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July 14, 2010

AZ Snowbowl one step closer to blanketing the Peaks with toilet water

Arizona Snowbowl will begin work on new ski trails and artificial snowmaking equipment after the US Department of Agriculture issued a construction permit Friday for a water pipeline.…

Environmentalists and Native Americans took Snowbowl's landlord, the U.S. Forest Service, to federal court in 2006 over the ski area's expansion plans. A federal appeals court ruled in the Forest Service's favor, and in June 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to reconsider.


Read the entire article here. Learn about the Save the Peaks Coalition here.

 

-CMD

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