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SR 77 Public Input
Your comments and suggestions are still needed about the Oracle Road project. Voice your support for the SR77 Wildlife Crossing Structures by filling out a short comment form. Read more to find out how.
Protect Your Voice In Transmission Projects
We need your help to protect local input on big power line projects like the interstate SunZia Southwest Transmission Project! SunZia has hired a powerful lobbying firm to ram through SB 1517, which would threaten Arizonans’ power to be heard in local hearings on interstate power projects that would pass through our communities. If this bill passes, by the time you learn of a major interstate transmission project coming through your community, it may be too late. We can’t let this happen.
County Purchases Sweetwater Canyon
Pima County will purchase Sweetwater Canyon, expanding Sweetwater Preserve. This property is crossed by the Sweetwater Wash and two small tributaries, providing space for wildlife movement.
Creating Safe Passages Brochure
Want to learn more about why we need to protect the Sonoran Desert’s wildlife linkages? This brochure is a clear and concise primer of the what, where, and why of wildlife linkages, including detailed maps, compelling photos, and FAQs. Read for information on how to get your own!
Friends of the Desert #40
In this issue: Voters Reject Sweep of Land Conservation Fund, Mountain Lions in the Tucson Mountains, The Arizona Preserve Initiative, Pinal Partnership Kicks Off Open Space Planning Initiative, and more!
Conserve to Enhance
Help restore our desert rivers! Tucson residents are needed to install water conservation measures, track water savings on their water bill, and donate the savings to benefit local river environments. Subsidies are being offered. Apply before January 7th!
Prop 301 Overwhelmingly Rejected by AZ Voters!
On November 2, Arizona voters rejected Prop 301, the proposed raid on the Land Conservation Fund, by a 74-26 margin. Read the Coalition’s full press release on the defeat of Prop 301 for more details.
Vote Yes on Prop 110
Prop 110 provides a means to conserve Arizona lands and create open space buffers around military bases. Prop 110 amends the State Constitution to allow land exchanges of State Trust land with the federal government in order to protect military facilities and properly manage, protect, and use State Trust lands. All exchanges must be for properties of like value and undergo two independent appraisals, thus ensuring that no revenues are lost that would benefit the Trust’s beneficiaries. The exchanges also must be reviewed by the State Legislature and approved by the voters of Arizona.
Top 5 Reasons to Vote NO on Prop 301
Proposition 301 was referred to the ballot by the Arizona Legislature in order to raid a voter-protected fund for land conservation and sweep it into the General Fund, where the Legislature will determine how it is used – and you can bet it will not be for land conservation.For an in-depth analysis of this proposition, and its effects here in Pima County, please read our Top 5 Reasons to Vote NO on Prop 301.
Vote the Environment!
Vote the Environment this Election Day!The Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection has taken position on three of the propositions in this years election. To find out more about each of these three propositions, follow the links below:Vote NO on Prop 109Vote YES on Prop 110 Vote NO on Prop 301