For Immediate Release | April 2, 2004
Tribal Leaders and Members Gather to Stop Snow Making with Reclaimed Water, Call for Extension of Comment Period
Window Rock, AZ – On Thursday, April 8th the Diné Medicine Men Association (DMMA) and the Save the Peaks Coalition will meet with tribal leaders to affirm the sacredness of the San Francisco Peaks. Leaders from Arizona and New Mexico tribes will state and submit their formal resolutions against the use of reclaimed water for snowmaking and will call for an extension of the Forest Service comment period on the proposed project.
Who: Robert Tohe, Save the Peaks Coalition - Moderator
Anthony Lee, Diné Medicine Men Association, President
Anna Frazier, Diné CARE
Norman Brown, Dineh Bidziil
Lloyd Thompson, DMMA, Vice President
Dr. David Begay, DMMA, Policy Advisory
Sam Begay, DMMA, Board Member
What: Tribal leaders call for protection of Peaks and extension of comment period
When: Thursday, April 8, 10 am (DST) – Press conference
Where: Education Center Auditorium
Window Rock, Arizona
State Highway 264 to Window Rock.
North at the intersection of 264 and N12.
Go north _ mi. Turn right at the light.
Drive to Navajo Education Center - signs will be posted.
