For Star subscribers: Eight environmental groups contend the Forest Service failed to consider cumulative effects of several mining projects south of Tucson, especially on endangered species.
Henry Brean A coalition of Southern Arizona environmental groups is suing the U.S. Forest Service over several new mining ventures in the Patagonia Mountains.
The Patagonia Mountains serve as breeding territory for the threatened Mexican spotted owl and yellow-billed cuckoo, and may be used by elusive jaguars and ocelots as they venture north from Mexico. "Reckless exploratory mining has no place in the wild, biodiverse Patagonia Mountains," said Laiken Jordahl, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, in a written statement."Endangered species like jaguars, ocelots and Mexican spotted owls already face threats from border walls, climate change and habitat loss. The last thing these rare animals need is a new copper mine ravaging the heart of their Arizona range.
Flux Canyon is part of South32’s much larger Hermosa project, a proposed $1.7 billion zinc and manganese mine now under federal review as part of an Obama-era program aimed at streamlining the permitting process for critical infrastructure. Company officials are expected to make a final decision later this year on whether to proceed with underground mining on the private land the firm owns at the Hermosa site. If developed as planned, the project would represent the single largest investment in the history of Santa Cruz County.
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