Snowbowl owners file suit seeking $270,000

Owners of the Arizona Snowbowl ski report have asked a federal appeals court to award them nearly $270,000 in attorney’s fees over a lawsuit with the Navajo nation, the Associated Press reported. Attorney Howard Shanker first filed a suit against the U.S. Forest Service on behalf of a coalition of Navajos and environmental groups seeking to stop the ski resort’s plan to use reclaimed wastewater to make artificial snow. The suit claimed the Forest Service wasn’t considering the health impacts of using the treated wastewater. Shanker lost in the U.S. District Court and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. Supreme Court also didn’t agree to hear the case. AP