URGENT: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is out and will be open for public review and comment from until November 12, 2024 (NEW EXTENSION DATE).
** The comments of the PCS coalition are available here. **
Public hearings have now been concluded. (No public hearings were scheduled for Cochise County or tribal lands or Tucson or Phoenix. Request more hearings in your comments.)
This is a very important time for us to make our voices heard.
The Air Force has released the Draft EIS, which will be open for public review and comment from August 9 through November 12, 2024 After that there will be a public review and comment period, the Final EIS (spring 2025), and the Record of Decision (spring 2025).
Peaceful Chiricahua Skies is a local coalition of organizations, businesses, and individuals in the Chiricahua-Peloncillo and surrounding areas acting as a clearinghouse for those opposing expanded military training flights in the Tombstone MOA area.
Members of our coalition include the Center for Biological Diversity, Southwestern Research Station (American Museum of Natural History), Friends of Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Regional Council, Peaceful Gila Skies, Natural Allies, Migration Taco, and others. PCS has no paid staff. It is an all volunteer effort supported by volunteers who are residents of the area affected. We are also relying on assistance from our coalition member organizations. (Because of our expedited need to get this effort going, it will be necessary to announce these partners over time. If you would like to join our coalition, please let us know.)
Here is more information about the U.S. Air Force proposal to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential environmental consequences associated with optimizing the Special Use Airspace (SUA) to support aircrews stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Luke AFB, and Morris Air National Guard Base in Arizona.
Read our most recent press release here. Read about the Center for Biological Diversity’s lawsuit of the US Air Force. (Other press releases and press coverage available here.)
