# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DR7s6WFCStj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37680957-centerforbiodiv-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-06T18:56:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

Thank you for your work to save Oak Flat, Congresswoman Grijalva! 

Newly elected Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) just introduced her first piece of legislation in Congress - the Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act. 

First introduced by her father in 2015, the landmark bill would repeal the 2014 controversial National Defense Authorization Act rider that handed over 2,422 acres of Arizona’s Tonto National Forest, including the sacred site of Oak Flat (Chi’chil Biłdagoteel), to a foreign mining corporation. 

The legislation protects a site of profound religious, cultural, historical, and environmental importance to Tribal Nations in Arizona and across the country. It also halts a mining project that would deplete Arizona’s scarce water resources and create one of the largest toxic waste sites in North America.

The project is also subject to multiple lawsuits, which President Trump has directly intervened. 

You can read the rest of Grijalva's statement here by going to the link in our bio and selecting this post. 
 
[Image description: Oak Flat, seen in bright sunlight. The red rocks are in the background, and there is a black box with white text in the foreground. The text is a quote from Congresswoman Adelita Gijalva and reads: "I am proud to stand with the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Apache Stronghold, and numerous other organizations and communities across Arizona – and the nation – who have fought for decades to protect Chi’chil Biłdagoteel. It’s long past time to make this right." There is also a portrait of Grijalva.]

#OakFlat #SaveOakFlat #EnvironmentalConservation

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