Grand Canyon protected from uranium mining, for now

In just the past couple years, an incredible 8,000 uranium mining claims have targeted the Grand Canyon, but the Obama administration's interior secretary, Ken Salazar, announced this week a "two year hold" on new hard rock uranium mining claims over a million acre area near this National Park. The Havasupai Tribe, the "People of the Blue Green Water" inhabiting a particularly stunningly beautiful side canyon downstream from a proposed uranium mine, are holding a rally at a sacred site this weekend to protest against uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. Environmental Working Group first raised the alarm about proposed uranium mining near the Grand Canyon over two years ago.