printer friendly version
Editorial: Ski area helped by snowmaking plan
Friday, February 20, 2004
The Arizona Republic supports a proposal to allow a ski area in the sacred San Francisco Peaks
to use reclaimed water to make snow.
The paper says the U.S. Forest Service is right to allow the proposal. "The prospects for skiiers, not to mention the financial health of the Snowbowl, would be considerably brighter if owners of the Flagstaff ski area were permitted to make snow rather than having to rely on Mother Nature," the paper says.
The paper doesn't discount the views of tribes who oppose the project but says the ski area won't be expanding. And the water being used to make the snow "exceeds" federal guidelines.
Tribes who consider the area sacred say the use of wastewater is sacrilegious.
Get the Story:
Editorial: Make it snow
(The Arizona Republic 2/20)
Relevant Documents:
Draft
EIS
Relevant Links:
Coconino National Forest -
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/index.shtml
Related Stories:
Navajo Nation not planning boycott for sacred
site (2/20)
Coalition protests
snowmaking in sacred peaks (2/18)
Tribes to fight snowmaking in sacred Ariz.
peaks (02/03)
Forest Service delays
report on ski area expansion (12/02)
Hopi Tribe opposing snowmaking in sacred
peaks (11/20)
Ski area
on sacred mountain expanding (10/15)
Copyright © 2000-2004 Indianz.Com
