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. 

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

Nominations for District Supervisor Are Now Open!

The open seat is for a new 6-year term. To be eligible, a candidate must be 18 years of age, a resident of the District, a registered voter in the State of Arizona, and have a Cooperator Agreement on file.

A regular candidate nomination petition requires the signatures of district cooperators, while a write-in nomination petition does not require signatures. 

Write-in nomination petitions must be filed by March 25, 2024
Regular nomination petitions must be filed by April 24, 2024

Election Day is May 4, 2024

Voting Location: 1978 W. Placita Colima, Tucson, AZ (Cindy Coping's House)

Nomination Petitions must be sent to the NRCD Board of Supervisors by emailing or calling the District’s point of contact listed on this webpage. Once you provide your email address, additional candidate forms will be emailed to you to complete the nomination process.

If you have any questions regarding cooperator agreements, nomination petitions, or filing, please send an email or call the District point of contact listed on this webpage.

  • What: Pima Natural Resource Conservation District (Pima NRCD) Board of Supervisors and Pima Center for Conservation Education Board of Directors (PCCE)

    When: 1:00 pm on April 30, 2024

    Where: Micha’s Restaurant, 2908 S 4th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85713

    Agenda: click here

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Board of Supervisors

Jim Chilton, Chair

Cindy Coping, Vice Chair

Jonathan DuHamel, Supervisor

Andrew McGibbon, Supervisor

Patricia King, Treasurer

Contact Info