Save the Peaks Coalition

Contact your elected officials and urge to protect the unique cultural and ecological values of the San Francisco Peaks. Call, Fax and/or Email your Elected Representatives!

• President

  Contact the Obama Administration and urge them to take action to guarantee protection for Native American Religious freedom.

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/

  Obama has previously made statements during his campaign vowing to help tribes protect threatened sacred sites. “Native American sacred places and site-specific ceremonies are under threat from development, pollution, and vandalism,” stated his platform. “Barack Obama supports legal protections for sacred places and cultural traditions, including Native ancestors’ burial grounds and churches.”

• Congress

  Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121
  http://www.visi.com/juan/congress (Directory of Congressmen and Senators)

• Arizona Governor

  Urge the Governor of Arizona to address the need to change the Arizona Depeartment of Environmental Quality standards relating to wastewater usage. Voice your concerns for how ADEQ currently allows for contaminated wastewater to be used in places where children will come in contact with it like the Peaks.

  The Honorable Jan Brewer
  Governor of Arizona
  1700 West Washington
  Phoenix, Arizona 85007

  Telephone: (602) 542-4331
  Toll Free: 1-(800) 253-0883
  Fax: (602) 542-1381
  Online Contact form http://azgovernor.gov/contact.asp

Host or attend a Save the Peaks event.

• Organize a vigil, demonstration, discussion or video screening in your town.
• Buy a copy of documentary, "The Snowbowl Effect" and show it to all of your friends, or host a community or school screening of the documentary. Click here for more info.

Urge the Flagstaff City Council to stop its sale of the wastewater to the Snowbowl for snowmaking!

• City of Flagstaff Mayor and Council
  E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  Opinion Hotline: (928) 779-7691
  Telephone: (928) 779-7600
  Mail: 211 W. Aspen Avenue, Flagstaff AZ 86001

Write letters to editors of your local papers.

• To expand a list Southwestern papers click here.

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  This is a regional list from the southwest, please email your local papers to help spread awareness about this issue. You can email us to add your local paper's editorial contact.

  Please be aware that newspapers have policies about content & length of submissions, generally they will allow up to 200 or 250 words, if you exceed their limit they will usually respond.

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Email, write or call your favorite news outlet and urge them to cover this story.

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Distribute flyers and pamphlets to educate people about the issue.

Put up flyers in your home, car, business or around your community expressing your desire to Save the Peaks! Make your own or download our printable flyers.

• Check out our Downloads Page

Invite members of the Save the Peaks Coalition to do a presentation about the issue in your community; at your school, place of worship, etc.