Grantee Profile: Okanogan Highlands Alliance

For legal and technical experts to assist this grassroots organization in its effort to prevent issuance of a permit for an underground gold mine and the expansion of a cyanide leach tailings facility in north-central Washington.

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• Washington

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• Inactive Programs

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The grant supports the organization's challenge to a proposed gold mine on Buckhorn Mountain in north central Washington and a cyanide leach tailings facility near Republic, Washington.

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• Washington

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• Inactive Programs

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The Okanogan Highlands Alliance is dedicated to educating its members and the public about the threat of chemical-leach mining to the quality of the air, soil, water, human health, wildlife, and natural ecosystems. The grant supports the organizationÍs efforts to halt Battle Mountain GoldÍs proposed mine and prevent a precedent for chemical-leach mining in Washington State.

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• Washington

Program Areas

• Inactive Programs

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