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- *ABOUT US
- Biographies
- Board of Directors- Advisory Board members- coming soon
- Canyon Advocates & Stewards
- 4 x 4’ers
- Backcountry skiers
- Campers
- Fishing
- Hikers
- Historians of Wild Places
- Horseback riders
- Motorized explorers- UTAH ATV Association
- Mountain Bikers
- Photographers
- Road Cyclists
- Rock Climbers
- Runners
- Scenic Drives
- Seekers of Wild & Pristine Places
- Snowmachines
- Stewards of American Fork Canyon
- Stewards of the Canyon
- Sunday Alpine loop drivers
- Timp Cave Explorers
- CONCERNED CITIZEN COMMENTS –
- Concerned Citizens
- Concerned Civic Leaders
- Concerned Parties
- *RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE
- Accountability in Leadership
- ACTION ALERT- HELP US!
- #1 Action Item- Email the Forest Service Supervisor Dave Whittekiend today
- #2 Email Mountain Accord and about a National Monument and Utah County Elected Officials
- #3 Email Save Our Canyons-What’s going on in Washington D. C.? A few answers please.
- #6 SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS BY CITIZENS
- **SELFIE CONTEST**
- *SERVICE PROJECTS
- ACTION ALERT- Send Email to Mountain Accord
- Action Item- Vote No- Take the KSL survey
- Action Item– Print This Flyer and Pass It Out
- Action Item: Citizen Journalism- Share a photo- Record an interview
- Action Item: Sign The “Concerned Citizens” Petition
- Action Item: Volunteer Your Time
- Mountain Accord contact list
- No Trespassing? Fee Free Recreation? Yes Please
- American Fork Canyon Surveys
- Archives and Media
- *TAKE THE SURVEY
- VIDEO LIBRARY
- $500K ASK AF GONDOLA EIS STUDY- MAYOR GYGI, REPRESENTATIVE KENNEDY
- 1- WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? PRESS INQUIRIES
- ANIMATED MAP- WHO OWNS THE PRIVATE LANDS?
- CITIZENS IN THE DARK MAY/JUNE 2015
- CROWN JEWEL OF THE WASATCH- AF CANYON
- DON’T SELL OUT
- NICK CLARKE- Alpine, UT. “KUER, KSL, Deseret News should do some stories…”
- Snowbird land ownership in Mineral Basin- Bob Bonar
- SOCIAL MEDIA [LIVE FEEDS ]
- STEPHEN SHELLEY, President of Silver Lake Summer Home Association
- STEVE MOOSMAN- SILVER LAKE HOMES OWNER
- WE ARE VERY CONCERNED
- Audio files of County Commission minutes
- Board of Adjustments – Staff report
- Bridal Veil Falls Preservation Effort
- Chronology of Decisions affecting American Fork Canyon
- CITY / COUNTY RESOLUTIONS
- * Highland City Resolution – January 19th 2016
- *Alpine City Resolution passed July 14th 2015
- *AMERICAN FORK- CITY OF- SIGNED RESOLUTION-ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
- *Cedar Hills Resolution January 19th 2016
- *Lehi City Resolution passed July 28th 2015
- *Utah County Commissioner Resolution passed July 8th 2015
- 1 ** Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee Resolution Jan. 26th 2016
- Cedar Hills Resolution- passed
- Lindon City
- Mountain Accord Documents
- Pleasant Grove City Council audio 6-30-2015
- Resolution C Proposed- Save the land for the 99% instead of the Snowbird “Pay to Play” business model.
- Utah County Commission proposed resolution- To Protect water, To Protect historic access
- EMAIL MY ELECTED OFFICIALS
- ##1A. Board of Adjustments- Where Snowbirds application falls short and should be denied.
- EMAIL ELECTED OFFICIALS
- #1. Contact the Utah County Commissioners / Board of Adjustments
- Alpine City
- American Fork
- Cedar Fort
- Cedar Hills
- Charleston
- Daniels
- Draper
- Eagle Mountain
- Elk Ridge
- Heber City
- Highland
- Lehi
- Lindon
- Mapleton
- Midway
- Orem
- Pleasant Grove
- Provo
- Salem
- Santaquin
- Saratoga Springs
- Spanish Fork
- Springville
- Vineyard
- Wallsburg
- Woodland Hills
- MOUNTAIN ACCORD EMAIL LIST
- SO WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?
- Who are the Mountain Accord Stakeholders?
- EPA -Environmental Protection Agency- Email Addresses
- EPA in American Fork Canyon- Ted Fitzgerald Quotes
- Front Page Video
- GRAMA for PAC Funding for Switzerland Trip- coming up empty.
- GRAMA REQUESTS
- # 1a- Financial Contributions to Elected Officials- Ian Cummings / Snowbird / Alta / Ski Utah
- # 1aa Mayor Ben McAdams expense report Switzerland- what’s missing? return flight, meals, hotel charges…
- # 1g GRAMA request Snowbird trying to hide land ownership in AF Canyon
- ## 1. f. Private Jets – paid for by who? Snowbird / Ian Cummings for Elected Officials??
- #1 d Snowbird Maps and Utah County Planning
- #1 Snowbirds Bob Bonar, largest donor to Commissioner Larry Ellertson re-election 2012
- #1 Snowbirds’ Bob Bonar / Commissioner Larry Ellertson interactions- private jet / advisory board request
- #10 Travel Costs for Elected Officials- Receipts Please
- #1c Forest Service FOIA and Fee Collection
- #1e Europe Trip, Snowbird, Private Jets, UTA, Elected Officials, Off the Radar of the public
- #2 Bob Bonar, Ian Cummings, Gary Gygi- Grama Request
- #20 GRAMA- County Christmas Party list of attendees / email address request of county employees
- #2a How much did the trip to Europe cost and who paid who?
- #2a Snowbird invitation to Utah County Commissioner (s) plural- Switzerland Trip
- #3 FOIA AMEC Report Tibble Fork – What they knew about heavy metals off charts
- #3 Snowbird contribution to Mayor Ben McAdams- Is it ironic he is the chair of Mountain Accord land grab?
- #4 Partial Timeline for Utah County Commissioner Ellertson
- #5 Cummings Family Donations- Follow the Money
- #6 Snowbird Environmental Stewards?
- #7 Follow the Money – Mountain Accord
- #8 Mayor Becker Grama Request
- #8a GRAMA for Mayor Becker on Switzerland expenses
- #8b GRAMA MAYOR DOLAN
- #9 AFCVision Grama Requests
- #99 Ellertson Complaint
- *Snowbird Land Mining Claims 2015- Search for Taxpayer ID 1692, 13995, 8900, 3773, 1983, 595 taxes
- 1 f1. Snowbird / Ian Cummings donations to Representative Anderegg
- 1. G. Mayor Ben McAdams office GRAMA response. Initiated ( July 28, 2015 ) , response received December 9th 2015
- 1.b What Fees Can Forest Service Collect?
- 1d 1999 Snowbird patented mining claims- how many acres more since 1999?
- American Fork Water and Sediment Testing Results
- Cedar Hills City Manager Grama response
- County Commissioner and Planning Department Re: Mineral Basin Development
- April 22, 1997 Minutes – UTAH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
- April 29, 1997 – Minutes BOARD OF UTAH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
- County Commission Timeline Mineral Basin
- December 18, 2012 – Utah County Planning Commission –
- July 19 2011- STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS -UTAH COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
- July 19, 2011 SNOWBIRD SKI AND SUMMER RESORT – proposed Land Use Ordinance –
- May 16, 2006 – STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS – UTAH COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
- September 20, 2011 – SNOWBIRD SKI & SUMMER RESORT – proposed Amendment to Section 3-47-
- Ellertson GRAMA Who Paid?
- EPA FOIA “Phase I or Phase II reports for Snowbird parcels. Mary Ellen Phase I & II and Yankee Phase II”
- EPA FOIA #3 Imminent and Substantial Endangerment to Human Healthy
- EPA FOIA Batch #2 Documents – Known issues in American Fork Canyon
- EPA FOIA request of American Fork Canyon- Known Hazards and Concerns
- Feb 7th 2013 Board of Adjustments meeting– Snowbird- Board Member Greg Graves
- Forest Service – FOIA – Aquatic Ecosystem Inventory / Water Quality N. Fork AF River
- Forest Service FOIA- Whats the value of the land trades?
- GRAMA May 2016 — Utah County & Snowbird Communications after Board of Adjustments meeting
- Grama Request -Solicitation from Snowbirds Bob Bonar to Commissioner Ellertson
- HIDDEN PEAK – UTAH COUNTY / SL COUNTY BOUNDARY CHANGE
- HIDDEN PEAK – UTAH COUNTY RESOLUTION TO CHANGE COUNTY BOUNDARY
- HIDDEN PEAK- RESTAURANT – COMMISSIONER BILL LEE- GRAMA REQUEST
- Mineral Basin- Land Use Ordinance and Code
- Oct 2016 Northern Utah County Water Conservancy District- Tibble Fork Disaster- Remediation
- Proper Canyon Fee collection
- Sandy businessman files intent to sue Salt Lake City Mayor Becker RE: Cottonwood Canyon
- SKI TAXES FOREST SERVICE 2009
- Snowbird Appeal #1552 Board of Adjustments Approval
- Snowbird Appeal #1553 Board of Adjustments Approval
- SNOWBIRD BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
- Snowbird contributions to those on Mountain Accord
- Snowbird donations to Mayor Dolan of Sandy City
- Snowbird Revenue
- SNOWBIRD- Land Records-Grama Request denied.
- State Records Committee Ruling in favor of PPAFC vs Utah County
- UTA GRAMA – MOUNTAIN ACCORD JUNE 2015
- Utah County Christmas Party gifting.. Snowbird passes not disclosed… hmmmm… not good.
- Utah County Grama – Commissioners
- Utah County Planning and Zoning
- Utah County Planning Commission- Minutes
- Utah County Volunteers and Meals
- Utah County Water Source Protection Report.pdf
- Utah Division of Water Quality GRAMA 8/2016
- Water Shares Snowbird
- What did Mayor Gygi know in 2013 about Snowbirds plans for AF Canyon? What did he know about the land swap?
- Z. Forest Service FOIA October 19th 2016
- HONEST MAPS WANTED IN AF CANYON, LCC AND BCC CANYONS
- LEGAL TEAM
- #1-Remove elected officials from office- procedures
- 1- American Fork Canyon- Best Use Practices
- 2 Quaker Oats
- 3 Upper limits
- 4. Canyon user fees- where do they go?
- A BALANCED VETTED APPROACH TO A STEERING COMMITTEE
- Canyon Status / Google Doc/ Candidates
- DRAFT 3.0 MOUNTAIN ACCORD
- Food for thought
- Land access
- Mountain Accord Final Resolution- 416 acres still is included.
- Outreach #1
- Outreach #2
- PROPOSE A SOLUTION
- Becker-Obama Creating a National Monument in Utah County without Utah County at the table. Why?
- Federalizing Utah’s Canyons and Water – Becker-Obama Dream – AF Canyon Gift Away
- Historic Byway for Mineral Basin road
- Mineral Basin State Park?
- No to SLC Mayor Becker’s AF Canyon land grab and Federalizing Utah’s canyons and water
- Other Options
- Utah Open Lands
- Will the Mountain Accord proposal fuel land speculation in the canyons?
- Snowbird Research
- Thank you for your Donation.
- What if your elected official votes against the will of the people?
- MAPS
- #1 *** Truth and Honor- Protecting American Fork Canyon
- #1 Mountain Accord / AFCVison Map- land swap
- #1a Mining Claim Map American Fork Canyon
- #2 Mining Claims Map
- #3 Snowbird Land Ownership- perhaps not complete but updated- received from AFCVision July 8th 2015
- *** 1A. County Maps and FS Maps
- Animated Maps
- Black out Map
- Canyon Activity Tracker
- Excerpt Fox Hollow presentation= Gondola, Housing, Preservation etc.
- Forest Service Encumbered lands map
- Forest Service Maps
- Land Ownership map via AFCVision June 9th 2015
- Map of POTENTIAL exchanges that will be facilitated under the Central Wasatch Conservation and Recreation Area Act.
- Map Tools and links for research
- Snowbird resort map
- Snowbirds’ Bob Bonar presentation – animated map
- Speculative Snowbird Buildout
- Utah County Official Road Map Upper AF Canyon
- Utah County Online Parcel Map
- Mary Ellen Gulch- EPA Preliminary Assessment of Upstream Hazards to public health, safety and welfare.
- MINERAL BASIN HISTORY
- Bob bonar pays for hundreds of thousands of mine tailing clean up? According to this EPA (taxpayers paid for half)
- George Tyng History
- Howitzer in Mineral Basin?
- Kimball Land Exchange / Swap? – Mineral Basin
- Mary Ellen Gulch and 83% insect die off near mines owned by Snowbird
- Poisonous stream reclaimed in AF Canyon
- Snowbirds Management Plan in Mineral Basin and Mary Ellen Gulch / Record of Decision
- Tibble Fork and Dam rebuilding
- PRESS
- #1 MEDIA KIT ELEMENTS
- #1a Mountain Accord Executive Notes
- #1Footage for broadcast- Press — Please use
- **PUBLIC MEETING LIVE. Commissioner Bill Lee last 5 minutes
- AFCVISION HAS PROBLEMS- SNOWBIRD FUNDED AND IS ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE
- Contact Us
- Fox Hollow – BRoll for Press to Broadcast
- Governors Team – Recommended State Water Strategy 6.15.17 DRAFT
- HOWITZER IN MINERAL BASIN BEING CONSIDERED?
- MOUNTAIN ACCORD / AFCVISION RELATIONSHIP?
- News Media Contacts
- Newsletter
- NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
- OPEN LETTER TO ALL UTAH COUNTY MAYORS
- Open letter to Governor Gary Herbert, Mayor Ben McAdams, Ranger Dave Whittekiend
- SNOWBIRD
- Snowbird 77% now OPPOSE your expansion plans..
- Television / Radio
- The Mountain Accord: Taking Utah County water and land with no representation!
- UTAH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REPORT
- Property
- Public Roads in AF Canyon and Special Order to Close
- Snowbird- How much land do they own in American Fork Canyon?
- Store
- Tibble Fork Disaster- Mary Ellen Gulch – Water Quality Testing
- Tibble Fork worse than Gold King Mine? You look at the data and decide.
- Timeline – how did we get to here? Skipping past public opinion
- Trespass signs in AF Canyon- Snowbird needs to get surveys done and recorded.
- Utah County Board of Adjustments Packet 1552- Basis for approval- What was missing?
- Utah County Watershed Protection Ordinances
- Water Quality- American Fork Canyon – Little Cottonwood Canyon
- # 30 Heavy metals in Mary Ellen Gulch and American Fork Canyon- Water Quality Concerns
- Aquifer Replenishment – N. Utah County Hydrology-
- Tibble Fork Engineering Reports / Heavy Metals
- Water Studies – Mary Ellen Gulch and Little Cottonwood
- Water Studies American Fork Canyon
- Where does Lehi city get their water?
- What is missing from the Utah DEQ report?