Active Campaign — Apache County, AZ

Wrong Size.
Wrong Place.

Big Energy is currently trying to take advantage of poor & unprotected Arizona counties. Join our community in the battle to save our water, wilderness, & homes.

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Six Ways to Make a Difference This Week

Every action below goes directly into the formal public record. Here's exactly where to start.

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Urgent — 30 Days

File Expert Testimony in the ACC Remand Docket

Case No. L-21365A-25-0198 is open. Credentialed professionals needed now — fire operations, fiscal analysis, environmental science, land use law. One expert submission outweighs a thousand signatures.

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Open Window

Submit a Written Comment on the Lava Run Docket

Two minutes. One comment. Pre-drafted templates with docket numbers and deadlines are ready on sawm.org. Every submission is permanently in the formal record — and it counts.

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Petition

Sign the Public Nuisance Petition

A legal-quality document — not a form email. Your signature enters the record as formal opposition under HB 2267's 4-mile nuisance standard. Goal: 1,000 verified signatures in 90 days.

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P&Z Zoning

Comment on P&Z Article 4 Setback Revisions

Apache County is rewriting wind and solar setback standards right now. Our land use attorney has drafted specific proposed language. County-level standards survive any state veto.

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Ranching Community

Talk to Your Neighbors Before the Lease Offers Arrive

Developers are approaching ranching families in the corridor right now. A refused lease is worth ten op-eds. Our Kitchen Table guide helps neighbors have the right conversation first — with fiscal data and aquifer risk in hand.

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Next Hearing

Attend and Testify at the Next P&Z Hearing

Ten speakers at every hearing. All testimony submitted in writing the same day — verbal testimony alone is not in the formal record. Pre-hearing briefings at Round Valley and St. Johns Libraries.

The energy future matters.
So does where you put it.

Save Arizona White Mountains is the only organization in Apache County combining credentialed local professionals, active fire district relationships, and a ranching community network to produce the safety and fiscal evidence that proves industrial wind development here is the wrong size, in the wrong place.

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112+
Proposed Turbines
500 ft
Turbine Height
4 mi
Nuisance Buffer
500+
Signatures So Far

SAWM wins not by being louder than Repsol and Triple Oak Power — but by being more credible, more organized, and more formally present in the record than they expect any community organization to be.

We file credentialed expert testimony where developers file consultants' reports. We put an independent fiscal depreciation analysis in front of every supervisor before the vote. We reach every ranching family before the lease offer arrives.

The formal record is how a CUP denial holds up in court. We're building it.

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Landowner Bill of Rights

The right to safe skies.
The right to honest numbers.
The right to a real process.

Before any CUP is approved, these standards must be formally in the public record.

✓ Aerial firefighting access preserved
✓ Independent fiscal analysis — not just developer projections
✓ Aquifer safety study required before ground is broken
✓ Genuine community engagement — not just public hearings
✓ Decommissioning bonds that actually cover cleanup
✓ Dark sky horizons protected from permanent FAA beacon light
✓ No vote before the record is complete
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Key Players

Who Decides, and How to Reach Them

Permitting decisions happen at multiple levels. Here's who the key players are, where they stand, and what SAWM is doing to reach each one.

BOS District III

Nelson Davis

Fifth-generation ranching family. Republican. Primary Plan A Board target. The most natural alignment with SAWM's safety and fiscal arguments.

Plan A Primary
BOS District I

Joe Shirley Jr.

Former two-term Navajo Nation President. Sixth Board term. Pro-renewable. Reachable on process integrity and fiscal transparency grounds.

Plan B Approach
BOS District II

Alton Joe Shepherd

Former Navajo Nation Council, Board Chairman. Engaged on community sovereignty and fiduciary duty to all Apache County residents.

Plan B Approach
Latest News

What's Happening

Apr 2026Formal Record

First Credentialed Expert Testimony Filed in Lava Run ACC Remand — Docket Confirmed

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Mar 2026Fiscal

ACC Votes 5-0 to Repeal REST Rules — The Developer's Urgency Argument Is Now Gone

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Mar 2026Legislature

HB 2267 Passes Arizona House 31–23, Transmitted to Senate — Veto Risk Remains

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