An Appeal To Save The Peaks in Arizona, U.S. - Frederica Hall and many others
(An example of inroads into habitats being made by anti-sustainability commercial interests, world-wide)
HELLO
I am a human being, living at the foot of the Sacred Mountain* in Flagstaff, Arizona.*
The mountain that millions of years ago was drawn heavenward from the great waters, with the fire of earth, cooling over millions of years and then miraculously bringing forth the life that we are
This mountain is not a mountain supported by a great range that goes on for thousands of miles, or even hundreds of miles .
IT IS ONE LONE MOUNTAIN IN HUNDREDS OF MILES OF HIGH DESERT
On February 2nd, 2004 the Forest Service released their draft environmental impact statement regarding changes to the snow-bowl ski area.
These plans include:
*Clear cutting of old growth fir/spruce forest "and putting up a parking lot";
*Traffic circle, with pedestrian underpass;
*Construction of 7 new commercial buildings totalling 48,500 sq. ft.;
*77.3 acres new ski terrain;
*More non sustainable energy guzzling snow gun machines and towers;
*14.8 miles of clearing for a buried pipeline;
*1.5 million gallons a day of dubious reclaimed waste water to make artificial snow;
*10,000,000 gallon reclaimed waste water storage pond;
*Two 10,000 gallon underground water storage tanks;
*60 acres stripped of topsoil and reshaped;
*42 acres of tree thinning;
*4,250 ft. of new lifts;
*and more!
It is foolhardy to disregard the science of environmental sustainability. It is evident that this proposal is blinded to the ecological delicacy of our continental island of life, that this Sacred Mountain birthed and sustains.
These plans are vigorously opposed by the 13 original indigenous American tribes:
Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Tewa, Haulapai, Havasupai, Yavapai-Apache, Yavapai-Prescott, Tonto Apache, White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache, San Juan Southern Pauite, Fort Mcdowell Mohave Apache, and Acoma.
The children of this land for thousands of years, keeping the mountain environmentally sustainably sacred, is their sacred way, their church, their religion, their way of life, this sacred Mountain from which all life has come and is sustained.
Throughout the earth, ignorance’s devastating destruction is rabid, reaching climatic levels. All life is threatened.
I pray that Truth awakens in the human race in time
Thank you
Frederica Hall
rik3@mindspring.com
* The Sacred Mountain is known as TSII BINA, DZIL TSO, WIKAGANA PA ŒDJA, NUVATUKAOVI, WIK’HANBAJA, DOKO’OOSLIID, WIMONOGAW’A, SUNHA K’YABACHU YALANNE. SIERRAS DE LOS CASNINOS AND SIERRAS SIN AQUA, THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS
Please see three Save the Peaks stories by Brenda Norrell, posted on the website of Indian Country Today: http://www.indiancountry.com
Navajo and Hopi, emerging generation of defenders http://www.indiancountry.com/?1077632100
Groups saving sacred peaks http://www.indiancountry.com/?1077632955
Navajos ready to boycott Flagstaff http://www.indiancountry.com/?1077573900
Statement from Save the Peaks
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT THOUGH NETWORKING, PUBLICITY AND ANY GOOD HELP
PLEASE GO TO THE NEW WEB SITE AND ACT ON THIS ISSUE http://www.savethepeaks.org
THE SAVE THE PEAKS COALITION
Is a group of concerned citizens, agencies, business people, religious and spiritual leaders, skiers, snow boarders, conservationists, students, teachers and taxpayers committed to the protection of the San Francisco Peaks.
The Coalition was formed February 2, 2004 when it was revealed that Coconino National Forest Supervisor, Nora Rasure, supports Alternative Two of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which calls for full "build-out" of the Arizona Snow Bowl, including new runs and lifts, and for using 180 million gallons of "reclaimed waste water" each year for snow making on the Sacred San Francisco Peaks.
We are urging the Forest Service to approve the "No Action" alternative (Alt. One) of the draft EIS for the following reasons:
* To protect spiritual and cultural rights
* To foster mutual respect among all people and ensure a high quality of life for all peoples potentially affected.
* To protect local taxpayers from exorbitant and unforeseen costs over the coming years. Who will pay for the pipeline, the water, and increased highway maintenance, traffic control and emergency response expenses?
* To conserve water for the future, when true needs will be greater, and the drought perhaps more severe.
* To prevent habitat disruption and fragmentation, and other threats to endangered plants and animals.
* To keep local winter traffic from becoming more dangerous.
* To defend Flagstaff from Ski Town Syndrome. We may not become Vail or Aspen, but what will we become if we value things like increased skiing more highly than the Peaks’ exceptional beauty, habitat and cultural importance?
* Because the Forest Service has failed to distribute the DEIS widely and to allow for adequate participation by affected tribal members.
* Because there is the possibility of institutional bias toward snow making and expansion.
In addition, the Save The Peaks Coalition urges the Forest Service to: extend the comment period from 60 days to 120 days; hold public hearings on the affected reservations, with translators present; delay ANY decision on snow making and/or expansion until completion of the National Register Nomination/Designation processes; respect the NEPA process by taking seriously the cultural concerns presented by the public through the long, documented history of opposition to commercial development on the Sacred Peaks.
http://www.savethepeaks.org
E-mail us to find out more about how you can get involved today!
e-mail: coalition@savethepeaks.org
Please also see:
Study Finds Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in Flagstaff's Reclaimed Water
Could reclaimed water study sway EIS?
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/22/2004
“The treated water that the city sends into the Rio de Flag is considered "A+
grade" water by Environmental Protection Agency and Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality standards, but that does not fully account for trace
levels of what is referred to as "pharmaceuticals, pathogens and hormones"
in the draft environmental impact statement for the Snowbowl upgrade.
…
“The USGS initially applied five analytical methods it developed to measure
concentrations of 95 organic contaminants in water samples from a network of
139 streams across 30 states during 1999 and 2000. Of those, about 80 percent of the areas tested showed trace levels of the contaminants.”
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=82526
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(An example of inroads into habitats being made by anti-sustainability commercial interests, world-wide)
HELLO
I am a human being, living at the foot of the Sacred Mountain* in Flagstaff, Arizona.*
The mountain that millions of years ago was drawn heavenward from the great waters, with the fire of earth, cooling over millions of years and then miraculously bringing forth the life that we are
This mountain is not a mountain supported by a great range that goes on for thousands of miles, or even hundreds of miles .
IT IS ONE LONE MOUNTAIN IN HUNDREDS OF MILES OF HIGH DESERT
On February 2nd, 2004 the Forest Service released their draft environmental impact statement regarding changes to the snow-bowl ski area.
These plans include:
*Clear cutting of old growth fir/spruce forest "and putting up a parking lot";
*Traffic circle, with pedestrian underpass;
*Construction of 7 new commercial buildings totalling 48,500 sq. ft.;
*77.3 acres new ski terrain;
*More non sustainable energy guzzling snow gun machines and towers;
*14.8 miles of clearing for a buried pipeline;
*1.5 million gallons a day of dubious reclaimed waste water to make artificial snow;
*10,000,000 gallon reclaimed waste water storage pond;
*Two 10,000 gallon underground water storage tanks;
*60 acres stripped of topsoil and reshaped;
*42 acres of tree thinning;
*4,250 ft. of new lifts;
*and more!
It is foolhardy to disregard the science of environmental sustainability. It is evident that this proposal is blinded to the ecological delicacy of our continental island of life, that this Sacred Mountain birthed and sustains.
These plans are vigorously opposed by the 13 original indigenous American tribes:
Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Tewa, Haulapai, Havasupai, Yavapai-Apache, Yavapai-Prescott, Tonto Apache, White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache, San Juan Southern Pauite, Fort Mcdowell Mohave Apache, and Acoma.
The children of this land for thousands of years, keeping the mountain environmentally sustainably sacred, is their sacred way, their church, their religion, their way of life, this sacred Mountain from which all life has come and is sustained.
Throughout the earth, ignorance’s devastating destruction is rabid, reaching climatic levels. All life is threatened.
I pray that Truth awakens in the human race in time
Thank you
Frederica Hall
rik3@mindspring.com
* The Sacred Mountain is known as TSII BINA, DZIL TSO, WIKAGANA PA ŒDJA, NUVATUKAOVI, WIK’HANBAJA, DOKO’OOSLIID, WIMONOGAW’A, SUNHA K’YABACHU YALANNE. SIERRAS DE LOS CASNINOS AND SIERRAS SIN AQUA, THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS
Please see three Save the Peaks stories by Brenda Norrell, posted on the website of Indian Country Today: http://www.indiancountry.com
Navajo and Hopi, emerging generation of defenders http://www.indiancountry.com/?1077632100
Groups saving sacred peaks http://www.indiancountry.com/?1077632955
Navajos ready to boycott Flagstaff http://www.indiancountry.com/?1077573900
Statement from Save the Peaks
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT THOUGH NETWORKING, PUBLICITY AND ANY GOOD HELP
PLEASE GO TO THE NEW WEB SITE AND ACT ON THIS ISSUE http://www.savethepeaks.org
THE SAVE THE PEAKS COALITION
Is a group of concerned citizens, agencies, business people, religious and spiritual leaders, skiers, snow boarders, conservationists, students, teachers and taxpayers committed to the protection of the San Francisco Peaks.
The Coalition was formed February 2, 2004 when it was revealed that Coconino National Forest Supervisor, Nora Rasure, supports Alternative Two of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which calls for full "build-out" of the Arizona Snow Bowl, including new runs and lifts, and for using 180 million gallons of "reclaimed waste water" each year for snow making on the Sacred San Francisco Peaks.
We are urging the Forest Service to approve the "No Action" alternative (Alt. One) of the draft EIS for the following reasons:
* To protect spiritual and cultural rights
* To foster mutual respect among all people and ensure a high quality of life for all peoples potentially affected.
* To protect local taxpayers from exorbitant and unforeseen costs over the coming years. Who will pay for the pipeline, the water, and increased highway maintenance, traffic control and emergency response expenses?
* To conserve water for the future, when true needs will be greater, and the drought perhaps more severe.
* To prevent habitat disruption and fragmentation, and other threats to endangered plants and animals.
* To keep local winter traffic from becoming more dangerous.
* To defend Flagstaff from Ski Town Syndrome. We may not become Vail or Aspen, but what will we become if we value things like increased skiing more highly than the Peaks’ exceptional beauty, habitat and cultural importance?
* Because the Forest Service has failed to distribute the DEIS widely and to allow for adequate participation by affected tribal members.
* Because there is the possibility of institutional bias toward snow making and expansion.
In addition, the Save The Peaks Coalition urges the Forest Service to: extend the comment period from 60 days to 120 days; hold public hearings on the affected reservations, with translators present; delay ANY decision on snow making and/or expansion until completion of the National Register Nomination/Designation processes; respect the NEPA process by taking seriously the cultural concerns presented by the public through the long, documented history of opposition to commercial development on the Sacred Peaks.
http://www.savethepeaks.org
E-mail us to find out more about how you can get involved today!
e-mail: coalition@savethepeaks.org
Please also see:
Study Finds Pharmaceuticals and Hormones in Flagstaff's Reclaimed Water
Could reclaimed water study sway EIS?
By SETH MULLER
Sun Staff Reporter
02/22/2004
“The treated water that the city sends into the Rio de Flag is considered "A+
grade" water by Environmental Protection Agency and Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality standards, but that does not fully account for trace
levels of what is referred to as "pharmaceuticals, pathogens and hormones"
in the draft environmental impact statement for the Snowbowl upgrade.
…
“The USGS initially applied five analytical methods it developed to measure
concentrations of 95 organic contaminants in water samples from a network of
139 streams across 30 states during 1999 and 2000. Of those, about 80 percent of the areas tested showed trace levels of the contaminants.”
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=82526
[ archive ]
- More news - http://www.savethepeaks.org/savethepeaks/pagetemp/media.html