Pima Natural Resource Conservation District
NRCS Plant Materials Center
3241 N. Romero Road
Tucson, AZ 85705
January 14, 2018
NOTICE OF COMBINED PUBLIC MEETING
PIMA NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT (PIMA NRCD) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
And
Pima Center for Conservation Education Board of Directors
BY TELECONFERENCE
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the Pima NRCD Board of Supervisors and to the general public that the Pima NRCD Board of Supervisors/PCCE Board of Directors will hold a meeting open to the public.
DATE: Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Time: 2:30 PM
Conference Dial-in Number: (641) 715-3200
Participant Access Code: 428633#
AGENDA
Dated this day of January 12, 2017
Pima Natural Resource Conservation District
Agenda:
I. Call to Order
II. Review/approve minutes of November 28 teleconference
III. Financial report
a. Review/approve invoice for Administrative Services
b. Review/approve NACD contribution $600
c. Review/approve other invoices that may have arrived
IV. Report on AACD winter conference
V. Discuss/approve proposal to move the Natural Resources Commissioner position from the Arizona State Land Department to the Arizona State Forestry Department
VI. Discuss/adopt resolution supporting “non-navigable” designation of the Santa Cruz River.
According to the Arizona State Lands Department, “The Arizona Navigable Stream Adjudication Commission has been charged with determining the navigability at the time of statehood of all of the other rivers, streams and washes in the state. In 2006, they completed their determinations and declared all were non-navigable. The decisions on the Upper and Lower Salt, Verde, San Pedro and Santa Cruz rivers have been challenged in various appeals courts and are still under review.” “The land lying in the bed of navigable rivers at the time of statehood is sovereign land. Arizona is mandated by the legislature to manage the land from the centerline of the Colorado riverbed to the Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) on the Arizona river bank. Sovereign land is held in trust for the benefit of the people of Arizona for travel, commerce, fishing, and other forms of recreation.”
VII. Discuss/approve future strategic course of action on Mexican wolf DNA studies
VIII.
Discuss ideas to incentivize proactive conservation (and also eliminate dis-incentives) as a means to prevent the decline of species, and thereby prevent them from becoming listed as threatened or endangered. These ideas will be brought to the Western Governors’ Association meeting on that topic January 23.
IX. Reports
a. NRCS
b. ASLD
c. Other agencies
d. Program Administrator
e. Supervisors
X. Call to the Public
XI. Set next meeting date
XII. Adjourn
By
Cindy Coping, Chair
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the district at http://pimanrcd.org/agency-contacts/ (scroll down to contact form). Requests should be made as early as possible to arrange the accommodation