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Flagstaff Residents Embark on Hunger Strike to Oppose Snowmaking on San Francisco Peaks
A pair of young Flagstaff, Arizona residents has embarked on a hunger strike to oppose snowmaking at a ski area on the San Francisco Peaks, held sacred by 13 tribes in the Southwest.  Snowbowl5/1/2013
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9th Circuit Allows Hopi Case Against Arizona Snowbowl to be Heard
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe may have hit on a successful strategy to oppose snowmaking with reclaimed sewage on the sacred San Francisco Peaks, near Flagstaff, Arizona.
4/30/2013
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Hopi Tribe gets break on snowmaking lawsuit
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe can move forward with efforts to stop snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl after the Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a 2011 Coconino County...
4/26/2013
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Hopi Tribe wins appeals round in Arizona Snowbowl water battle
(Arizona) -- The Arizona Court of Appeals has sided with the Hopi Tribe in its lawsuit over reclaimed wastewater be used to help make snow at the Arizona Snowbowl ski...
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Court revives Hopi Tribe's suit over wastewater at sacred site
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe of Arizona will be able to pursue a lawsuit over the use of wastewater at the sacred San Francisco Peaks.
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Hopi finally win one on Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe earned a procedural legal victory on Thursday in its bid to stop snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl.
4/25/2013
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Hopi Tribe wins round in Snowbowl lawsuit
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe has won a round in its bid to stop Flagstaff from selling reclaimed wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl. On Thursday, the Arizona Court of Appeals...
3/3/2013
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Idle No More Snowbowl Protest Disrupted by Disorderly Woman
(Arizona) -- During what should have been a peaceful gathering to protest the use of recycled wastewater on the sacred San Francisco Peaks, the Protect the Peaks...
2/9/2013
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Snowbowl protests affect Flagstaff shops
(Arizona) -- Continuing opposition to the use of reclaimed wastewater by a ski area near Flagstaff to make snow is rubbing off on some local businesses.
1/20/2013
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Discolored Slopes Mar Debut of Snow-Making Effort
(Arizona) -- After a decade of legal battles, a ski resort in Northern Arizona recently became the first in the world to make artificial snow totally out of sewage...
1/15/2013
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Snow Made From Sewage Is, Unsurprisingly, A Gross Color
(Arizona) -- Last summer, an under-construction ski resort in Arizona revealed plans to start making snow not from pure mountain water but from recycled sewage.
1/13/2013
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Idle No More Hits Arizona as Part of Snowbowl Protest
(Arizona) -- The international Idle No More movement hit Arizona this week, in a freshly charged protest at Flagstaff City Hall over snowmaking with treated effluent at...
1/8/2013
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Hopi Tribe withdraws snowmaking lawsuit
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe recently withdrew its lawsuit challenging snowmaking with reclaimed wastewater (treated sewage effluent) at Arizona Snowbowl just north of...
12/29/2012
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Arizona Snowbowl Starts Making Fake Snow from Treated Sewage… and It's Yellow
(Arizona) -- After a decade of legal battles and opposition from American Indian tribes, environmental groups and concerned citizens, Arizona Snowbowl ski area has...
12/27/2012
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Hopi tribe pulls latest Snowbowl lawsuit
(Arizona) -- The latest lawsuit challenging snowmaking at the Arizona Snowbowl just north of Flagstaff has been withdrawn.
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Ski Resort Makes Snow With Treated Wastewater, After A Long Dispute
(Arizona) -- An Arizona ski resort is making snow for the first time this year, ending more than seven years' worth of legal battles over its snowmaking system,...
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2012 Top 10 stories / Navajo, Hopi pull support for water settlement
(Arizona) -- 1) No deal on water — An attempt to head off a court battle over the tribe's rights to water in the Little Colorado Basin drew enough anger from...
12/26/2012
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Hopi withdraw Snowbowl suit
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe has withdrawn its lawsuit challenging snowmaking with reclaimed wastewater at Arizona Snowbowl.
12/24/2012
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Protests Against Arizona Snowbowl Continues As Ski Season Begins
(Arizona) -- Hardy activists braved single-digit temperatures in Flagstaff on December 21 to protest Arizona Snowbowl, the resort atop the sacred San Francisco Peaks...
12/18/2012
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Snowmaking protesters face federal charges stemming from protest at Flagstaff Forest service office
(Arizona) -- Four people face federal charges filed Dec. 11 after taking part in a protest against snowmaking on the San Francisco peaks at the Coconino National Forest...
12/15/2012
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Arizona Snowbowl Protestors Charged in Federal District Court
(Arizona) -- Three activists were charged in federal District Court in Flagstaff, Arizona, today with disrupting work in a U.S. Forest Service office, following a...
12/13/2012
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NORRELL: Peaks supporters charged as US makes promise to protect sacred places
(Arizona) -- On the same day that secretary Tom Vilsack of the US Department of Agriculture issued a final report on Sacred Sites and an inter-agency memorandum to work...
12/12/2012
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4 protesters of Snowbowl snowmaking face charges
(Arizona) -- Four protesters accused of violating federal law by interfering with a Coconino National Forest office here face misdemeanor charges.
12/11/2012
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Critics of snowmaking at Ariz. resort face charges
(Arizona) -- A couple who attended a protest against snowmaking has been banned from an Arizona ski resort for now. A bench trial for Dawn Dyer and James Anders is...
12/9/2012
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BLOG: N(X) Native American Heritage Month Interview Series: Dustin Martin
(New Mexico) -- I spoke with Dustin Martin, program director for Wings of America and co-founder of Sovereign Original Land Owners (SOLO), while he visited New York City...
11/27/2012
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Hopi Continues to Fight Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- Citing its possible effects on a threatened plant, the Hopi Tribe is seeking an injunction to stop snowmaking with treated sewage effluent at the Arizona...
11/21/2012
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Hopi continues to fight Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- Citing its possible effects on a threatened plant, the Hopi Tribe is seeking an injunction to stop snowmaking with treated sewage effluent at the Arizona...
11/20/2012
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Snow, Sewage and a Fragile Alpine Plant
(Arizona) -- Weeks before the snow guns at the Arizona Snowbowl ski area are set to begin blowing artificial snow made from sewage effluent — a focus of a 10-year...
11/19/2012
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Hopi Tribe Issues Latest Challenge for the San Francisco Peaks
(Arizona) -- The pipe has been laid to carry treated sewage from Flagstaff to the sacred San Francisco Peaks – but the Hopi Tribe has issued another challenge to...
11/16/2012
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Hopi sues to halt snowmaking at Ariz. ski resort
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe is taking another shot at halting snowmaking at a northern Arizona ski resort.
11/13/2012
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Snow day: Machine helps Snowbowl trump nature
(Arizona) -- The Flagstaff ski season will be a little less dependent on Mother Nature this year. The Arizona Snowbowl Resort began using its new snow-making machine on...
10/16/2012
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Protests still prevalent at Snowbowl following court ruling
(Arizona) -- With winter approaching, the efforts of Native American tribes and others in opposition of the use of reclaimed sewage water on the San Francisco Peaks,...
9/27/2012
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Poop Snow on an Ancient Burial Ground: This Can’t End Well
(USA) -- If Poltergeist taught us anything, it's that you shouldn't build a house on a Native American burial ground. Obviously the owners of Flagstaff's...
9/26/2012
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Resort’s Snow Won’t Be Pure This Year; It’ll Be Sewage
(Arizona) -- Klee Benally, a member of the Navajo tribe, has gone to the mountains just north of here to pray, and he has gone to get arrested. He has chained himself to...
9/14/2012
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San Francisco Peaks Lawyer in the Clear; Snowbowl Fight Continues
(Arizona) -- The Arizona attorney who fought against using reclaimed wastewater to make snow on the San Francisco Peaks has been cleared of an order to repay the...
9/13/2012
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Grand Canyon Skywalk developer asks court to enforce $28.6 million binding arbitration award against Hualapai Nation
(Arizona) -- The developer of the Grand Canyon Skywalk (GCSD) is asking the U.S. District Court in Arizona to enforce payment of the $28.6 million award it won against...
9/9/2012
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BLOG: Tempe police and Arizona Anti-Terror unit shut down Protect the Peaks show
(Arizona) -- A campaign of political repression is under way against anarchist and indigenous projects in Arizona, spearheaded by the Arizona Counter Terrorism...
8/30/2012
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Attorney in San Francisco Peaks litigation won't face sanctions
(Florida) -- The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday withdrew sanctions against attorney Howard Shanker for his handling of litigation to protect the sacred San...
8/21/2012
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NAU student 'tree-sitting' to protest water pipeline to Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- A Northern Arizona University student has made a tree his new temporary home to halt the construction of a 14-mile pipeline near Flagstaff.
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NORRELL: Protect the Peaks say tree sitter's life in danger as life lines are being cut
(Arizona) -- Protect the Peaks activists say a tree sitter’s life is in danger as police and equipment cutters are attempting to extract him from a tree, by...
8/20/2012
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BLOG: Tree Sit Halts Snowbowl Pipeline Construction
(Arizona) -- This morning we erected a tree-sit to protect our community and our children from the City of Flagstaff’s sanctioning and use of hazardous treated...
8/16/2012
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Groups urge court not to make lawyer pay Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- Tribal groups and conservationists are being joined by some law professors in asking a federal appeals court not to make a lawyer who sued Arizona Snowbowl...
8/7/2012
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Support Grows For Activists Lawyer in Arizona Snowbowl Case
(Arizona) -- A coalition of high-profile attorneys and activists are rallying around a lawyer who’s under fire for suing the U.S. Forest Service to stop snowmaking...
7/18/2012
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Ralph Nader and Friends Petition Full Panel Hearing on Sanction of San Francisco Peaks Attorney
(Arizona) -- Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and a group of individuals and nonprofit organizations interested in protecting the sacred...
6/28/2012
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Klee Benally Sentenced To ‘Community Service’, Affirms Commitment to Defending Sacred Peaks
(Arizona) -- Klee Benally, Dine’ (Navajo), was ordered by Coconino Justice Court Judge Howard Grodman to perform community service as consequence to his prayerful...
6/21/2012
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Appeals court sanctions lawyer in San Francisco Peaks litigation
(Arizona) -- The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today sanctioned attorney Howard Shanker for "grossly" abusing the judicial process in litigation to protect the...
6/17/2012
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Corporations confronted for roles in Peaks desecration
(Arizona) -- On June 15, 2012, more than 20 Flagstaff community members holding banners and signs delivered a letter to RSC Equipment Rentals and their parent company,...
6/7/2012
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Flagstaff Residents Embark on Hunger Strike to Oppose Snowmaking on San Francisco Peaks
(California) -- A pair of young Flagstaff, Arizona residents has embarked on a hunger strike to oppose snowmaking at a ski area on the San Francisco Peaks, held sacred...
5/12/2012
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Construction Begins on San Francisco Peaks; Controversy Far From Over
(Arizona) -- The Arizona Snowbowl ski area, near Flagstaff, began construction this week on the infrastructure to deliver treated wastewater for snowmaking on its slopes.
5/9/2012
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Snowbowl owners seek $270,000 for wastewater suit
(Arizona) -- Owners of the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort outside Flagstaff asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to award them nearly $270,000 in attorney's fees...
3/17/2012
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Racial Tension rises between the Navajo Human Rights Commission and the City of Flagstaff
(Arizona) -- Racial tensions have been heighten due to the differences between the City of Flagstaff and the Navajo Nation Human Right Commission, who recently signed...
3/14/2012
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Snowbowl renews contract with Flagstaff for reclaimed water usage
(Arizona) -- Last week the city of Flagstaff renewed their contract with the Arizona Snowbowl for the use of reclaimed water usage. This is a troublesome development for...
3/11/2012
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Arizona: City Of Flagstaff Administratively Renews Controversial Contract With Ski Area For Wastewater Snowmaking
(Arizona) -- In spite of at least ten years of sustained public outcry from Indigenous Nations and community members, City of Flagstaff officials have administratively...
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Snowmaking from Wastewater Renews Anger
(Arizona) -- As Arizona Snowbowl ski resort prepared this week to release reclaimed wastewater for snowmaking on San Francisco Peaks, Navajo and Hopi tribal nations...
3/10/2012
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Hopi Tribe: Arizona Snowbowl’s Expansion Will Not Have a Measurable or Significant Economic Impact on the Flagstaff Area
(Arizona) -- An economic analysis released by the Hopi Tribe and prepared by Bioeconomics, Inc. determined that the Arizona Snowbowl expansion and the availability of...
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Snowmaking at Snowbowl back in court
(Arizona) -- One month after three federal judges called the latest lawsuit "a gross abuse of the judicial process," opponents of snowmaking at Arizona...
3/8/2012
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Owners of Ariz. ski resort plan for man-made snow
(Arizona) -- A northern Arizona ski resort on a mountain that American Indian tribes consider sacred is planning to spray artificial snow beneath the chairlifts next...
2/29/2012
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2 men sentenced in protests at Arizona Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- Two Flagstaff men arrested during protests at the Arizona Snowbowl have been sentenced but won't be facing jail time.
2/26/2012
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Trial for two Peaks Defenders Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012
(Arizona) -- On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Flagstaff "Justice" Court, two Peaks Defenders will be facing trail for charges resulting from protests to...
2/19/2012
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Options for saving the San Francisco Peaks dwindling
(Arizona) -- Groups trying to block a plan to make snow from treated wastewater atop the San Francisco Peaks are running out of legal options.
2/16/2012
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9th Circuit denies second Snowbowl appeal
(Arizona) -- Calling it a "gross abuse of the judicial process," a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 turned thumbs down on a...
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Arizona Snowbowl Wins Again in Quest For Snowmaking
(Arizona) -- In what a federal appeals court called “a gross abuse of the judicial process,” opponents to snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl lost yet another...
2/15/2012
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Navajo Administration releases opinion on the Peaks
(Arizona) -- Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Vice President Rex Lee Jim jointly issued the following statement regarding the Save The Peaks Coalition v. United...
2/13/2012
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San Francisco Peaks Ruling Draws Heavy Opinions
(California) -- Flagstaff, Arizona residents were out in droves on February 10, to enjoy a sunny and unusually warm winter’s day in the shadow of the San Francisco...
2/11/2012
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The Snowbowl Scheme Seems Absurd; it Just Might Be Carcinogenically Serious
(Arizona) -- There is a famous bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the King of Swamp Castle describes his struggle to build his large medieval edifice. The...
2/10/2012
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Ninth Circuit Allows Recycled Sewage on Sacred San Francisco Peaks
(Arizona) -- A federal appeals court has given an Arizona ski resort operating on federal land permission to use recycled sewage to make artificial snow on Humphrey...
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Sacred Site Faces Legalized Desecration From Arizona Snowbowl Wastewater
(Arizona) -- The Navajo call them Doko’oo’sliid, or “Shining On Top.” To the Hopi, the peaks are Nuvatukaovi, or “The Place of Snow on the...
2/9/2012
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Ninth Circuit rules against Save the Peaks 2012
(California) -- Save the Peaks Attorney Howard Shanker responds: "I believe that it is a sad day for the earth, the people, and our broken system of justice,"...
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Snowmaking opponents lose again today at 9th Circuit
(Arizona) -- Opponents of snowmaking with reclaimed wastewater at Arizona Snowbowl have lost again at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, this time on arguments that...
2/8/2012
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Hopis appeal Snowbowl ruling
(Arizona) -- In August 2011, the Hopi Tribe filed a complaint in Arizona state court challenging the city of Flagstaff's plan to allow reclaimed wastewater to be...
1/28/2012
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Snowbowl protesters want trials
(Arizona) -- At least two of those arrested during last summer's protests of construction of a reclaimed wastewater pipeline at Arizona Snowbowl are turning down...
1/27/2012
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Hopis to appeal ruling that leaves in place deal to sell treated wastewater for snowmaking
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe says it's challenging a ruling in a case that seeks to keep treated wastewater from being turned into snow. The city of Flagstaff is...
1/19/2012
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BLOG: In the Shadow of the Sacred Mountain
(Arizona) -- Ya’at’eeh lastrealindian readers. My name is Jihan Gearon. I come from Old Sawmill, AZ. For those of you who don’t know where that is, it...
1/12/2012
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Peaks plaintiff: Public will have final say in reclaimed sewage issue
(Arizona) -- While she's not sure how the federal judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule after hearing arguments in the Arizona Snowbowl case Monday,...
1/10/2012
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Court Hears Arguments in Arizona Snowbowl Snowmaking Project Dispute
(California) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday heard arguments in a challenge to the approval of Arizona Snowbowl’s plan to use...
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Federal court hears Arizona ski resort wastewater case
(California) -- A federal appellate court in San Francisco is considering arguments that challenge the planned use of treated wastewater to make snow at an northern...
1/9/2012
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American Indians in San Francisco for Save the Peaks Hearing
(California) -- Numerous carloads of American Indians, representing various American Indian tribes, caravanned from Flagstaff, Arizona to San Francisco this weekend to...
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American Indians in San Francisco for Save the Peaks Hearing
(California) -- Numerous carloads of American Indians, representing various American Indian tribes, caravanned from Flagstaff, Arizona to San Francisco this weekend to...
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Appeals court hears case challenging planned use of treated wastewater at Arizona ski resort
(California) -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Monday heard arguments in a case challenging the planned use of treated wastewater for snowmaking at a...
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CALL TO ACTION: Save the Peaks Looking for Support
(California) -- Supporters of the Save the Peaks have a "Call to Action" out to assist them in their campaign march on Monday, January 9. Environmental justice...
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Native Americans optimistic after Peaks appeal in federal court
(California) -- Five plaintiffs and representatives of The Save The Peaks Coalition, with their attorney and supporters, optimistically exited the James R. Browning...
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Native Americans rally at federal court to defend San Francisco Peaks
(California) -- At the Ninth Circuit Court today, the case to protect sacred San Francisco Peaks from the plan to use wastewater for snowmaking is before the court.
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Ninth Circuit to decide fate of impacts on San Francisco Peaks
(California) -- On January 9th, 2012, the Save the Peaks Coalition et al vs. the US Forest Service will be heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, CA.
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Sacred Places Legal Battle Returns to SF's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; January 9th
(California) -- California tribal members will rally today in support of plaintiffs in the latest court battle to prevent the further desecration of the San Francisco...
1/6/2012
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Anti-Snowbowl Protests Rolling
(Arizona) -- Suffering a legal setback and failing to get the Obama administration to agree to intervene in the spraying of reclaimed wastewater on the sacred San...
12/26/2011
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Snowmaking dominates environmental news in 2011
(Arizona) -- 2011 brought plans for mining near Petrified Forest National Park, the arrival of a voracious bug in the Grand Canyon and wrangling over whether to prohibit...
12/25/2011
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Hopi tribe suffers setback in Snowbowl waste water case
(Arizona) -- The Hopi tribe's bid to stop the city of Flagstaff from selling recycled waste water to the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort has suffered a setback. A...
12/24/2011
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Hopis lose lawsuit over effluent for snowmaking
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe has lost a round in court in its bid to stop Flagstaff from selling treated sewage water to Arizona Snowbowl. The Arizona Daily Sun reports...
12/23/2011
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BLOG: Get your skis, Flagstaff has snow
(Las Vegas) -- If your sport is skiing and you like Flagstaff, AZ, then you're going to love this ruling. 1. Plaintiff, the Hopi Tribe, is a Federally Recognized...
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City wins in Hopi v. Flagstaff
(Arizona) -- Coconino County Superior Court Judge Joe Lodge ruled today for the city of Flagstaff, tossing out a lawsuit by the Hopi Tribe asserting the city's sale...
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Judge May Rule on Snow Making at Arizona Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- A Coconino County Superior Court judge is expected to rule soon on whether a case involving Flagstaff's sale of reclaimed wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl...
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Making Snow is Power Reserved for Creator
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission has voiced its opposition to the use of groundwater use for artificial snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks on...
12/22/2011
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Delegates mull Snowbowl proposal
(Arizona) -- While the Arizona Snowbowl was opening its ski season, its owner was here asking for the Navajo Nation's support to request the federal government to...
12/1/2011
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Hopi Tribal Council does not support Navajos proposal on snowmaking
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribal Council does not join or support a recently proposed Navajo Nation Council Resolution recommending the use of groundwater for snowmaking on...
11/29/2011
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No ruling in snowmaking case
(Arizona) -- There was no apparent winner Monday as the Hopi Tribe launched its case against the city of Flagstaff and snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl.
11/22/2011
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Snowbowl presses on amid suits
(Arizona) -- Those opposed to snowmaking with reclaimed wastewater at Arizona Snowbowl are headed to court again soon -- locally and federally.
10/27/2011
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Committee shuts tap on Snowbowl bill
(Arizona) -- Saying she couldn't vote for legislation she didn't believe in even as a means to an end, Resources and Development Committee Chairwoman Katherine...
10/24/2011
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Tribe opposes use of recycled water at Arizona ski resort
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Indian tribe is in the midst of a legal battle with Arizona Snowbowl ski resort over the proposed use of treated sewage on their ‘sacred...
10/19/2011
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Indians oppose 'recycled' sewage for Arizona skiing
(Arizona) -- A ski area in the US state of Arizona hopes to become the latest in a small number of resorts using "recycled" sewer water to make snow. But the...
10/14/2011
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Groundwater, not wastewater for Dook'o'ooslííd?
(Arizona) -- A proposal supporting the use of groundwater, rather than reclaimed wastewater, for snowmaking on Dook'o'ooslííd is making its way through the...
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Naabik'iyati' adds support to suspend Snowbowl permit
(Arizona) -- On the day Navajo Nation human rights officials were en route to host a public hearing in Flagstaff about the San Francisco Peaks, one Navajo human rights...
10/6/2011
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Navajo Council's committee asks Obama to suspend Forest Service permit for Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- On the day Navajo Nation human rights officials were en route to host a public hearing in Flagstaff about the San Francisco Peaks, one Navajo human rights...
9/29/2011
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Peaks protesters cite rights violations
(Arizona) -- Over 130 people turned out for a hearing held by the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission in Flagstaff on Sept. 23, which focused mostly on human rights...
9/9/2011
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Hopi Tribe rallies against the city of Flagstaff
(Arizona) -- On Aug. 19, the Hopi Tribe filed a lawsuit against the city of Flagstaff in Arizona Superior Court in Coconino County challenging the City's decision in...
9/7/2011
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Anti-Snowbowl graffiti grows
(Arizona) -- Graffiti found over the weekend in the Southside and Plaza Vieja neighborhoods is carrying an anti-Snowbowl sentiment.
9/6/2011
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Anti-Snowbowl graffiti found on Flagstaff churches, businesses
(Arizona) -- Graffiti vandals hit a fire station, a park, two churches and several businesses in Flagstaff over Labor Day weekend.
8/30/2011
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Arizona Ski Resort's Plan to Create Snow From Sewage Plant Water Draws Controversy
(Arizona) -- An Arizona ski resort is looking past Mother Nature and eyeing a new source for their snow: reclaimed water from sewage treatment plants. The Arizona...
8/29/2011
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BLOG: Saving Sacred Spaces
(Arizona) -- You might not be aware of this news from northern Arizona, since the reporting of it in the media has been less than robust, but in recent weeks there have...
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Ski resort to become world's first to make fake snow from treated sewage
(Arizona) -- They say 'never eat yellow snow' - but what about skiing over it? A ski resort in Arizona is planning to become the first in the world to use...
8/27/2011
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Albuquerque Native Americans Frighten Forest Service to Shut Down
(New Mexico) -- Native Americans protested at US Forest Service offices throughout the west today, urging the halt to the clearcutting and desecration of sacred San...
8/25/2011
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Don't Eat The Yellow Snow: Arizona Ski Resort Plans To Make Powder Out Of Sewage
(Arizona) -- Because there isn't enough snow in Arizona to support a ski range, the Snowbowl Resort is making its own snow. But the only water available is...
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Hopi Tribe sues Flagstaff over snowmaking
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe has filed suit against the city of Flagstaff for the city's sale of reclaimed wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl. The tribe is asking a...
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Native Americans from Vallejo area join opposition to project in Arizona
(California) -- Dismay over plans to use treated sewage water to make artificial snow in an Arizona national park sacred to Native Americans sparked protests in Vallejo...
8/23/2011
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Hopi Tribe sues city for selling reclaimed water to Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- The Hopi Tribe has filed suit against the city of Flagstaff over the city's decision to sell reclaimed wastewater for making snow at Arizona Snowbowl....
8/22/2011
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From Sacrilege to Sacredness: What's the Big Deal About Snowmaking?
(Arizona) -- This is not the first time I’ve traveled up this mountain. My once-lover Dark Cloud and I hiked, camped and made love in these old Ponderosa and Fir...
8/19/2011
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COMMENTARY: From Sacrilege to Sacredness: What’s the Big Deal About Snowmaking?
(Arizona) -- This is not the first time I’ve traveled up this mountain. My once-lover Dark Cloud and I hiked, camped and made love in these old Ponderosa and Fir...
8/16/2011
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More people arrested at Snowbowl protest
(Arizona) -- Authorities arrested three people near the Arizona Snowbowl in the latest round of protests against using reclaimed water for making snow. The Coconino...
8/13/2011
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Navajo Klee Benally locks down to Snowbowl equipment
(Arizona) -- Navajo Klee Benally chained himself to heavy equipment on Snowbowl Road on Saturday, as an excavator continued destroying sacred San Francisco Peaks during...
8/10/2011
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BLOG: Protect the Peaks unstoppable after 17 arrests
(Arizona) -- After 17 arrests, the Protect the Peaks movement proves to be unstoppable. Native Americans, joined by supporters, continued their protests on Tuesday...
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Protesters arrested after blocking road to Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- Ten people were arrested Monday after blocking the road to the Arizona Snowbowl in an attempt to prevent construction on a new snowmaking system they say...
7/15/2011
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Snowbowl critics massing for sit-in
(Arizona) -- An organization called The CookShack is raising support for a base camp to open on Friday, July 15, on the San Francisco Peaks, where they will lay plans...
7/11/2011
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Natives Say Forest Service Broke Environmental Rules, Obama Administration Asked to Take a New Look
(Arizona) -- In the latest twist to the saga involving the increasingly likely desecration of sites held sacred by some American Indians, a coalition of Indian citizens...
6/17/2011
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6 arrested in protest at Arizona Snowbowl
(Arizona) -- Six people were arrested Thursday after chaining themselves to machinery and each other at Arizona Snowbowl north of Flagstaff, authorities said.
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Protesters temporarily halt Snowbowl construction; six arrested
(Arizona) -- Around 5 a.m. on Thursday, six protesters walked up the San Francisco Peaks and chained themselves to equipment as well as material, briefly bringing...
3/1/2011
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Tribes Lose Bid to Freeze Ski Lodge's Snowmaking
(Arizona) -- A federal judge refused to halt a plan that would create snow using purified wastewater for Arizona's San Francisco Peaks, which many southwestern...
2/27/2011
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Hopi to Flagstaff: No Wastewater on SF Peaks
(Arizona) -- The City of Flagstaff’s contract to convert 18 million gallons of wastewater into artificial snow for skiing on San Francisco Peaks should be a no-go...
2/26/2011
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Hopis to sue Flagstaff
(Arizona) -- A tribe that has sued the U.S. Forest Service unsuccessfully over permitting treated effluent to be used for snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks is now...
2/22/2011
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Hopi Tribe asserts its position to Snowbowl action
(Arizona) -- On Feb. 18, the Hopi Tribe sent a letter to the city of Flagstaff stating their position against the city's decision in September not to amend or cancel...
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