Preservation Heroes' Ongoing Fight to Protect Mount Taylor

摘要

At 11,301 feet, Mount Taylor dominates a large part of the west-central New Mexico landscape. Symmetrical and exceptionally beautiful, the mountain makes weather, collects rain and snowfall, and then stores the moisture in snowpacks and aquifers, thereby supporting year-round life by human creatures and others. The ecological zones created by its rising elevation host a wide variety of life forms upon which humans depend. Its volcanic origin caused the concentration of minerals, most notably high quality uranium ore. Not surprisingly, the mountain holds great cultural significance for American Indian tribes in the region; and not surprisingly, it holds great economic significance for many others. It has been determined eligible for the National Register, and in 2009 it was listed in the New Mexico State Register following nomination by the Pueblos of Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, and Laguna, plus the Navajo Nation.