Sierra Vista District Ranger Mark Ruggiero signed a Decision Memorandum (DM) for the Sunnyside exploratory mineral drilling proposal by Canadian mining company, Regal Resources, granting the drilling project approval with a Categorical Exclusion designation. A Categorical Exclusion project is considered to not have significant impacts. It’s a category that is exempted from the National Environmental […]
Wendy Russell
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Decoding the Hermosa Project
The Patagonia Area Resource Alliance and Earthworks are working together to analyze Wildcat Silver’s open pit mine plans so that our community can better understand its likely impacts. Here are some of the outcomes we can expect if this proposal moves forward. By reading reports that Wildcat Silver has recently released, which contain detailed information […]
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Mining Updates
Appeal Process for FS Decision On Regal Resources Begins Soon By this month, the Forest Service (FS) is expected to issue a Categorical Exclusion (CE) decision for Regal’s exploratory mineral drilling proposal in Humboldt Canyon in the Patagonia Mountains. This would indicate that the FS considers their proposal to be “without significant environmental impacts.” In […]
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Mining Update: Public Comment Re-Opened
The Forest Service has reopened the public comment period for the Regal Resources Sunnyside mining exploration project in Humboldt Canyon. This is the same project that had an earlier scoping period back in November 2011. According to the scoping notice from the Coronado National Forest, Sierra Vista District Ranger Mark Ruggiero has “decided to offer […]