Protect the Grand Canyon! Your opinion is needed NOW.Grand Canyon is threatened by a massive development outside its southern gate and a proposed expansion of the Grand Canyon Airport, to benefit the mega-development at Tusayan.
Your voice is necessary during the next few weeks to stop the airport expansion AND the massive commercial development it will support. Please attend one of the public meetings listed below and send in emails opposing these horrible plans. Thank you for caring about Grand Canyon!
1) Take Action: Oppose Airport "Upgrade" at Grand Canyon
A plan to funnel even more flights to Grand Canyon's south rim is advancing. Once again, the state of Arizona tells us that it is strapped for cash but wants to spend $2.3 million of state and local dollars -- and $22.8 million of federal dollars -- to dig more wells at and bring bigger jets to Grand Canyon National Park Airport. The plan will bring more noise, pollution, night lighting, and water depletion to the rim of Grand Canyon.
Please speak up on this issue! You can email fiveyearconstructionprogram@azdot.gov. Comments are due before 5 p.m. on May 26. Tell the Arizona Department of Transportation to invest our money in things that will benefit all of us, such as bike lanes and mass transit.
Download talking points at http://www.sierraclub.org//sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/yavapai-group/airport%20outreach%20for%202016%20plan.pdf
View the entire transportation plan at http://azdot.gov/fiveyearplan.
You can also participate in the ADOT Transportation Plan Hearing in Chino Valley:
* Friday, May 15 at 9:00 am at Town of Chino Valley Council Chambers, 202 North State Route 89, Chino Valley
2) Take Action: Fight Massive Urban Sprawl Next to Grand Canyon
The U.S. Forest Service has begun paving the way for a sprawling urban development near the southern edge of Grand Canyon that would include more than 2,100 housing units and 3 million square feet of retail space, along with hotels, a spa, and conference center. The superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park has called the project one of the greatest threats to Grand Canyon in the 96-year history of the park.
The proposal, by Stilo Development Group, would transform the 580-resident community of Tusayan, Arizona from a small, quiet tourist town into a sprawling complex of high-end homes, strip malls, and resorts only a mile from Grand Canyon National Park's boundary. The developers have failed to identify a water source for the development, and scientific models have identified grave risks for Grand Canyon's springs if more wells are drilled below Tusayan. The massive development also threatens to bring more light pollution, litter, and noise to Grand Canyon's southern gate while burdening the park's aging infrastructure.
Now is the time for you to oppose urban sprawl next to Grand Canyon. Send a letter and attend a public meeting in Williams, Tusayan, or Flagstaff.
Tell the Forest Service not to grant the easements for roads and utilities across Forest Service land that would enable the development by sending a letter at http://bit.ly/TusayanScoping Or, go to the Forest Service website and find a link to send comments directly to them at http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=46776. Comments due June 2.
We encourage you to attend a public meeting:
* May 18 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Williams Elementary School Auditorium, 601 N. 7th Street, Williams
* May 19 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Grand Canyon Squire Inn, 100 Highway 64, Tusayan
* May 20 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Doubletree Hotel, 1175 Route 66, Flagstaff
3) Please ask President Obama to issue a declaration to protect Grand Canyon's watershed as a national monument. It's easy - just sign this letter: https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=11811
For more information on any of these
issues, please contact Alicyn Gitlin at (928) 774-6514 or alicyn.gitlin@sierraclub.org. **Thank
you for taking action!**
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