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Ninth Circuit Allows Recycled Sewage on Sacred San Francisco Peaks
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’s Peak—the highest and the most sacred of the San Francisco Peaks to more than a dozen Indian nations.  Snowbowl5/12/2012
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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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