U.S. won't allow telescopes near sweat lodge

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2003

The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday rescinded a permit to allow a telescope project near a sweat lodge in the Coronado National Forest.

To All Our Relations, the Tohono O'odham Nation, the Sky Island Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity filed appeals against the permit. A regional forest official agreed that it would harm the visual qualities in the forest.

A consortium of 10 institutions asked to place seven telescopes on 10 acres. They would come within 1,000 feet from the sweat lodge, run by To All Our Relations.

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Relevant Links:
Coronado National Forest - http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado