December 7, 2010
Photo by Calvin Johnson
Despite objections from a number of tribal and environmental groups, a ruling by Honorable Judge Mary H. Murguia in District Court last week essentially gives the Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff the go-ahead to resume with expansion and snowmaking efforts on the sacred San Francisco Peaks. Opponents of these efforts continue to assert that the final Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the U.S. Forest Service ignores the possibility of human ingestion of snow made from treated sewage effluent. The decision will be appealed in the Ninth Circuit Court.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Honorable Judge Mary H. Murguia last week made a ruling in District Court against the plaintiffs the case known as The Save the Peaks Coalition, et al. v. U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The plaintiffs' claims that the final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) prepared by the USFS ignores thorough consideration of a number of critical health issues. Attorney Howard Shanker, who represents the Save the Peaks Coalition and other plaintiffs, planned to file an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court, stating, "The decision misstates the facts of this case and misapplies the law."
