Become a member of Black Mesa Trust


Become A Member Of Black Mesa Trust
Yes! I want to help save Black Mesa water. I would like to join Black Mesa Trust in the following membership category: $1 Pavatya (Tadpole) $10 Paakwa (Frog) $25 Bacavi (Reed) $50 Pawiiki (Duck) $100 Rainbow $250 Spring Keeper $500 Rain Keeper $1000 Water Guardian Other Name ___________________________________________ Address _________________________________________ City ____________________________________________ State _______________________ Zip _________________ Phone ___________________________________________ E-mail __________________________________________ Tribal affiliation (if any) ___________________________ Do you use N-Aquifer water? Yes No Send your check or money order to: Black Mesa Trust, P.O. Box 30456, Flagstaff, AZ 86003-0456 Black Mesa Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All contributions are fully tax-deductible. Join the Save Black Mesa Water Campaign Your help and contributions are essential to continuing the campaign to save water for our future generations. The following letter may be copied and submitted with your personal changes. Honorable Gale Norton, Secretary U.S. Department of Interior 18 th & C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Secretary Norton, I am writing to add my voice to those of the many Arizonians who are deeply alarmed at the way the Peabody Mining operation has been allowed to continue coal slurry production on Black Mesa in Northern Arizona. Coal slurry pipelines like the one that is draining the water table under the Navajo and Hopi Reservations at the rate of 120,000 gallons per hour have been stopped elsewhere by the U.S. Office Of Technology Assessment, except in areas with abundant water resources. Water is not an abundant resource in Arizona, as you know. It appears to me to be a matter of making an ethical decision over one that caters to power and money. From what I understand of your perspectives, this is not a legacy that you would wish to continue and I respectfully ask that you exercise your right to stop Peabody Mining from using the only drinking water source available to an already marginalized people. Your opportunity to provide the presence of “trustee” in this case is pivotal toward breaking a very long pattern of disregard by the United States Government over indigenous peoples in this land. This is a life-and -death situation for a people who represent one of the richest cultural resources this nation possesses. They deserve our respect and our consideration. Thank you for your attention in this very crucial matter. Signature Please also send comment letters to Brent Wahlquist, Regional Director Office of Surface Mining 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320. Denver, CO 80202-5733 and Vic Svec, Vice President for Public Relations Peabody Group 701 Market Street. St. Louis, MO 63101 Please include the following points in your letters: 1. In spite of Peabody's claims to the contrary, their continued pumping of the N-aquifer is causing springs and wells to go dry, negatively impacting Hopi culture and religion, and the hydrological balance of Black Mesa. 2. Peabody must stop pumping immediately. Further use of Black Mesa water is a violation of environmental and social justice principles. 3. The federal government has a special trust responsibility to Native American tribes and by law must fulfill this responsibility. 4. The Office of Surface Mining must respond to public comments in a timely manner, hold public hearings on Peabody's permit application, and prepare a thorough, new Environmental Impact Statement. If you would like more information about Black Mesa Trust or have questions or comments, e-mail andrea@blackmesatrust.org Black Mesa Trust is a non-profit tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please send contributions to: Black Mesa Trust P.O. Box 30456 Flagstaff, Arizona 86003-30456 928) 213-9009 (phone) • (928) 213-0066 (fax) 928) 213-9009 (phone) • (928) 213-0066 (fax) Auburn Tigers Tickets Boston Bruins Tickets Chicago Blackhawks Tickets Colorado Avalanche Tickets New York Giants Tickets South Carolina Gamecocks Tickets Stanford Cardinal Tickets Tampa Bay Lightning Tickets Tennessee Volunteers Tickets Trans-Siberian Orchestra Tickets

Yes! I want to help save Black Mesa water.
I would like to join Black Mesa Trust
in the following membership category:

$1 Pavatya (Tadpole)
$10 Paakwa (Frog)
$25 Bacavi (Reed)
$50 Pawiiki (Duck)
$100 Rainbow
$250 Spring Keeper
$500 Rain Keeper
$1000 Water Guardian
Other

Name ___________________________________________
Address _________________________________________
City ____________________________________________
State _______________________ Zip _________________
Phone ___________________________________________
E-mail __________________________________________
Tribal affiliation (if any) ___________________________

Do you use N-Aquifer water? Yes No

Send your check or money order to:
Black Mesa Trust, P.O. Box 30456, Flagstaff, AZ 86003-0456
Black Mesa Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
All contributions are fully tax-deductible.

Your help and contributions are essential to continuing the campaign to save water for our future generations. The following letter may be copied and submitted with your personal changes.

Honorable Gale Norton, Secretary
U.S. Department of Interior
18 th & C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20240

Dear Secretary Norton,

I am writing to add my voice to those of the many Arizonians who are deeply alarmed at the way the Peabody Mining operation has been allowed to continue coal slurry production on Black Mesa in Northern Arizona. Coal slurry pipelines like the one that is draining the water table under the Navajo and Hopi Reservations at the rate of 120,000 gallons per hour have been stopped elsewhere by the U.S. Office Of Technology Assessment, except in areas with abundant water resources. Water is not an abundant resource in Arizona, as you know. It appears to me to be a matter of making an ethical decision over one that caters to power and money.

From what I understand of your perspectives, this is not a legacy that you would wish to continue and I respectfully ask that you exercise your right to stop Peabody Mining from using the only drinking water source available to an already marginalized people. Your opportunity to provide the presence of “trustee” in this case is pivotal toward breaking a very long pattern of disregard by the United States Government over indigenous peoples in this land.

This is a life-and -death situation for a people who represent one of the richest cultural resources this nation possesses. They deserve our respect and our consideration. Thank you for your attention in this very crucial matter.

Brent Wahlquist, Regional Director
Office of Surface Mining
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320.
Denver, CO 80202-5733

and

Vic Svec, Vice President for Public Relations
Peabody Group
701 Market Street.
St. Louis, MO 63101

Please include the following points in your letters:

1. In spite of Peabody's claims to the contrary, their continued pumping of the N-aquifer is causing springs and wells to go dry, negatively impacting Hopi culture and religion, and the hydrological balance of Black Mesa.

2. Peabody must stop pumping immediately. Further use of Black Mesa water is a violation of environmental and social justice principles.

3. The federal government has a special trust responsibility to Native American tribes and by law must fulfill this responsibility.

4. The Office of Surface Mining must respond to public comments in a timely manner, hold public hearings on Peabody's permit application, and prepare a thorough, new Environmental Impact Statement.

If you would like more information about Black Mesa Trust or have questions or comments, e-mail andrea@blackmesatrust.org

Black Mesa Trust is a non-profit tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please send contributions to: