October 2006 – Superstition Vistas
Water Implications of the Superstition Vistas Project
Grady Gammage, Jr.,
Senior Research Fellow, Morrison Institute for Public Policy
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Morrison Institute for Public Policy: Treasure of the Superstitions
One can hardly look at the Superstition Mountains without thinking about the legend of Jacob
Waltz and his burro searching for lost gold. Today, the
treasure is not mythical gold, but land. In northern Pinal County, Superstition
Vistas, a 275-square mile piece of state trust land, is part of that treasure.
Superstition Vistas, the subject of a new report from the Morrison Institute
for Public Policy, has been called the "jewel" of the state's more than 9
million acres of state trust land. Grady Gammage, Jr. will discuss future
water resources for Superstition Vistas and whether or not water will be a
constraint on the project.
Grady Gammage, Jr. is a Senior Research Fellow at
the Morrison Institute for Public Policy, a part of the School of Public
Affairs in Arizona State University's College of Public Programs. The Institute
analyzes current and proposed public policies that are important to the future
of greater Phoenix, the state of Arizona, and the nation. Its mission is to
conduct research which informs, advises, and assists Arizona's state and
community leaders. To this end, the Institute shares research results through a
variety of publications and forums and provides services to public officials,
private sector leaders, and community members who shape public policy.
Mr.
Gammage founded the law firm Gammage & Burhnam in 1983 and is currently an
adjunct professor at the Arizona State University College of Architecture and
Environmental Design and the College of Law, where he teaches classes on land
use regulation, property, and historic preservation planning. A graduate of
Stanford Law School, Mr. Gammage is a former board member of the Central
Arizona Project (CAP), as well as a former member of the Arizona Water Bank and
the Governor's Water Management Commission.
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