About Us
Pima Natural Resource Conservation District
In 1942, the Arizona State Legislature created 32 Natural Resource Conservation Districts, including the Pima Natural Resource Conservation District. The Districts continue to be governed under Chapter 6 of Title 37 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. The State of Arizona now also recognizes 10 Tribal Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
The Pima Natural Resource Conservation District (District or Pima NRCD) is an independent local unit of Arizona government. The District’s Board of Supervisors consists of both elected and Governor-appointed Supervisors. The expertise of Pima NRCD and all other Natural Resource Conservation Districts in Arizona is recognized by Arizona statute 37-1054 (A) as follows:
“This state recognizes the special expertise of the districts in the fields of land, soil, water and natural resources management within the boundaries of the district.”
The District works together with and represents “cooperators,” who are persons having natural resources under their control and who have each voluntarily signed an agreement to pursue soil and water conservation efforts in cooperation with the District.
Click here to view a map of land ownership within the Pima NRCD
Our Mission as defined by the Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S. §37-1001):
TO PROVIDE FOR
- Restoration and conservation of lands, water and soil resources
- Preservation of Water Rights
- Control and prevention of soil erosion
- Public Education
AND THEREBY
- Conserve Natural Resources
- Conserve Wildlife
- Protect the Tax Base
- Protect private, State and federal lands
- Protect and Restore the State’s Rivers, Streams and associated Riparian Habitats
- Including livestock, fish and wildlife dependent on those habitats
IN SUCH MANNER TO PROTECT & PROMOTE
- Public Health
- Public Safety
- General Public Welfare
Supervisors
Jim Chilton
Chair
Cindy Coping
Vice-Chair
Patricia King
Treasurer
Jonathan DuHamel