Sonoita Crossroads Community Forum

Pima County Conservation Bond 2004

(Assured Funding: bonds, sales taxes, xfer fees)

Friends of the Sonoran Desert (Õ97/Õ04)

• Arizona Open Land Trust
• The Nature Conservancy
• Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
• Sonoran Institute
• Conservation Fund
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Conservation Finance

• Voters Support Conservation
• Unprecented Growth
• Quality of Life Driven
• Political Will

Pima County Conservation Bonds

The citizens of Pima County have a 30 year history of approving bonds to protect open space.

• February 5, 1974: $7.5 million
• February 21, 1984: $8.9 million
• May 6, 1986: $38 million
• May 20, 1997: $36.3 million
• May 18, 2004: $174 million

Pima County in the late 1990Õs

• 27% growth rate
• 7 sq. miles/yr to development
• Long-term drought
• Sonoran Desert 'aware'

Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

Stakeholders

• Environmental Community
• Community Planners
• Private Property Rights
• Development Community
• Transportation Interests

Preserving Open Spaces Home

Case Study - Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

Planning

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