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Next quarterly Meeting 9/18/24 at 10 am Dudleyville Multi-Generational Center
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Winkelman Natural Resource Conservation District
PO Box 486
Kearny, Az 85137-------------------------------------------
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Board of Supervisors
Bill Dunn, Chair
Stephen Turcotte, Vice-Chair
Barbara McGuire
Gary Vinson
Carol DuBois
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If you have a question or need information, contact Chris Postel: send an email to clerk.wnrcd@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 520-220-2962.
Free Estate Planning for Working Landscapes workshop
Estate Planning for Working Landscapes
Sponsored by Arizona Land and Water Trust and Santa Cruz NRCD
January 22–Patagonia
For many ranching and farming families, passing their land onto heirs and/or permanently protecting their land from encroaching development is a lifelong goal. The process of Estate Planning is critical in achieving these goals, and this workshop will cover the many options that are available to protect your family land. With both tax and legal advice provided, tax strategy topics will include; managing estate tax, Federal tax benefits and incentives, donating land by will, charitable remainder trusts, gifts of remainder interest, Family Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Corporations, and much more.
See the attached flier for more information.
Estate Planning Workshop.pdf
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Quarterly Meeting–Wednesday, January 15
Join us for our first Quarterly Meeting of 2014!
10:00 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church
225 East Butte Avenue
Florence, Arizona
Lunch will be pot-luck.
Get the latest news about
* the Lower San Pedro Initiative
* the tortoise monitoring project
* the Local Work Group
* the upcoming WNRCD election
* what’s happening with our Board members and cooperating agencies
The Education Center meeting will be held after the business of the regular quarterly meeting.
AGENDA quarterly meeting 1.15.2014.pdf
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EQIP and WHIP applications due January 17
Natural Resources
Conservation Service
230 N. 1st Avenue Suite 509
Phoenix, AZ, 85003
Voice 602-280-8780
Email: Valentino.Reyes@az.usda.gov
Web: http://www.az.nrcs.usda.gov
Contact:
Valentino Reyes, (602) 280-8780
Valentino.Reyes@az.usda.gov
Arizona NRCS Welcomes Applications From Arizona Farmers and Ranchers Applications for NRCS’s EQIP and WHIP 2014 financial assistance due – Jan. 17
The Arizona Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helps farmers and ranchers with a broad spectrum of natural resource enhancements. These include increasing irrigation efficiency, nutrient management, grazing land management, wildlife habitat, forest management and many more. Arizona NRCS cares about conservation and is here to help agricultural producers conserve the resources and the lifestyle they love for future generations.
Applicants interested in potential 2014 funding for NRCS’s
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) Initiative must have their applications submitted by January 17, 2014 for the first funding cycle. If funds are still available, applicants have a second opportunity to submit applications, with a deadline of April 18, 2014. There are two application cycles for 2014 financial assistance; however applications are accepted throughout the entire year.
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a conservation program that provides financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers who face threats to soil, water, air, and related natural resources on their land. Eligible land includes cropland, rangeland, pastureland, private non-industrial forestland, and other farm or ranch lands.
Additionally, NRCS offers special initiatives through EQIP, including:
• On-Farm Energy Initiative: assists producers conserve energy on their operations
• Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative: assists producers to install high tunnels designed to extend the growing season
• Organic Initiative: assists producers to implement conservation practices on certified organic operations or those working towards organic certification
• Air Quality Initiative: assists producers to address air quality concerns on the operations (location requirements apply)
The Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) is a voluntary program focused on the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher for protection and restoration of breeding habitat and combatting habitat losses. Through WHIP-WLFW, the NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to eligible private and Tribal land users for the development of upland, wetland, aquatic, and other types of wildlife habitat.
NRCS encourages land users to visit their local NRCS field office and to visit http://www.az.nrcs.usda.gov/ today to learn more about NRCS financial assistance programs.
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Watershed CRMP meeting Wednesday, December 18
Notice is hereby given to the members of the Winkelman and Redington NRCDs and to the general public that the joint Refuge Advisory Subcommittee will hold a planning meeting.
Date: December 18, 2013
Time: 10:00a.m.
Place: CAC Aravaipa Campus, room E102
Agenda:
Call to order
Approval of minutes
Decide on name for this committee (5minutes max)
Establish ground rules for the process
Structure of committee
Consensus
Identify other people and agencies to invite to the process
Discuss funding options and resources
WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CRMP PROCESS FOR THIS GROUP?
What do we expect the end product to be or do?
Who or what will be the customer or benefactor of it?
What do we do with the end product?
Time and date for next meeting
Adjourn
From the Frog Pond
September, 2013
Last week your Board hired a new clerk, Diana Stirling. Diana lives in Mammoth and works part time for CAC. She brings a lot of talent to the District as she has experience in writing grants and is very tech savvy.
Our thanks go out to Vicki France our long-time clerk. She is wishing to spend more time in the White mountains where she has a home. Vicki has been diligent over the last several years in keeping me out of hot water with state recording requirements and making sure we follow the open-law requirements of a local government. She and Diana will both be at our next quarterly meeting.
Speaking of our quarterly meeting, it will be on October 9th in beautiful downtown Kelvin, Arizona at the Dunn’s place. We will be having a presentation from ASARCO about their Ripsey Wash and Copper Butte expansion projects. They will be a large expansion of their footprint in the district.
The joint Winkelman/Redington refuge committee has been meeting regularly and is making progress on hopefully finding innovative ways to create opportunities for our producers to stay on the land and keep the San Pedro valley open and productive. Last month we met with Steve Spangle, head of Environmental Services for Arizona, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services. He is very supportive of what we are doing and said he will personally do all he can to help us make it a success. We are scheduled to meet with Stephen Williams, head of the Natural Resource Division of the Arizona State Land Department. The Land Department has a very large presence in the Valley and has been watching the Fish and Wildlife refuge proposal closely because it will affect them.
The Ed Center recen
tly bought one of those cargo containers to keep our records in. Right now our records are scattered all over the district and in the basement of the Plant Material Center. The cargo container is located at the Hedrick Ranch outside of Mammoth so it will be much easier to get something when we need it.
We are still waiting for a Record of Decision (ROD) on the SunZia Project. Although the BLM admitted they are required to coordinate with us and did meet with us before the final EIS came out, they were woefully short on what is required by law for them to do to meet the requirements of coordination. Until the ROD comes out there has been no harm so we can’t make a decision on our next move.
Until next time.
Bill
Winkelman Natural Resource Conservation District 