The Arizona Mountaineering Club opposes the Southwest Land Exchange Act of 2007. This Bill would give away federally protected recreation land to a foreign mining company from which U.S. citizens do not receive royalties.

We feel that it is bad public policy to ever transfer ownership of federally protected recreation land to a foreign company where the results will be the loss of public enjoyment of hiking, horseback riding, bird watching, rock climbing, canyoneering and 4-wheel riding, but also potentially would engage in enormously risky and unforseen environmental damage.

We do not feel that the proposed rock climbing state park is a suitable replacement for the 1,000's of rock climbing routes that will be forever lost and are also closer in distance to the Phoenix metroplex.

See the full statement of AMC's position

Review Testimony of the AMC President sent to US Congress

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