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SAVE THE PEAKS COALTION (www.savethepeaks.org)
On November 15th Judge Paul Rosenblatt recessed the
trial initiated by the lawsuit brought forth by tribes & environmental
groups to protect the environmental and cultural integrity of the San Francisco
Peaks from Arizona Snowbowl's plan for expansion & snowmaking with
wastewater. There is currently no word on when a ruling will be made.
The Arizona Snowbowl Ski resort, located on the San Francisco Peaks in Northern
AZ, is attemping to expand its development, clear-cut 74 acres of wilderness,
make artificial snow from contaminated wastewater and more. The Peaks are sacred
to over 13 Native American Nations and home to threatened species. A
coalition of tribes and environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the
Coconino Forest Service to stop this proposed development.
The Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, Hualapai, Havasupai, Yavapai-Apache, White
Mountain Apache, Sierra Club, Flagstaff Activist Network, Southwest Center for
Biological Diversity, Dine' Medicine's Association, and a Hopi Traditionalist
have filed the lawsuit against the Coconino Forest Service to prevent the
federal agency from allowing Snowbowl's expansion and snowmaking with
wastewater. The tribes and environmental groups challenge that the Forest
Service has violated the National Environmental Policy Act and that the approved
plan will violate the Religious Freedom Restoration
Act.
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