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Stakeholders confirm conservation-easement limits at Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve; dirt-bike access not permitted

OV Trails Connect stakeholder group (Oro Valley) · January 15, 2026
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Summary

At the stakeholder meeting, residents and stakeholders asked planners to fix draft language and stressed the 200‑acre preserve is protected by a conservation easement (held by Archaeology Southwest) that restricts new hard‑surface trails and prevents a dirt‑bike park unless the easement holder permits changes.

During the OV Trails Connect stakeholder meeting, Rosa Daly and other participants urged staff to correct draft wording about the Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve and to make clear how the conservation easement limits future trail development.

"The proper way to ... say is that the property is protected by a conservation easement, not that it is overlaid," Rosa Daly said, asking the town to use precise legal terminology. She emphasized that Archaeology Southwest holds the…

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