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"This project serves as a model approach for the continuation of traditional working ranches as long-term, economically viable enterprises while maintaining unfragmented landscapes and restoring native ecosystems."
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Diablo Canyon RPA Wins Three Awards
October 20, 2006
Flagstaff, AZ
The Diablo Canyon Rural Planning Area: Evolving Traditions in a New Economy, a plan prepared by Coconino County Community Development, in collaboration with the Diablo Trust and the Flying M and Bar T Bar ranches, has received three prestigious awards:
- The Sheldon D. Gerber Award for Excellence in Environmental Planning was presented on August 3 to Community Development Director Bill Towler by the Western Planning Resources Board of Directors at the Western Planner conference in Boise, Idaho.
- The Governor’s Excellence in Rural Development Award for Innovative Economic Development Practices was presented by Governor Janet Napolitano at the Rural Economic Development conference on August 18.
- The project was recognized with an Arizona Planning Association Open Special Topic award at its annual planning conference on September 28.
The Diablo Canyon project serves as a model approach for the continuation of traditional working ranches as long-term, economically viable enterprises, while maintaining unfragmented landscapes and restoring native ecosystems. It successfully integrates economy, ecology and community by pursuing a range of economic opportunities necessary to support and maintain the viability of ranching, while recognizing the fundamental importance of the health of the land and the support of the broader community.
The intent of this plan is to meet the goals of maintaining the historic character, healthy ecosystem, and open space values identified as priorities in the Coconino County Comprehensive Plan. This project is a good example of a successful effort to shape change in the New West.
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