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<br />n q .',"', 5 <br />. ;jlj J J" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />GOVERNOR'S WATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION SUPPORTS AWPF FULL FUNDING <br /> <br />In some good news for the AWPF, on February 2nd the Governor's Water Management Commission, in its first <br />formal acrion, conveyed to Governor Jane Dee Hull that the Commission unanimously supports full funding for <br />the Arizona Water Protection Fund at the statutorily ptescribed level of $5 million per year. <br />Also, Commissioners opposed any diversions from A WPF of in-lieu taxes collected through interstate water <br />banking actiVities. <br /> <br />According to a letter from the Water Management Commission's three Co-Chairs John Mawhinney, <br />Rita Pearson Maguire, and Jack Pfister: <br />"...strong support of the Water Protection Fund is based on a recognition of the valuable role the AWPF plays in <br />preserving critical natural habitat, augmenting water supplies and improving water qu:ility throughout the state... <br />particularly in rural Arizona." <br /> <br />THE AWPF COMMISSION THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR'S WATER MANAGEMENT <br />COMMISSION FOR THEIR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT! <br /> <br />2000 GRANTS AWARDED <br /> <br />ApPLlCANT ApPL1ClinON TnLE AWPF $ AWARDED <br />AZ Historical Society PapaRo Park Green Line $ 229 152 <br />Kevin McCormack Upper Eagle Creek Restoration On East Eagle $ 66,330 <br /> Allotment Of Four Drae Ranch <br />Mt. Graham International Science Gila Reference Riparian Area, Discovery Park $ 152,851 <br />&Culture Foundation, Inc. <br />Apache-Sitgrcaves National Murray Basin And Saffell Can)'on W'Atetshcd Restora\ion $ 258,228 <br />Forests Project <br />Colorado River Indian Tribes CRIT 30 Acre Riparian Revegetation Project $ 234,825 <br />Hubbell Trading Post National Continued Enhancement Of Pueblo Colorado Wash $ 69,349 <br />Historic Site <br />Apache-Sitgreaves National Upper Fairchild Draw Riparian Restoration $ 35,515 <br />Forests <br />The Hopi Tribe Polacca Wash Grazing Management $ 267,511 <br />David Movius ,Willow Creek Riparian Restoration Proiect $ 34,416 <br />Tucson Audubon Society TAS North Simpson Farm Riparian Recovery Project $ 127,409.30 <br />Hubbell Trading Post National Hubbell Trading Post Riparian Restoration With $ 61,951 <br />Historic Site Treated Effluent <br />Santa Fe Ranch Riparian Restoration On The Santa Cruz River ~ Santa $ 49,008 <br />Redington NRCD Middle San Pedro Watershed Project $ 249,871 <br />Northern Arizona University Lake Mary Watershed Streams Restoration Project $ 249,723 <br />Double Check Ranch/TNC Cooperative Grazing Management For Riparian $ 203,701 <br /> Improvement On The San Pedro <br />Tres Alamos Ranch Tres Alamos Ranch Dirt-Tanks-To-Aquatic-Habitat $ 77,658 <br />TO\\I11 Of Eagar/Round Valley To\\'D of Eagar/Round Valley Water Users Association - $ 151,829 <br />Water Users Association Additional Mapping For Water Quality Improvements <br /> In Watershed <br /> <br />TOTAL FUNDING AWARDED: <br /> <br />$ 2,519,327.30 <br /> <br />Page 7 <br />