Editing Mount Graham (section)

==Mount Graham Observatory==
[[Image:Large Binocular Telescope 2.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Large Binocular Telescope]] of the [[Mount Graham International Observatory]] on Mount Graham, 2004]]

Mount Graham is home to the [[Mount Graham International Observatory]] area, where multiple organizations have set up large [[telescope]]s in a few separate [[observatory|observatories]] authorized by a rare peace-time Congressional waiver of U.S. environmental laws.<ref>"100th Congress": [https://www.congress.gov/100/statute/STATUTE-102/STATUTE-102-Pg4571.pdf "Public law 100-696"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407124701/https://www.congress.gov/100/statute/STATUTE-102/STATUTE-102-Pg4571.pdf |date=April 7, 2023 }} Retrieved on April 7, 2023</ref>

The [[United States Congress]] authorized construction of the observatories on the mountain in 1988, but there has been outcry from the four federally recognized tribes of the Western Apache Nation and Native American groups, who consider the site to be sacred. Environmental groups, including the [[Sierra Club]], also oppose the Mount Graham International Observatory because the higher elevations are the last remaining habitat for the Mount Graham Red Squirrel.