Program:
School Program
- Budget:
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$1,000
- Category:
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- Population Served:
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Youth/Adolescents only (14 - 19 years)
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
Provide scholarship for Environmental Studies. Also provide educational experience for parents with children using Arizona Game and Fish curriculum in an outdoor setting.
Program Long-Term Success:
(1) Increased appreciation and therefore support of the environment and the importance of having open space (preserves, parks, etc). (2) Increased sense of responsibility due to the interaction with the history, cultural, and environment of the area. (3) Sharing of successes so other programs/organizations can replicate the activities and outcomes.
Program Short-Term Success:
Had 4 Parent-child hikes in 2010 with positive reviews of the hike and learning material provided.
Program Success Monitored by:
Hike Feedback at the event verbally and surveys. Donation level of participants (increased).
Program Success Examples:
Testimonies - Survey response. All want more hikes, thought the experts were value added, and learned a lot.
Program:
Earth Day 2011
- Budget:
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$5,000
- Category:
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Environment
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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Youth/Adolescents only (14 - 19 years)
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Children Only (5 - 14 years)
Program Description:
Earth Day 2011 will be held on Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Pioneer Living History Museum (3901 West Pioneer Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85086). Past Pioneer Living History Museum events have drawn 200 to 500 people.
Our objective for this event is to inform, educate, train, and introduce the public through activities, demonstrations, and exhibits of environmentally preferred goods and services as well as using resources wisely, recycling, and other related activities that are consistent with the theme of sustaining Our Earth, Our Habitat, and Our Home. As in the past, the combination of food, crafts, informational booths, and activities will appeal to people of all backgrounds and ages.
We have several nurseries providing plants, seeds, and training to teach children the steps and necessary caring required to nurture our forests, fields, and waterways.
Program Long-Term Success:
The community families, residents, and businesses will become more "green", becoming more sustainable and applying the lessons learned for reduce, recycle, and reuse behaviors. This should have a permanent and lasting effect on the community.
Program Short-Term Success:
Participants will provide positive feedback on the event through verbal and written feedback. Also, we will be evaluating the number and quality of the pledges collected. Sponsors who believe in green programs have been varied and enthusiatic about hands-on participation.
Program Success Monitored by:
We will have a survey at the site and afterwards by surveymonkey. Additionally will have the participants voluntarily submit pledges to be more kind to the earth at the event. Representatives of the City of Phoenix and Maricopa County will be present to participate in our educational displays and speak to how local government is improving its purchasing and waste processes to improve the environment also.
Program Success Examples:
Earth Day celebrations are now a permanent part of most urban areas, and we will be operating our program simultaneously with other areas across the state, with whom we have shared information. We expect Earth Day celebrations to be a permanant public holiday.
Program:
Black Canyon Heritage Park
- Budget:
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$1,000
- Category:
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Environment
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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General Public/Unspecified
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
The Black Canyon Heritage Park is a conservation project north of Phoenix that will reclaim and develop acreage donated by a local family in memory of their pioneer ancestors, and will function as a public park for all ages, with walking trails, resting areas, wetlands and fishing. Native plants and fish will be restored and invasive plants have been removed. This parcel has historical significance to the surrounding areas and an information center has already been constructed with maps, old pictures, and informational booklets. This is a joint project of NCC with the Black Canyon Trails Coalition, BLM, and Maricopa and Yavapai Counties. NCC's participation has been 100% funded by volunteer time and effort. NCC will be the permanent Land Trust Steward.
Program Long-Term Success:
The restoration of this land to its previous riparian beauty will be an important part of the education of local school children and will be recreation for an indefinite time period for all residents and visitors. We expect the Long Term Success to be that it will endure long after all of the workers have departed this earth, and will be a joy to its community.
Program Short-Term Success:
The project is about 50% complete, with the installation of the river bed liner. A generous amount of the funding needed has been provided by various grants from BLM (Bureau of Land Management), with time and effort of the BLM staff that far exceeds their typical duties on a project like this. We are working on a joint grant application for the completion funding required.
Program Success Monitored by:
Program success is monitored by the Black Canyon Trails Coalition, NCC, and BLM jointly.
Program Success Examples:
On a larger scale, this project is equivilent to the manmade lake in Tempe, which also provided substantial riparian benefit to many transiting birds, and provides significant recreation to the populace of the whole region.
Lake Pleasant in North Maricopa County ,on an even larger scale, has succeeded in creating a manmade lake and dam, with fish stocking, boating, and other recreation.
Program:
Preservation of Daisy Mountain
- Budget:
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$5,000
- Category:
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Environment
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
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Young Adults (20-25 years) -- currently not in use
Program Description:
We continue to work toward a successful purchase and protection of the undeveloped areas of Daisy Mountain in north Maricopa County. The "up-side" of the economic recession has been to slow new construction growth in the areas surrounding (and upon) Daisy Mountain. The extra time has allowed our organization to work toward a sustainable solution to the preservation of as much as possible of the mountain for public enjoyment, barriers to light and noise pollution, and education of conservation values in the surrounding communities.
To that end, we continue to participate in dialogue with various government agencies, other stakeholders, including developers, and the Arizona legislators of our area, where we are continuous spokesmen for the land and conservation. We are participating in continuing review by the area stakeholders as to drafting suitable legislation to protect Daisy Mountain as well as many other pristine (or damaged) areas for the general public. We join with other similar landtrusts and conservation organizations in sharing and conveying information, and in providing the experience and education of our board members in this subject area.
Program Long-Term Success:
Our Board has labored for eight years to explore various avenues of preservation for this land, and other, land in the area. Many strategies are possible, probably with shared usage of the affected properties. Our Board is active in the community on many fronts, and support and awareness is gradually building. Opportunities to purchase the land or have it preserved through legislation were delayed with the current economy. We have many contacts who share this goal, and we believe that a permanent relationship with a governmental agency will be the most likely long term solution, with our organization as Steward.
Program Short-Term Success:
While we are not hopeful of any permanent conservation solution until the economy has fully recovered, we welcome this time as a way to reach out to more of the community and new legislators to grow a consensus on use and longterm goals. All local stakeholders must be given an opportunity to participate, and we believe strongly in transparency of process and planning. We will also work with local landowners to build the access points to the planned park, through the use of conservation easements.
Program Success Monitored by:
Our Board of Directors works closely as a team. All decisions and finances require a majority vote.
Program Success Examples:
The Sonoran Mountain Preserve is the model of preservation for our planning. It is staffed with many volunteers who serve in dozens of ways, including tours and fundraising events. We will learn from their success.