Public documents, 1971-1980. ; old

Abstract

Public documents include letters and petitions for and against further development of the Arizona Snow Bowl, Coconino County Planning and Zoning Commission records over rezoning, information regarding the U.S. Forest Service's Decision concerning the sale and development of the land adjacent to the skiing and recreational area, and a recent history of Arizona Snow Bowl. NOTE: The "Save the Peaks" fight was a decade-long struggle, originally pitting local citizens against Summit Properties and its parent corporation, the Post Company. The object of the controversy was a 350 acre parcel of land in the Hart Prairie area of the San Francisco Peaks. In the early 1970's, local Flagstaff citizens united to prevent the company's proposed development of the Hart Prairie acreage. During the course of the controversy, the citizens of Flagstaff and Summit Properties became allies against the United States Forest Service (USFS). Both groups felt the USFS, guardians of American public forest lands, extended the "Save the Peaks" controversy for many years by neither cooperating nor negotiating in good faith with either the citizens of Flagstaff or Summit Properties.