The Grand Canyon Trust used Conservation Alliance funding to play a lead role in the successful effort to convince the Interior Department to impose a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims on one million acres of land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. The ban provides long-term protection for one of the crown jewels of the National Park system.
Success Story 2012
Uranium Mining Ban
- PROJECT NAME:
- Uranium Mining Ban
- GRANTEE:
- Grand Canyon Trust
- RESULT:
- 1,000,000 acres protected
