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NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SERVES TUBAC AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ARIZONA. SHANNON HALL, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
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Mother, recent Grand-Mom, successful business woman and dear friend of many, a woman of substance who loved her family and Tubac fiercely, Sally will never be forgotten. I know all of us deeply mourn her unexpected and untimely passing. We send our deepest sympathy to Haley, Shelby, and to all of her close family and friends.
Please consider giving to Sally's memorial to honor her and the Good Life she built here in Tubac. If you wish to contribute, please contact Chelsea Robling at (520) 440-7641.
Friends of the Santa Cruz River and their RiverWatch team received ADEO's 2024 Environmental Ambassador Award! Arizona Department of Environmental Quality created this annual award in 2022. This is their only annual award given to an organization, business, or individual outside of ADEQ and recognizes those who have demonstrated exceptional environmental stewardship and sustainability. They were the only citizen scientist group to receive this award in 2024! Audrey Ridge, ADEQ Community Science Coordinator (Lead for Surface Water): "For over three decades, the Friends of the Santa Cruz River's RiverWatch team has demonstrated unparalleled commitment to environmental stewardship.
Most notably, Friends of the Santa Cruz River supported a decade-long effort to upgrade the Nogales Wastewater Treatment Plant to better protect the health of the community. Friends of the Santa Cruz River's holistic approach to environmental stewardship has made them a worthy recipient of ADEQ's Environmental Ambassador Award." Meghan Smart, ADEQ Community Science and Education Coordinator: "Their efforts led to the delisting of Potrero Creek for dissolved oxygen in the Clean Water Act Assessment in 2022... ADEQ is honored to work hand in hand with them in protecting Arizona's natural resources."
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Supervisor John Fanning announced the names of individuals who will serve on his Community Advisory Committee.
Eastern Santa Cruz County will be represented by Kat Crockett of Elgin; Carol Bonchalk, Cassina Farley, Carolyn Shafer and Brenda Somoza of Patagonia; and Keith Barth, Ruth Ann LeFebvre, Josh Mentesana and Amie Wystrach of Sonoita.
The county’s western side will be represented by Gary Levin and Erasmo Rason of Rio Rico and Pam Lemke, E. Clem Shute Jr., Rosie Simpson, Rocco Todarello and Celeste Wisdom of Tubac.
The first meeting of the committee will be Wednesday March 19, at the Santa Cruz County Complex in Nogales. A decision to open the meeting to the public has not been made yet.
Following that initial gathering, Fanning intends to rotate committee meetings throughout the district.
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Southern Arizona residents, activists and organizations are teaming up with federal government officials to designate a portion of the Santa Cruz River as Arizona's first urban national wildlife refuge.
The federal designation would ensure the protection of the critical habitat for years into the future following its revitalization in recent years.
Prominent landowner Andrew Jackson, who possesses thousands of acres of critical habitat, is part of the effort. Following backlash last year in the town of Rio Rico for a rezoning request that residents feared would bring mining to their town, he began working with the Santa Cruz River Refuge coalition to help preserve some of his land that borders the river.
“It was kind of a call to action to put (the land) in the hands of somebody that can manage it and maintain that for a long time,” Jackson said, noting he's invested in regenerative farming practices and water conservation.
In September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in collaboration with the Santa Cruz River Refuge coalition developed a landscape conservation design to start the process of proposing an "urban partnership" program in Tucson, and the potential for a new national wildlife refuge along the Santa Cruz River.
The agency manages over 100 wildlife refuges across the state, within 25 miles of population centers of 250,000 people or more. Just one urban wildlife refuge currently exists in the Southwest, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Santa Cruz River would be Arizona's first urban national wildlife refuge.
The Santa Cruz River Refuge coalition wants an “archipelago” of protected properties at risk of development along the Santa Cruz River, stretching from the U.S.-Mexico border to the northern edge of Pima County. Coalition members say this designation would offer permanent wildlife habitat, outdoor access, and ecotourism.
The protected area would include areas of upland Sonoran Desert scrub habitat, canyons that provide habitat connectivity, and nearly seven miles of riparian habitat approximately 40 miles south of Tucson.
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