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Coronado Council News and Notes
THE CORONADO
RC&D COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD
DECEMBER 12, 2006 AT THE EMBASSY
SUITES, 5335 E. BROADWAY
BLVD., TUCSON, AZ
- CORONADO RC&D TO HOST ARIZONA
- RC&D LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
December 12 - 13, 2006
Embassy Suites ~ 5335 E. Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ
Make your room reservations before November 11,
AGENDA
December 12, 2006
1:00 Call to Order John Hays, Coronado RC&D President
Welcome and Introductions
NRCS and the RC&D Program David McKay, NRCS State Conservationist
Gerry Gonzalez, NRCS Program Manager
1:30 Hometown Competiveness: Eddie Browning, USDA/RD State Director
Building Stronger
Rural Communities
2:00 BREAK
2:15 RC&D Reports (5 minutes each)
Navajo RC&D
Little Colorado River RC&D
Cocopai RC&D
Lower Colorado River RC&D
Hohokam RC&D Annette Napolitano, President
Coronado RC&D Richard Searle, Vice-President
2:45 Building Strength with a State Assn. Donna Hunter, Communications
Director
3:30 BREAK
3:45 MARKETING THE RC&D PROGRAM
* RC&D-wide (Holder Marketing Project) Gerry Gonzalez, NRCS Program
Manager
* State-wide (NARC&DC Report) Dot Schmidt, Cocopai RC&D Council Member
* Region-wide (AZ Role in the Western) Council Members
5:00 Adjourn
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
December 13, 2006
Facilitator: Donna Hunter,
NARC&D
8:00 a.m. State RC&D Conference Planning Session ALL
10:00-10:15 BREAK
10:15-12:00 State RC&D Conference Session (Cont’d) ALL
12:00 ADJOURN
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October Newsletter
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New projects
Photo
Gallery of Projects
CONSERVATION DISTRICT COOKBOOK: This cookbook is a collection of the
favorite recipes of employees, volunteers and cooperators of Coronado RC&D
and the Natural Resource Conservation Districts in southern Arizona. All
proceeds from the sale of the cookbook benefit the Willcox Student Garden.
To order a cookbook for $10.00, contact Kim Webb at the Coronado RC&D office
at (520) 384-2229 x123 or kim.webb@rcdnet.net
GUIDE TO RURAL LIVING IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA 2ND EDITION: This
informative guide is a handbook for people that are new to the areas of
Cochise, Graham and Greenlee Counties that plan to build a house, buy rural
property, own livestock or raise crops. These booklets are available at no
charge from, however, if you would like multiple copies, we request a
donation to assist with reprinting and/or postage costs. To order, contact
Kim Webb at the Coronado RC&D office at (520) 384-2229 x123 or kim.webb@rcdnet.net
Coronado Resource Conservation and Development
656 North
Bisbee Avenue
Willcox,
Arizona 85643
Ph:
(520)384-2229 x 122 & 123
Fax: (520)
384-2735
E-mail:
Coronadorcd_council@yahoo.com
Web site:
www.coronadorcd.org
OFFICERS: John Hayes, President;
Richard Searle, Vice President; Pat King, Secretary; Clel
Flake, Treasurer; Richard Lunt, County Delegate; Kathy Suagee, City
Delegate; Grace Manuel, District Delegate.
RC&D Coordinator: Donna Matthews,
donna.matthews@az.usda.gov
Staff: Kim Webb, Program Manager
kim.webb@rcdnet.net
and Ty Foster, Grant Administrator
tfoster00@yahoo.com.
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John Hays
- John Hays was
elected as the new Council President’s Annual Meeting on July 12, 2006.
John has been the Santa Cruz delegate to the Coronado RC&D Council for
the past five years, serving as Vice-President of the organization since
March of 2005. He is currently the Floodplain Coordinator for Santa Cruz
County. Raised in Texas and Arizona, John holds degrees in geology and
planetary geology from Northern Arizona University and Brown University
respectively and currently teaches geology at the Nogales Campus of
Cochise College. In addition to serving on the Coronado RC&D Council,
John serves on the IBWC Southeastern Arizona Citizens Forum, Arizona
State Park Area Advisory Council and is on the board of directors of the
Arizona Floodplain Management Association. He and his wife have two
children and he is the Cub Master for his son’s Cub Scout Pack.
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