Some of the key players in the successful ballot proposition to protect and form the McMillan Mesa Natural area stand around a monument just south of the bridge over Cedar Avenue. From left to right are Staci Foulks (holding her daughter), Robert Breunig, Lina Wallen, Ethan Aumack, Rick Moore, Marina Vasquez, Jen Blu, Celia Barotz, and Emma Benanati.Â
Some of the key players in the successful ballot proposition to protect and form the McMillan Mesa Natural area stand around a monument just south of the bridge over Cedar Avenue. From left to right are Staci Foulks (holding her daughter), Robert Breunig, Lina Wallen, Ethan Aumack, Rick Moore, Marina Vasquez, Jen Blu, Celia Barotz, and Emma Benanati.Â
Former members of the campaign to preserve Flagstaff’s McMillan Mesa Natural Area celebrated recently the installation of a new plaque commemorating the successful ballot initiative that protected the land over eight years ago.
Flagstaff voters approved Proposition 413Â -- also known as the Greater Buffalo Park proposition -- in the 2016 general election, with 86% of votes in support. The proposition designated 300 acres of city-owned land in the vicinity of Buffalo Park as open space, and mandated voter approval of any future changes to the land's use.Â
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