There is a vote scheduled for this Thursday, September 19th in the US House of Representatives on legislation that would trade away the popular Oak Flat climbing area in Arizona to Resolution Copper Mining, a foreign owned mining company. All 435 members of the House of Representatives will have the opportunity to cast a vote on this legislation, yet many of them know little or nothing about the bill–except what the bill sponsors have told them.
If this bill (HR 687) should become law, it will result in the largest loss of a climbing resource in the history of the United States.
The vote is tomorrow, so if you want to attempt to make your voice heard today is the day.
