Conservation Practices
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Prescribed Grazing Practices
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Adaptive Ranch Management Practices
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Surface & Sub-Serface Irrigation Practices
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Watering Facilities, Pipelines, & Wells
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Solar Power Conversion
Primary Resource Concerns
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Fire Management
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Watershed Health/Soil Erosion
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Urban Expansion/Loss of Production Lands
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Rangeland Improvement
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Water Quality & Allocation
District Contact Information
District Meeting information
Meetings are held quarterly (Feb, May, Aug, Nov) on the second Tuesday of the month
The next meeting is scheduled for: August @1:00 p.m., Plant Materials Center, Tucson, AZ
Visit the District website for agenda and minutes
About the District
The Pima Natural Resource Conservation District (NRCD) encompasses 2.14 million acres in Eastern Pima County and a small part of Pinal County near Red Rock, including more than 1 million acres of grazing lands owned by the Arizona State Land Trust. The mission of the Pima NRCD is to provide for the restoration and conservation of lands and soil resources in the District area, 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 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 (A.R.S. § 37-1001).

Physical Features
- Elevation: 2,000 ft. to 9,157 ft. at Mt. Lemmon
- Terrain: From undulating Grasslands to the Mexican Oak-Pine Forest of the Catalinas, Rincons, and Santa Ritas
- Precipitation: Average of 7-30” annually, varying with elevation
Land Use/Ownership
- Federal: 594,308 acres
- State: 787,529 acres
- County: 80,753 acres
- Private: 673,883 acres
Board Members
- Jim Chilton, Chairman
- Cindy Coping, Vice-Chair
- Patricia King, Treasurer
- Jonathan DuHamel, Supervisor
- Andrew McGibbon, Supervisor

