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The Trust starts its conservation process with a science-based plan to identify and map the areas with the highest biodiversity and scenic values.  This plan serves as a the common ground to work with our partners, and to secure public conservation financing.

Sonoran Desert Conservation Priorities in Eastern PIma County (click to enlarge)

Pima County - During the course of our work on the Habitat Conservation Priorities for Eastern Pima County we solicited input from community stakeholders and completed the plan in April of 2003. By July of 2003 both the Citizen's Steering Committee for the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan and the Pima County Board of Supervisors had adopted the plan to set priorities for implementing the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Click here (323kb) to see a large map of the Habitat Protection Priorities map.

Southeast Arizona - Growth patterns throughout southern Arizona, coupled with concerns of decreasing wildlife habitat, indicate that there is a growing need for protecting land with high biological diversity.  Urban encroachment, subdividing rural parcels, and improvements to interstate highways threaten existing wildlife throughout rural southern Arizona.