The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality will be holding several workshops throughout Arizona to inform stakeholders of the Water Quality Improvement Grant (WQIG) Program. With approximately 1 million dollars of available funding during each grant cycle, the WQIGs are used to implement on-the-ground projects that will reduce nonpoint source pollution to the impaired waters of Arizona. These grants are available to a wide-range of individuals and groups. To find out more about your eligibilty or to discusss a project idea, please plan to attend one of the upcoming workshops.

April 1, 2014 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tombstone, AZ

Tombstone Territories RV Resort
2111 E. Highway 82

April 3, 2014 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Safford, AZ0

Bureau of Land Management- Aravaipa Room
711 S. 14th Ave

April 8, 2014 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Springerville, AZ

Apache Sitgreaves National Forests Headquarters
30 S. Chiricahua Trail

April 10, 2014 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Webinar-Online Only

If you are interested in attending a grant workshop, please RSVP to Grant and Watershed Coordinator Samuel “Jake” Breedlove either via phone at (602) 771-4243 or, toll free, (800) 234-5677, Ext. 771-4243; or via e-mail at sb12.

Workshops with fewer than 5 RSVPs will be cancelled or rescheduled. We can only contact those who RSVP to notify them of workshop schedule changes.

To register for the April 10th webinar, please contact Samuel “Jake” Breedlove for further details. A limited number of log-ins will be provided for the webinar.