Links to the Grand Canyon Escalade Project
Grand Canyon Trust
Save The Confluence
American Rivers
Developers Website: Confluence Partners LLC
River Runners for Wilderness
News Articles about the Grand Canyon Escalade Project
NPR – Proposed Development on the Edge of the Grand Canyon (June 2015)
Smithsonian Magazine! – Who Can Save the Grand Canyon
NBC Nightly News – Grand Canyon Development Plan Sparks Dispute Among Navajo
New York Times – A Cathedral Under Siege, Kevin Fedarko
New York Times – Where 2 Rivers Meet, Visions for Grand Canyon
LA Times & Chicago Tribune – National Park Service calls development plans a threat to Grand Canyon
National Geographic – Grand Canyon on the Precipice
NPR (National Public Radio) – Summary of broadcast – Grand Canyon Trust
Blogs about the Escalade Project
O.A.R.S. – 5 Reasons We Need to Fight for the Grand Canyon…Again
William Rivers Pitt | The Wreckers’ Grand Canyon Intentions 2/21/15
Videos by Save the Confluence
Video 1 – 2012 – Save the Confluence – Eric Temple
Video 2 – 2014 – The Confluence – Kent Wagner
Video 3 – 2014 – Help protect this sacred site. Stop the Desecration.
Links to Development Plans
Riverwalk Tram Perspective
Riverwalk Photo
Conceptual Riverwalk and Restaurant Plan
Master Land Use Plan – Upper Mesa & Canyon Floor (Gilmore Parsons)
Master Land Use Plan – Rim (Gilmore Parsons)
Detailed Rim Plan – West Side Master Plan (Gilmore Parsons)
Downloads
Latest Flyer from Save the Confluence – “Escalade’s Empty Promise†– 12/17/14
Petitions and Letters to Congress
Grand Canyon Trust – Keep the Grand Canyon Grand: Voice Your Opposition to Destructive Developments
American Rivers – Protect the Grand Canyon For All Americans
Change.org – Stop plans to develop the Grand Canyon
League of Conservation Voters – Save the Grand Canyon From Development (Letter to Congress)
Special thanks to Lynn Hamilton at the Grand Canyon River Guides association for keeping all of usup-to-date on the latest
information on the Grand Canyon Escalade project.