Op-ed: Uranium mining's threat as we pass one year of the Grand Canyon National Monument
This piece originally appeared as an op-ed in the Arizona Daily Sun on August 10, 2024.
As we commemorated the first anniversary of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, uranium mining is still a potential threat to this irreplaceable landscape and nearby communities, as Coconino Supervisor and HECHO HCLC member, Jerónimo Vasquez, explains in this editorial piece.