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- All Subjects: Alluvial fans
- All Subjects: Conservation easements
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). County Administrator's Office
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 Tortolita Fan.
Conservation of the Tortolita Alluvial Fan landscape has been promoted by Pima County and Town of Marana over the past two decades. An interdepartmental team was formed to evaluate flood and debris flow hazards and the potential to create an expanded Tortolita Fan Preserve. This report provides an overview of the alluvial fan characteristics and evaluates information on the significance of the biological and cultural resources to determine of the area meets the criteria to create a federal preserve.
Conservation easements are becoming an important mechanism in Pima County for dealing with matters such as the establishment of mitigation banks and the negotiation of conservation commitments with federal environmental regulatory agencies. This tool will also assist in the implementation of the Ranch Conservation Element of the SDCP. Includes the verbatim proceedings of a workshop on conservation held on August 18, 2001.
On October 27, 2001, Pima County and the Arizona Open Land Trust hosted a workshop on Tax and Estate Tax Planning as part of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan's conservation tools workshop series. The verbatim proceedings and materials from this workshop are included.