Grand Canyon Trust v. Provencio

ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20126
No(s). CV-13-8045-PCT-DGC (D. Ariz. May 22, 2020) (Campbell, J.)

A district court granted summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge against its determination that a mining company had "valid existing rights" (VER) at a uranium mine in the Kaibab National Forest when DOI withdrew public lands around the Grand Canyon from new mining claims. A Native Am...