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Position V acancy:
The Redington Natural Resource Conservation District is currently seeking applications for the part-time position of Redington Conservation Education Center Director and District Clerk. Please see our complete job description for details and application information.

NOTICE OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT SUPERVISOR ELECTION

This is a reminder of the election on May 1st for the Redington NRCD.  You should have or will receive an election ballot no later than tomorrow for the election.  

Please fill out your mail in ballot and return as soon as possible to: P.O. Box 232 Pomerene, AZ 85627.

It must be received by May 1st to be counted. If you would like to hand return your ballot or cast a ballot in person the polling place is the  Cascabel Community Center
Open hours 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday May 1st.

You must be a qualified voter to participate in the election and have your ID to vote at the polling place: At least 18 years of age, A U.S. citizen, Live in the district.

 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions of the Natural Resource Conservation Districts Law of the State of Arizona, an election for the purpose of electing a Supervisor for the Redington Natural Resource Conservation District will be held on the 1st day of May, 2010, from 10 AM to noon at the Cascabel Community Center.

One supervisor position is currently open for election within the district: Six year term (2010-2016)
A candidate for Supervisor of the Redington Natural Resource Conservation District must reside within the District. A write in candidate petition may be obtained from the District Board of Supervisors or downloaded here. Please write in the correct dates and have it notarized. Completed Petitions must be filed with the Natural Resource Conservation Commissioner of the State Land Department, 1616 West Adams, Phoenix, Arizona 85007 at least 30 days prior to the election.

“The governing body of the District may provide a mail ballot to a qualified District Elector for which it has a first class mailing address. Qualified electors of the District who wish to vote by mail ballot shall file a first class mailing address with the District governing body at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of the election.” Qualified District electors who receive ballots in proper form from the District governing body may cast their votes by mail.” (A.R.S. ‘ 37-1051) To be counted, completed mail ballots must be received by the District Election Board before the closing of the polls on election day.If a qualified District elector wishes to vote by mail, the elector’s request for a mail ballot must be made timely and in writing to the address given below.

Qualified District Elector::
“Qualified elector” means a person who is a District cooperator and a qualified elector of the state. “District Cooperator” means any person who has entered into a cooperative agreement with the District for the purpose of protecting, conserving and practicing wise use of the natural resources under his control. (A.R.S. ‘ 37-1003). A person who is not already a District cooperator may obtain a cooperative agreement form from the Board of Supervisors of the District or download it from the District Website.


COORDINATION MEETING WITH BLM
On March 15th  the District had its first coordination meeting with BLM at the Community Cente
r. The focus of the meeting was the proposed SunZia project. The Redington NRCD submitted a comment to the BLM on the project. You can download a copy of our comment as a PDF file. For more information on the project please visit the SunZia Website  or the BLM Website. The Cascabel Working Group also has a Web page on the project.

Redington NRCD comments to BLM on SunZia Project (80 KB PDF)

The following project  may be of interest to cooperators.

Conversion to Renewable Energy Incentive Program (2nd cycle deadline May 20) (Press Release PDF)










Redington Natural Resource Conservation District  P.O. Box 232  Pomerene, Arizona 85627

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