Data Dump: grab bag

Oak Flat reprieve; car crashes; firearm frenzy; scant-but-deadly snowpack

Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, aka Oak Flat, has received a reprieve. On March 1, the US Department of Agriculture rescinded its approval of a land exchange in Arizona’s Pinal Mountains that would have cleared the way for a massive mining project. The Department will now conduct a “thorough review” of the proposal, which will include consultation with tribal nat…