The Verde Connections Web site is a service Web site for the Verde Valley, featuring a variety of community-oriented topics.
Learn How to Make
Watershed Maps on Your Home or Office Computer
Two Classes will be offered Friday, Sept. 5. Register by Aug. 18.
Click here for NEMO Watershed Mapping Class Registration Form Interactive Word File, to be saved and then emailed to mayor@dianejoens.com) or printed and mailed to Diane Joens, NEMO Project, 312 W Mesquite Dr. Cottonwood, AZ 86326. Make checks payable to the Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce. Note, if for some reason there is a problem sending email to mayor@dianejoens.com, you may also use (either/or) dianej@sedona.net to email the registrar.
Click here for Agenda for Watershed Mapping Classes (.pdf)
Click here for NEMO Mapping ANNOUNCEMENT (.pdf)
- Press Release
- Contact: Diane Joens, mayor@dianejoens.com or 928-634-4112
- Kristine Uhlman, kuhlman@ag.arizona.edu or 520-792-95951 ext. 51
- An exciting opportunity for area residents to learn watershed mapmaking skills for use on their home or office computers is planned by Cooperative Extension’s Arizona NEMO, the city of Cottonwood, Yavapai College, and the Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce.
- Community members who are interested in learning how to locate lakes and streams in the Verde Watershed, or residents who would like to print USGS topographical maps of their neighborhoods, may learn skills in two planned mapmaking classes. Hikers may learn how to design and print maps featuring their next hikes—maps that show geology, vegetation types, and soils. Maps that show precipitation, average annual temperature, or USGS stream gauges can be created and printed on home or office computers. Grant writers may learn to create maps to attach to their next grant applications.
- Cottonwood Mayor Diane Joens is working with NEMO officials to bring the Internet map services (IMS) classes to the Verde Valley. Mapping instructors are Kristine Uhlman, assistant area agent for Cooperative Extension and NEMO program coordinator with the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, and Erin Westfall, geographical information systems analyst for UA’s Water Resources Center. “This is not MapQuest or Google Maps, this is watershed exploration,” emphasizes Uhlman. “The program works on all personal computers—home and office,” she says.
- There is something for everyone. Register no later than Aug. 18 for one of two classes offered on Friday, Sept. 5. A choice of an afternoon class scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m., or an evening class from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. is available. Classes will be held at the Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus, 601 Black Hills Drive, Clarkdale, in Building M, Rooms 211 and 212. A campus map is available at www.yc.edu. Attendance is limited to the first 40 registrants. The $15 registration fee covers snacks and a donation to the Verde River Day event. Download a registration form, class agenda, and informational poster at www.verdeconnections.com. Download the registration form and mail with a check made out to the Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce to class registrar Diane Joens, 312 West Mesquite Drive, Cottonwood, AZ. 86326. Or, download the registration form and email it to mayor@dianejoens.com, and pay the $15 registration fee at the door.
- This two-hour training course introduces an ArcIMS Internet Map Server. Course content includes how to access the NEMO ArcIMS site, review basic ArcIMS functions like panning, zooming and display, review how to do attribute and spatial queries, and teach watershed mapmaking on home or office computers.
- NEMO stands for Non-point Education for Municipal Officials. The mission of the NEMO Network is to help communities protect their natural resources while still accommodating growth. NEMO is concerned with any issue related to water quality or quantity in the state of Arizona.
- The goal of NEMO is to educate land use decision makers to make choices and take actions to lessen nonpoint source pollution and protect natural resources. This is accomplished by non-regulatory, research-based education using geospatial information and other advanced technologies for outreach, education, analysis, and research.
- Registration fees will help this year’s 20th annual Verde River Day event scheduled Sept. 27 from 9 to 3 p.m. at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood. Some of the day's events include a climbing wall, organized canoe and kayak rides, sand castle building, and nature-based exhibits. Guests of all ages are welcome to fish in the lagoon that is loaded with hundreds of pounds of catfish. Poles, bait and tackle are provided for all ages. No fishing license is needed. Visitors may also experience nature's history through guided nature walks. There will be a wide range of entertainment throughout the day. Verde River Day promotes preservation and care of the environment by showcasing informative exhibits on the Verde's unique riparian habitat. Learn more at http://verderiverdays.com.
- Cooperative Extension’s NEMO, the city of Cottonwood, Yavapai College and Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce for Verde River Day are collaborating to bring the IMS classes to the Verde Watershed. For more information contact Diane Joens, (928) 634-4112, mayor@dianejoens.com or Kristine Uhlman, (520)792-9591 ext. 51, kuhlman@ag.arizona.edu. The NEMO Web site is www.ArizonaNEMO.org.
- Check out the new League of Women Voters' Web site!!
- (Leaving this Web site--click on back button to return)
- Community Landscape Vision to be Topic of Public Workshop
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Landscape Meeting Jan. 16Landscape
Vision ReportLandscape
Vision AgendaLandscape Vision Flyer -
League of Women Voters of Sedona-Verde Valley, P.O. Box 966 - Sedona, AZ 86339
Contact: Robyn Prud’homme-Bauer 639-1045
LWV Releases Landscape Vision Workshop Report
The League of Women Voters of Sedona-Verde Valley, has released “Creating a Landscape Vision of the Verde Valley”, its report of a public workshop held in Cottonwood on November 8, 2007. The 18-page report summarizes the workshop process and results and features a preliminary discussion draft of a proposed landscape vision statement for the Verde Valley Community Resource Unit, as defined by the Prescott National Forest. The vision statement is based on review and analysis of comments received at the workshop; and it now is available for further public review and comment.
The November workshop was co-sponsored by Yavapai County Supervisor Chip Davis, the Prescott National Forest, Stewards of Public Lands, Verde Valley 4-Wheelers, Verde Valley Land Preservation Institute and Verde Watershed Association. There were about 60 participants and observers, who worked in small groups to make individual comments, then summarize and prioritize by topics. The results were compiled and a further content analysis was conducted by the League.
The LWV will present the report at the January 16 meeting of the Verde Valley Regional Land Use Planners (VVRLUP) and will be circulating the document via e-mail through co-sponsors for further review and discussion until late February. “Verde Valley citizens and groups now have the opportunity to look at the preliminary draft, say what they think,” said Judy Miller, LWV project coordinator. “Anyone who has an interest can help create a vision of the overall Verde Valley landscape--from Jerome to Camp Verde and including the east face of the Black Mountain range west of the Verde River,” she added. The League’s goal is to submit a landscape vision statement to the Prescott National Forest for its future planning purposes by early March 2008.
The report may be viewed at www.verdeconnections.com. For more information, contact LWV Coordinator Robyn Prud’homme-Bauer at 639-1045 or rcpbauer@aol.com; or Judy Miller at 649-1916 or dvnjdymlr@cableone.net.
The Stewards' new Web site is up and running. Please click here for current information: www.verdestewards.org.
We will leave this Web site online with historical data of three years' worth of projects.
Nov. 13, 2006 E-Letter and Information about Nov. 18 Cleanup
| Verde Connections: Serving the Verde Valley in Arizona |
HELP WANTED!
- Great partnerships enable, empower, and encourage people
- to work together toward achieving success. --Prescott and Coconino National Forests
WE'RE HELPING TO PREVENT WILD LAND FIRES ON RURAL/URBAN INTERFACE LANDS!
WE'RE HELPING TO KEEP OUR WATERSHED CLEAN!
WE'RE HELPING TO PREVENT WILD LAND FIRES ON RURAL/URBAN INTERFACE LANDS!
WE'RE HELPING TO KEEP OUR WATERSHED CLEAN!
Clarkdale Police Chief Pat Haynie, retired Verde District Ranger Tom Bonomo and Cottonwood Community Development Director Jerry Owen collaborate on a Stewards of Public Lands cleanup. Community members assisted in the removal of illegal dumping that filled three large roll-off dumpsters and several dump trucks on their very first cleanup. Efforts to clean up public lands in the Upper Verde Valley continue. WE'RE HELPING TO REDUCE RISK from WILDLAND FIRES! WE'RE HELPING TO KEEP OUR WATERSHED CLEAN!
Quote: “Why do we do this hard work? Because it feels so good to get an ugly mess cleaned up and then see the natural Arizona beauty that belongs to us all.” Jess Tyler, Stewards Co-Chair.
- *We welcome new volunteers! Come and help keep our watershed healthy!**
- Like to volunteer to help? Questions? Email Cochair Diane Joens
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.JPG "The Stewards of Public Lands clean up trash in the watershed")
 | Stewards of Public Lands Receive Governor Janet Napolitano's Rural Development Award for Excellence in Rural Development, environmental projects and awareness. |
| Yavapai County Supervisor Chip Davis attends Willowpoint cleanup, awards Stewards $5,000 grant from the Yavapai County Forest Project Funds. |
| Click here to see more photos of the Stewards' Cleanup Efforts |
| We applaud our many volunteers |
| League of Women Voters - Sedona/Verde Valley |
| Mingus Avenue Extension Dedication Photo Albums |
| Click for Fossil Creek Photo Album |
Almost
all copies of the Verde River Almanac, a special community project, have
been distributed to the public. There are a few copies remaining-- for sale at
the Prescott National Forest office in Camp Verde. For more information, click on
www.almanac.verderiver.info or
go to the Forest Service Office.
Take Care of Public Lands....