How Apache Stronghold's fight to protect Oak Flat in central Arizona has played out over the years
by Anita Snow
Mar 02, 2024
2 minutes
Oak Flat, a piece of national forest land in central Arizona, is at the heart of a yearslong struggle between Native American groups and mining interests that both consider it important for their future.
Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of international mining giants and BHP, wants to develop the large deposit of copper ore deep under Oak Flat into a massive mine. The nonprofit
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