06-06-2001
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
Coalition to appeal judge's decision on Mount Graham: Says power line will
desecrate sacred mountain
By Suzanne Westerly
TODAY CORRESPONDENT AND TODAY STAFF
TUCSON, Ariz.-A judge's refusal to block construction of a 23-mile
underground power line at the University of Arizona's Mount Graham
International Observatory near Safford, will be appealed by
environmentalists and American Indian groups.
Judge Alfredo Marquez ruled May 15 that the "balance of harms favors the
university; (meaning) their harm is worse than what is going to happen to
the Apaches and the red squirrels potentially," said Michael Nixon, one of
the attorneys for Apaches ...
Wednesday, June 6
Coalition to appeal judge's decision on Mount Graham: Says power line will desecrate sacred mountain
