The Grand Canyon is a world heritage site of breathtaking beauty, where rivers meet and some believe life began. But today, it’s also where two drastically opposed viewpoints converge and clash. A developer has plans to build a gigantic tourist settlement there, while Native Americans are fighting to protect land they view as sacred, and environmentalists are up in arms about the impact on water supply and ecology that the construction project and its aftermath would bring.
The Grand Canyon is a world heritage site of breathtaking beauty, where rivers meet and some believe life began. But today, it’s also where two drastically opposed viewpoints converge and clash. A developer has plans to build a gigantic tourist settlement there, while Native Americans are fighting to protect land they view as sacred, and environmentalists are up in arms about the impact on water supply and ecology that the construction project and its aftermath would bring.