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WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase I Grants - March 31, 2022

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irrigation and water districts, county soil conservation districts) to submit proposals for Phase I activities to develop a watershed group, complete watershed restoration planning activities, and design watershed management projects. as defined in Section 6001(6) of the Cooperative Watershed Management Act (see Section A.1.

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Pinal County Modernizes Public Meetings to Improve Access and Transparency

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However, traditional, in-person meetings often result in a misrepresentation of the community because of lack of access for individual community members and grassroots organizations and an overrepresentation of special interest groups. Public meetings act as a pulse-check on community issues by letting community members voice their opinions.

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nature-Based Solutions Take Root

The City Fix

For the 21 million residents of Lagos, Nigeria, climate change is not a distant concept it is a current reality. Over the past decade, the city has experienced devastating floods, exacerbated by the loss of over half of its wetlands.