AZL General Discussion, page-2548

Predict what you want, but consider these facts.

The decision on AZL will be made by the director of BLM.

The director of BLM wants to run for statewide office in Montana some day.

Elections in Montana are usually decided by a margin of 5% or less.

7% of the population of Montana is Native American.

Native Americans in Arizona oppose AZL. In April, the Inter Tribal Association of Arizona, representing 320,000 people and 21 nations including the Hualapai who oppose AZL, passed a resolution objecting to the lithium mining, calling the BLM’s environmental analysis “grossly insufficient.”