Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden requesting the boundaries of the park be reconsidered as a large portion of the land is suitable for mining and farming.
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.
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.
Amendments to the bill establishing the Grand Canyon a National Monument. Circa 1908.
Mission: To regulate and support Arizona Agriculture in a manner that encourages farming, ranching and agribusiness, while protecting consumers and natural resources.
Off-Road Vehicle Package, Doug Todd and Daryl Drake In-Studio (Taylor); Bommersbach Byline #82: Laser Beam Package (Durrenberger); Agriculture '87-'88 Package (Taylor). Segments on legislation aimed to prevent damage caused by off-road vehicles, Bommersbach's Byline (Mecham's belief that his home and office are bugged by high-tech laser beams), and the State's dependence on agriculture.
Agricultural Assessment Package, Rep. Mark Killian, Arnold Jeffers Interview (Miller); Anne Bendheim Commentary (Bendheim). Segments on Governor Mofford's attempts to close agricultural tax break loopholes for wealthy commercial developers and Anne Bendheim's commentary (a review of Arizona Opera's "Lakmé").
Legislative Update Package, Sen. Alan Stephens Interview, Rep. Chris Herstam Interview (Taylor); Anne Bendheim Commentary (Bendheim). Segments on the 100-day mark of the Arizona Legislature session (issues including the budget, mental health services, AIDS testing, prison overcrowding, indigent health care, welfare reform, automobile insurance rate reduction, economic development, the King holiday bill, water transfers, and agriculture), and Anne Bendheim's commentary (how the state's largest bankruptcy filing affects the arts).
Pre-recorded. Agriculture I/Water Package (Cavanary); Nutrition/Digestion Package (D'Alli); Dr. Robert E. Kravetz Interview Package. (D'Alli). Segments on the impacts of irrigation and droughts on desert agriculture, and nutrition (food allergies).
Overgrazing Package (Cavanary); Allan Savory In-Studio Interview; Herb Metzger In-Studio Interview; Savory and Metzger In-Studio Interview (Cavanary); Nutrition/Thanksgiving Package (D'Alli). Segments on agricultural deterioration and nutrition (Thanksgiving and diets linking heart disease and cancer).