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Santa Rita Mountains/Rosemont Barrel Canyon Bioblitz
A Resounding Success!
Over 40 participants from throughout Arizona, including those experienced in botany, entomology, herpetology, ornithology, zoology and even animal tracking, joined forces for the March 23, 2025 Santa Rita Mountains/Rosemont Barrel Canyon Bioblitz.
Participants documented over 523 individual observations resulting in the identification of more than 182 verified species, including magnificent old-growth trees, hundreds of plants, animals, and insects living in this vibrant ecosystem now threatened by the proposed 26 sq. mile Hudbay/Copperworld open pit mine.
To view the full report, along with detailed information and species photos, click on the Bioblitz Executive Summary below.
Data obtained from this effort is a valuable scientific tool for monitoring the areas biodiversity and will assist in supporting efforts to stop this mine.
A special thanks to everyone involved, especially the Great Old Broads for Wilderness, and Dave DeGroot, for their efforts coordinating this well run and important event!
NOTE: This information is being reviewed and updated as needed. If you find any errors or corrections or just want to say thanks for all the hard work, you are encouraged to email Dave DeGroot at SouthArizonaDave@Gmail.com.
Santa Rita Mountains Open Pit Mine Event Updates
Get Involved: Join the May 3rd "Rally for the Santa Ritas!"
You can become an active voice of opposition to this disastrous project by attending the May 3rd Rally for the Santa Ritas. Bring your voice, family and friends. Make your objections known.
For more information and to register for this event click on the link below:
Other ways you can help!
Voice your objections!
- Visit stopcopperworld.com learn how you can take action..
- Write letters to your elected officials.
Photo courtesy of Save the Scenic Santa Rita Mountains Asso.
Learn more about the mine's effect on the environment click on the link below.
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SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS OPEN PIT MINE Alliance
Strategic Alliance
On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the Living Desert Alliance joined forces with multiple community organizations including the Save the Scenic Santa Ritas (SSSR) and the Great Old Broads for the Wilderness, to discuss strategies challenging the Copper World, Inc. project, including the Aquifer Permit. The goal is to convince the Arizona Department of Water Quality to deny them a permit for open pit mining rights slated for the destruction of the beautiful Santa Rita Mountains, the pollution of water critical for supporting life and the general devastation of the flora and fauna that depend on the Santa Rita Mountains and its resources for their very survival.
Previous Living Desert Alliance newsletters, document attempts by Copper World, Inc to quick start this project. Attempts challenged by the SSSR, multiple community groups, and the public exposing the lies, untruths, and distortion of facts by Copper World, Inc, its subsidiaries and supporters.
This committee of concerned citizens is organizing to prioritize efforts and continue the fight to stop this disaster from happening. The Living Desert Alliance is pleased to participate and support this struggle. Defeating this permit and saving the Santa Rita Mountains supports our mission to Keep our Desert and Community Livable and Thriving. We will keep our members informed as it progresses and present opportunities to participate in meetings, letter-writing campaigns, other ways to voice their concerns.
Click our Community Action Website Link to learn more about the effects of open pit mining on the environment.
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