Arizona Association of Conservation Districts
Conserving Arizona Since 1944
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Arizona’s Conservation Districts have 80+ years of experience managing our natural resources.
Districts are uniquely positioned to represent Arizona’s conservation concerns and goals.
In a state where a large percentage of the land is administered by state or federal agencies, Conservation Districts are in a position to guide policy and help align goals with producers, land managers, landowners, and other conservation and environmental groups.
There are approx. 7.3 million acres of land in Arizona. And just as many people living here.
There are also more than 800 species of wildlife and myriad diverse natural resources, all of which need the attention of knowledgeable land managers to conserve and manage these resources at the local level while still producing a sustainable food supply.
Districts are locally-led.
Without the farmers, ranchers, and landowners who give their time and personal resources, Districts would have no local input in supervising and applying conservation practices needed on our public and private lands. These are the people on the ground every day who know every rock, tree, and plant on the land they work for the benefit of wildlife, livestock, and the people.
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CONSERVE
Producers work every day to CONSERVE our natural resources.
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GROW
They apply management practices that support sustainable agriculture so they can GROW the food we need…
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LIVE.
to LIVE healthy lives.
AACD works to support Arizona’s Conservation Districts in their efforts to conserve our natural resources.
The Arizona Association of Conservation Districts was established in 1944 by Arizona’s Conservation Districts as a means of support to help coordinate and fund locally-led conservation efforts across the state and to unify and represent District goals and interests.
Conservation Districts have a statutory responsibility to
"provide for the restoration and conservation of lands and soil resources of the state, the preservation of water rights and the control and prevention of soil erosion, and thereby to conserve natural resources, conserve wildlife, protect the tax base, protect public lands and protect and restore this state's rivers and streams and associated riparian habitats, including fish and wildlife resources that are dependent on those habitats, and in such manner to protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the people.”
— Declaration of Policy, ARS Title 37 Public Lands, Chapter 6 Natural Resource Conservation Districts