Pima NRCD

Conserving 2,138,267 acres of Arizona.

The Pima NRCD encompasses nearly 2.14 million acres in Eastern Pima County and a small portion of Pinal County at Red Rock. As a part of the Basin and Range Province, it ranges from the grasslands of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge to the peak of Mt. Lemmon. Tucson, Marana, and Oro Valley lie within the District, as well as Arivaca, Vail, and Green Valley. You’ll also find Saguaro National Park and part of the Coronado National Forest and the Santa Rita Mountains within the District boundaries.

The lands within the District are ripe with historic and cultural significance, with vast reaches of open space and well-managed lands essential to farms and ranches. Pima NRCD believes that conservation in the District includes and depends upon the protection and development of all productive uses of natural resources. 

Pima NRCD Conservation Action Plan

This document is subject to changes based on updating of resource needs assessments and local work group meetings.

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Resource Concerns: 

  • Fire management 

  • Watershed health/Soil erosion 

  • Urban expansion/Loss of production lands 

  • Rangeland improvement 

  • Allocation and quality of water 

Conservation Practices

  • Prescribed burning

  • Adaptive management

  • Surface and subsurface irrigation practices 

  • Watering facilities, pipelines, and wells 

  • Solar

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District Ed Center Website

Board of Supervisors

Andrew McGibbon, Chair

Sue Chilton, Vice Chair

Mary Miller, Secretary

Cindy Copying, Treasurer

Jonathan DuHamel, Supervisor

Contact Info

Cindy Copying

coping.pimanrcd@pm.me