranium Mine That Threatens Water and Wildlife of the Grand Canyon

November 5, 2009 – 100,000 Letters Support Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining

September 8, 2009 – Uranium Mine Threatens Grand Canyon's Endangered Species, Meets With Legal Challenge

August 25, 2009 – Interior Begins Analysis of New Grand Canyon Uranium Protections

July 20, 2009 – Salazar Protects Grand Canyon Watersheds From New Uranium Claims and Exploration

July 17, 2009 – Media Advisory: Grand Canyon Rally to Focus on Uranium Threats

May 5, 2009 – Bureau of Land Management Defies Congressional Uranium Ban, Approves New Exploration North of Grand Canyon

January 22, 2009 – Legislation Introduced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Threat and Override Bush Midnight Regulation

December 4, 2008 – Bush Administration Withdraws Rule Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining

October 9, 2008 – Bush Administration Proposes Withdrawal of Rule Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining

September 29, 2008 – Conservation Groups Challenge Kempthorne to Protect Grand Canyon and Enforce Uranium Mining Ban

September 26, 2008 – Settlement Repeals Uranium Exploration Near Grand Canyon, Requires Full Reviews of Subsequent Drilling Proposals

June 25, 2008 – Committee on Natural Resources Votes to Enact Emergency Uranium Protections for Grand Canyon: Center Petitions Secretary of the Interior to Act Immediately

June 19, 2008 – Center Applauds Emergency Uranium Protections for Grand Canyon

April 4, 2008 – Uranium Mine Exploration Near Grand Canyon Halted

March 28, 2008 – Conservation Groups Support Mining Ban to Protect Grand Canyon Watershed

March 17, 2008 – Legislation Introduced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Threat

March 12, 2008 – Uranium Mine Exploration Threatens Grand Canyon

February 11, 2008 – Conservationists Call for Grand Canyon Uranium Decision Withdrawal

Grand Canyon uranium mine photo © Bill Ferris