Battle Rages Over Arizona State Trust Land

Stakeholders in Arizona are battling it out this election over how to handle more than 9 million acres of state trust land.

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October 29, 2006, 7:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg


Two propositions, 105 and 106, are pitting teachers, environmentalists, homebuilders, ranchers, business leaders, politicians and lawyers against each other.

"The teachers, environmentalists and business leaders have embraced Proposition 106, which would set aside almost 700,000 acres of environmentally sensitive land, create a new public board to review State Land Department decisions and provide more planning resources for trust land."

"On the other side are homebuilders, cattle ranchers and school board officials, who are supporting Proposition 105, which would set aside about 40,000 acres (with as much as 400,000 acres down the line--if the Legislature approves of such conservation efforts), but otherwise preserve the status quo of current trust-land management. "

Thursday, October 26, 2006 in Tucson Weekly

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