# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKujGC6C56F
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31596278-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/11bd3b411c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-10T16:41:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

The fight to save Arizona's Oak Flat continues!

Some hopeful news to share: A federal judge in Arizona has temporarily halted the Oak Flat land exchange.

Without the injunction, the public lands — which are sacred to Western Apache and other Indigenous people — would have been handed over to a private mining company as early as June 16. 

The mining operation plans to cave in Oak Flat’s rolling hills, leaving a crater up to two miles wide and 1,000 feet deep. 

Massive amounts of groundwater would be pumped, depleting surface waters, obliterating sacred land, and threatening water availability across the region. 

The Center and allies are urgently working to save this sacred region. 

📹: Peccary_not_pig/Center for Biological Diversity

[Video description: A series of aerial video clips showing the rocky, rugged landscape of Oak Flat.]

#saveoakflat #oakflat #environmentalconservation #publiclands

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publiclands, saveoakflat, environmentalconservation, oakflat

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