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Navajo elders object to Snowbowl chairlift on sacred mountain

News Release Shawn Mulford Coconino National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West has approved a new gondola style chairlift at Arizona Snowbowl indicating it would cause No Significant Impact. The Dine’ Medicine Men Association objected to this finding by stating, “based on our review of this proposal and the current Coconino National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo

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CITY OF FLAGSTAFF “DENIES” HOPI RELIGIOUS BELIEFS in SNOWBOWL LEGAL FILINGS

Compiled by Robin Silver, M.D. Co-Founder and Board Member Center for Biological Diversity   City compares harm to Hopi religion by use of City’s reclaimed wastewater on sacred area as similar to recreational boat owners being “deprived of no more than their occasional Sunday piscatorial [fishing] pleasure.”   Excerpted quotations from the City of Flagstaff’s

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Protect the Peaks Comment Regarding Proposal for Arizona Snowbowl “Chondola”

(photo by Sam Minkler) Protect the Peaks Comment Regarding Proposal for Arizona Snowbowl “Chondola” Arizona Snowbowl ski area has proposed “upgrading” the Agassiz chairlift with a detachable combination chairlift and gondola referred to as a chondola or telemix. This proposed action furthers desecration of the San Francisco Peaks, which are held holy by more than

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Sacred Sites Alert: Snowbowl Threatens Further Desecration of Holy San Francisco Peaks with New ‘Master Development Plan’

Stop Cultural Genocide! FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Controversial ski resort Arizona Snowbowl is planning to further its assault on Indigenous Peoples and the environment through a “Master Development Plan” that threatens new expansion & desecration of the Holy San Francisco Peaks. Snowbowl representatives have been holding secret meetings with area politicians to secure political support for

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Indigenous Peoples Denied Access to Sacred Site as Ski Area Opens with Sewage Snow

Friday, November, 16, 2018 For Immediate Release Contact: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.protectthepeaks.org Indigenous Peoples Denied Access to Sacred Site as Ski Area Opens with Sewage Snow Flagstaff, AZ — Continuing years of ecological destruction, threats to public health, and desecration and assault on Indigenous Peoples’ ways of life, Arizona Snowbowl ski area opened with snow made from

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Protest Snowbowl’s Opening Day – Nov. 16, 2018

Friday, November 16, 2018 at 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM Protest Arizona Snowbowl’s opening day! WHEN: Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 – 7:30AM WHERE: Snowbowl Rd. & HWY 180 Please email protectpeaks@gmail.com to coordinate carpools. The mountain, water, and all life forms are precious. We will keep standing for human rights and environmental justice until they

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Mountain Protector Rally Planned as Snowbowl Furthers Desecration

FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Despite having no natural snow, Arizona Snowbowl has opened a handful of runs at their controversial ski area with snow made from 100% treated sewage on the San Francisco Peaks. A Mountain Protector Rally is being held to address environmental issues, public health concerns, and ongoing religious freedoms violations of the 13

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Protest Disrupts Snowbowl as Ski Area Opens with 100% Treated Sewage

Tuesday, November, 21, 2017 For Immediate Release Contact: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.protectthepeaks.org   Protest Disrupts Snowbowl as Ski Area Opens with 100% Treated Sewage   Flagstaff, AZ — Continuing it’s years-long desecration and assault on Indigenous Peoples’ ways of life, ecological destruction, and threats to public health, Arizona Snowbowl ski area opened with snow made from millions

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Boycott Snowbowl Postcard Fundraising Campaign

Please support our effort to raise $250 for 5,000 Boycott Snowbowl postcards! We’ve already printed 5,000 for Protect the Peaks efforts, this will be our second run. These postcards will be distributed throughout the Southwestern US in an effort to provide education regarding Arizona Snowbowl’s environmentally and culturally destructive practices. CONTRIBUTE HERE: www.design.indigenousaction.org/give/boycottsnowbowl/

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Protests as Arizona Snowbowl Opens with 100% Treated Sewage Snow on Sacred Site

Press release: FLAGSTAFF, AZ — On Friday, November 28, 2014, more than 50 people rallied and marched as Arizona Snowbowl ski area opened with snow made from 100% treated sewage on the sacred San Francisco Peaks. With no natural snowfall, Snowbowl had a mere 3 out of 40 ski runs open. People came from Prescott

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