Legal Opinion
Navajo Nation v. United States Forest Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2007No. 06-15371, 06-15436, 06-15455PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
The San Francisco Peaks in the Coconi-no National Forest in northern Arizona have long-standing religious significance to numerous Indian tribes of the American
Southwest. The Arizona Snowbowl is a ski area on Humphrey’s Peak, the highest and most religiously significant of the San Francisco Peaks. After preparing an Environmental Impact Statement, the United States Forest Service approved a proposed expansion of the Snowbowl’s facilities. One component of the expansion would enable the Snowbowl to make artificial snow from recycled sewage effluent.…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Navajo Nation Havasupai Tribe Rex Tilousi Dianna Uqualla Sierra Club White Mountain Apache Nation Yavapai-Apache Nation the Flagstaff Activist Network, and Hualapai Tribe Norris Nez Bill Bucky Preston Hopi Tribe Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Forest Service Nora Rasure, in Her Official Capacity as Forest Supervisor, Responsible Officer, Coconino National Forest Harv Forsgren, Appeal Deciding Office, Regional Forester, in His Official Capacity, Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. Navajo Nation Hualapai Tribe Norris Nez Bill Bucky Preston Havasupai Tribe Rex Tilousi Dianna Uqualla Sierra Club White Mountain Apache Nation Yavapai-Apache Nation Center for Biological Diversity the Flagstaff Activist Network, and Hopi Tribe v. United States Forest Service Nora Rasure, in Her Official Capacity as Forest Supervisor, Responsible Officer, Coconino National Forest Harv Forsgren, Appeal Deciding Office, Regional Forester, in His Official Capacity, Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. Hualapai Tribe Norris Nez Bill Bucky Preston v. United States Forest Service Nora Rasure, in Her Official Capacity as Forest Supervisor, Responsible Officer, Coconino National Forest Harv Forsgren, Appeal Deciding Office, Regional Forester, in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
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