Voters Can Help Save Arroyo Grande From Development

Thanks to the super efforts of Carolyn Campbell, her team at The Coalition For Sonoran Desert Protection, and more than 200,000 people like us----thousands from Oro Valley, the State Lands Initiative received more than enough signatures and will be on the Nov. ballot.

This means we have the opportunity of saving The Arroyo Grande from development. This is the most critical issue confronting Oro Valley & our neighbors.

This is what the initiative will do----

Conserving Arizona's Land and Water

· Designates 570,000 acres as permanent conservation lands, with over 180,000 acres located within Pima County. Development of these lands will be prohibited and the lands will be managed to protect the conservation value of the land. The State Land Department has the discretion to sell these lands to other state agencies (parks) or jurisdictions at conservation value if it is in the best interest of the Trust to do so.

· Allows additional State Trust Lands to be identified for conservation: State Trust Lands, not included in the 570,000 acre permanent conservation lands, can be identified for conservation and sold to Counties, Cities, Towns, and AZ State Park Agency for true market value without having to go to open auction.

Require the State Land Department to work with local communities when planning for State Trust Lands: Currently law does not require the state agency to respect local conservation planning efforts.