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Subcommittee backs memorandum of understanding with Nature Conservancy to study grassland restoration on Big Chino water ranch
Summary
The subcommittee voted 3‑0 to recommend a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with The Nature Conservancy to assess grassland restoration and erosion control on lands in the Big Chino Subbasin, including the city’s Big Chino Water Ranch; staff said the MOU is intended to fund and complete an assessment and identify pilot projects.
The Prescott City Council Subcommittee on Water Issues recommended forwarding a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to the full council for approval after a presentation and questions about scope, funding and legal terms.
Leslie Grazer, the city’s water resource project manager, introduced the MOU as a study‑phase agreement to support grassland restoration and erosion control in the Big Chino Subbasin. Kim Schonek, Arizona Water Program Director for The Nature Conservancy, and Selena Powell, TNC Verde River project manager, told the subcommittee TNC’s role would be to study potential sites on public and private lands, identify…
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