Ancestral Footprints national monument is a go

Move would protect nearly 1 million acres, ban new mining claims

Hundreds of active mining claims — along with the active Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine — lie within the new monument’s boundaries. Monument protections won’t affect the Pinyon Plain mine’s operations, but the impact on future mining on existing active claims is less clear. Source: Grand Canyon Trust and Claims Location Array Interactive Map Service (CLAIMS)…