Film, panel outline Mogollon fight against mine exploration
Written by Nickolas Seibel on December 6, 2022
By JUNO OGLE
Daily Press Staff
Federal land management sometimes means saying no to mining projects, but it is often up to those most affected to create the pressure for that to happen, panelists said Saturday after a screening of a new film about such a fight near the Gila National Forest.
The Silco Theatre in downtown Silver City was the site for the world premiere of “Guardians of the Greater Gila: No Fools Gold,” a documentary produced by WildEarth Guardians, a Santa Fe nonprofit environmental group.
The film tells the story of the residents of former mining town Mogollon and their ongoing fight against Canadian mining company Summa Silver. In the spring of 2021, the 15 residents of the town noticed activity in the area by the company. They formed the Mogollon Concerned Citizens and are campaigning to stop the exploratory drilling over concerns that mining would threaten the watershed, the roads, the Mexican spotted owl population and their livelihoods.
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