Sonoran Desert

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Reserve Fund
Why next week's bond election is crucial to the Sonoran Desert
Conservation Plan

By JIM NINTZEL  
Tucson Weekly
May 13, 2004

When voters decide the fate of a $174 million open-space bond question
next week, they won't just be deciding whether to protect more land from
development and build more parks. 

They'll also be deciding, in large part, the future of the Sonoran
Desert Conservation Plan, the sweeping land-use plan county officials
have been shaping for more than six years. 

County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry calls the bond election a
"linchpin" for the conservation plan, which the county is developing to
comply with the federal Endangered Species Act and to preserve rivers,
mountain parks, ranches and historical and cultural resources. As part
of that effort, scientific surveys have identified the most biologically
sensitive land for a multitude of endangered and threatened species. 

...

The final $10 million would buy vacant land near Davis-Monthan Air Force
Base to prevent further encroachment on the military facility. 
...

for the entire story, see
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:56576

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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