Prop. 106 to protect 62,000 acres near Flagstaff

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Voters are being asked to weigh two so-called land conservation measures in the Nov. 7 election. Only one of the initiatives, Proposition 106, puts state trust land on Observatory Mesa, Turkey Hills, Dry Lake, Rogers Lake and land bordering Walnut Canyon off limits to developers without requiring further legislative approval.

Propositions 105 and 106 are competing measures backed respectively by homebuilders and environmental groups. Either would require congressional action to become effective.

Proposition 106 protects 62,786 acres around Flagstaff and in the Centennial Forest from development through a combination of lower-than-market-cost purchases by local governments and by removing development options. This initiative would exempt 693,700 acres of state trust land from development across Arizona, out of the 9.3 million acres that exist.

"We have protected Flagstaff's premier open spaces if this passes and we lose them almost certainly if it doesn't," Nikolai Ramsey of the Grand Canyon Trust said of Proposition 106.


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1. I voted FOR Prop. 106 and AGAINST Prop 105.

I was surprised Sierra Club opposes Prop 105, but is neutral on Prop 106.

Guess it has good and bad points environmentally.

I did vote FOR 106, just to be clear.