The Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe has won for a third time in its battle against gold mining on its sacred lands.
The Imperial County, California, Board of Supervisors voted March 19 to deny the Oro Cruz exploratory gold mining project in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, about 35 miles north of Yuma. The project was proposed by Canadian mining company Southern Empire Resources, known as SMP, on land that had been previously mined.
The Oro Cruz project area is within the Picacho Area of Critical Environmental Concern, which encompasses 183,970 acres of public land and contains important cultural resources and historic properties, including the Tumco historic gold mining district.
The area also serves as a critical habitat for desert tortoises and a movement corridor for wildlife species, including bighorn sheep and mule deer.
In August 2023, the BLM approved the gold mining exploratory drilling project — which included reclaiming the lands disturbed by drilling holes in the project's 20-acre footprint — over the tribe's objections. According to a new release from the tribe, the county has jurisdiction over the reclamation planning process.
The county originally voted to approve the project, but Quechan appealed that decision. The March 19 vote upheld the tribe's appeal.
In addition to the tribe's continued statements that any development in the area would damage cultural resources, questions about where the source of water needed for the drilling and the restoration process were raised by the Center for Biological Diversity.
This is Sumaiya Abo Nada, before October 7 she was a voice actress as well as the CEO and founder of her own Awsal Company for Voiceover, but now she finds her dreams destroyed by the Israeli occupation and needs your help.
From her GoFundMe:
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The agriculture sector has spent millions of dollars on discrediting plant-based diets, a new report has claimed.
The report, published by the consumer advocacy organisation Freedom Food Alliance on Thursday (29 February), found that multinational meat companies and lobby groups were using industry-funded research, public ad campaigns and educational materials to sway public opinion on meat and dairy.
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