Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass concerning the passing of the national park bill. Hayden states that he will try to make the bill as advantageous to Arizona miners and farmers as possible, but the land will either remain as a national monument or become a national park. A postscript is added concerning the land allocated for the Havasupai Tribe.

The Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing was established in 1977 to improve the quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing residents. It serves as a statewide information referral center for issues related to people with hearing loss, oversees the Arizona Relay Service, the Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program and licenses American Sign Language Interpreters. The agency serves citizens who are deaf- blind and who have speech difficulties as well. The agency name was changed in 1985 to the Arizona Council for the Hearing Impaired, and in 2000 was again changed to its present name. The Commission aspires to be a national leader in communication access, support services and community empowerment throughout the state.

The updated Arizona Deaf and Hard of Hearing Quality Assurance Task Force Report is a comprehensive document, born out of an awareness that there are overlapping issues that affect us all – and working together to resolve these common issues increases our ability to succeed as a community. Issues addressed within this document range from education to service delivery and public awareness.

After several years of intensive community research, the report truly encompasses the opinions and worthwhile feedback of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Arizonans, their family members, interpreters, non-profit organizations and service providers. Report highlights range from Deaf senior services to an ongoing need for public awareness – that’s just part of the 54 findings you will find contained within this report!

To facilitate development of the Environmental Impact Statement which must accompany the Section 10 multi-species conservation proposal, a series of issue papers were prepared. In Pima County, ranching is uniquely able to preserve the integrity of vast tracts of connected and unfragmented open space and wildlife habitat. This study reviews the effect of five alternative permit strategies on the County's ability to preserve unfragmented landscapes through conserving ranch lands.