Evaluates the conservation significance of county-owned properties in Avra Valley, specifically with regard to Priority Vulnerable Species and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan.

An eye-opening retrospective view of the tax base over one quarter century. There had been a 38 percent drop in the primary tax value and a 36 percent drop in secondary value, when the performance of the tax base is measured on a per capita constant dollar basis.

Provides a brief summary of a compilation of resource investigations that have been submitted so far, to help develop the SDCP within the watershed planning area of the Upper Santa Cruz Valley.