Grand Canyon being protected from mining....

Efforts to protect the area surrounding the Grand Canyon from uranium mines got a shot in the arm recently with proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress. According to the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper, more than 1 million acres will be made off limits to mining interests in a Bill introduced in the House by U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson. Leave it to the democrats to protect our environment and preserve our natural national treasures. Thousands of claims have been made in the Tusayan National Forest surrounding the Canyon but have yet to be processed. Hopefully this Bill pending in Congress will run these miners out of the area for good. A similar Bill passed protecting a smaller area in New Mexico and is working well. It appears that the Obama administration is keen to the needs of our environment and is all out to protect what Bush and company was out to destroy. Write the congressman and support this Bill. We'll keep you posted on this developing story.