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The Altar Valley Conservation Alliance is a watershed based collaborative conservation organization founded in 1995 and incorporated as a 501c3 notforprofit organization. We work to conserve the Altar Valley located southwest of Tucson Arizona for future generations. We work through a strongly collaborative sciencebased community driven and integrated approach to Conserve healthy and productive working landscapes including soil and water conservation wildfire management habitat conservation and protection of native species and other environmental initiatives. Promote a thriving agricultural economy by encouraging improved ranching and farming practices diversification and innovation and by supporting programs and policies that support more effective longterm economic development.