Mt. Taylor Faces ‘Permanent and Severe’ Adverse Cultural Impacts

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April 23, 2013
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By Klee Benally @eelk Draft Environmental Impact Statement Reveals Forest Service Plan to ‘Deviate’ from Existing Laws GALLUP, NM — The Cibola National Forest Service (CNFS) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a mine proposed on Mt. Taylor that will violate the existing Forest Management Plan. Instead of upholding their current...
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Protect Holy Mt. Taylor: MASE Urges Opposition to Roca Honda Uranium Mine

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April 10, 2013
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Contact: www.masecoalition.org masecoalition2008@gmail.com Hello friends and allies, Many of you are aware of MASE and the work we are doing in northwestern New Mexico to stop proposed new uranium mines in and around our communities.  The Forest Service has just released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Roca Honda mine, the first...
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News Release: Havasupai Tribe, Conservation Groups Challenge Uranium Mine Threatening Grand Canyon

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March 8, 2013
The “Canyon” uranium mine, seen here in the foreground, with Grand Canyon National Park six miles to its north. Photo by Bruce Gordon, Ecoflight.

Read the complaint here: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/mining/Grand_Canyon_Uranium_Mining/pdfs/Complaint_03-07-2013.pdf For Immediate Release, March 7, 2013 Contact: Don Watahomigie, Chairman, Havasupai Tribe (928) 448-2731 or (928) 660-0023, htchair@havasupai-nsn.gov Matthew Putesoy, Vice Chairman, Havasupai Tribe, (928) 448-2731, mattputesoy@yahoo.com Roger Clark, Grand Canyon Trust (928) 890-7515, rclark@grandcanyontrust.org Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity (928) 310-6713, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club (602)...
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News Release: Peaks Defenders Targeted with Federal Charges Coerced into Collateral Forfeiture Agreement

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March 2, 2013
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2013 Peaks Defenders Targeted with Federal Charges Coerced into Collateral Forfeiture Agreement Flagstaff Couple Felt ‘Forced’ when Threatened with Additional Charges FLAGSTAFF, AZ –Despite wanting to legally fight the charges brought on them by the Coconino County Forest Service, James Anders and Dawn Dyer state that coercion and underhanded...
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Press Release: Native Americans Rally to Save Hickory Ground at NIGA Conference

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March 29, 2013

Take action/more info: www.savehickoryground.org/ http://gilariveragainstloop202.wordpress.com/ Save Oak Flat Petition www.protectthepeaks.org Red Butte (Phoenix, Arizona) On Tuesday, March 26, 2013,...
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Native Youth Drummers Attacked by Snowbowl Supporter at City of Flagstaff Ski Event – Dew Downtown

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February 10, 2013

Originally posted at: http://protectthepeaks.org/native-youth-drummers-attacked-by-snowbowl-supporter-at-city-of-flagstaff-ski-event/ Saturday, February 9, 2013 CONTACT: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.protectthepeaks.org Native Youth Drummers Attacked by Snowbowl Supporter at...
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12 Arrested as Diné & Appalachians Join St. Louis Residents in Confronting Peabody

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January 25, 2013

Donate for legal support here. Read more here: www.rampscampaign.org/citizens-bring-the-fight-to-peabody-12-arrested/ Press release from: RAMPS Media press@rampscampaign.org ST. LOUIS, MO —...
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#Idlenomore Knows No Borders!

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December 23, 2012

“Idle No More calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which...
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Videos

The Snowbowl Effect – Now Streaming! Documentary on Arizona Snowbowl’s Expansion & Desecration of San Francisco Peaks

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Blockade Halts Ski Resort Destruction & Desecration of Holy Mountain – Video & Pics

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.truesnow.org Blockade Halts Ski Resort Destruction & Desecration of Holy Mountain Flagstaff, AZ — August 8th, 2011. Nine people took direct action at 5:00 AM on Monday morning, blockading the ongoing destruction and desecration of the Holy San Francisco Peaks.  Nine individuals directly confronted the ecocidal actions of Arizona...

Flagstaff Police Aggressively Disrupt Protect the Peaks March – VIDEO & PICS

Flagstaff Police Aggressively Disrupt Protect the Peaks March – VIDEO & PICS

          CONTACT: protectpeaks@gmail.com www.truesnow.org Flagstaff Police Aggressively Disrupt Protect the Peaks March Six Arrested at Peaceful Protest Flagstaff, AZ – August 7th, 2011. More than one hundred people, including families with children and elders, marched through downtown Flagstaff on Sunday in protest of the destruction and desecration of the San...