Prescott AZ (March 29, 2019) – In April of 2016 the City of Prescott embarked on ambitious planning efforts to study Watson Lake and the upper portions of Granite Creek Watershed. This May these two planning efforts will come to a close and produce management plans for improving the water quality of Watson Lake and many of the creeks that feed it. Matt Killeen, Environmental Coordinator for the City of Prescott, will share the findings of these studies at a presentation on Saturday, Apr. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation building, 882 Sunset Avenue, Prescott.This program is presented free of charge by the Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG).
Killeen’s presentation will touch on the study results and focus on the ongoing and planned pollution reduction strategies that the City will utilize going forward. He will also discuss some of the partnerships, projects, and opportunities that will impact these waters and what the public can do to help improve the quality of Prescott’s creeks and lakes.
Matt Killeen grew up in the Phoenix area where he developed an interest in creeks and irrigation ditches and the wildlife found in them. He later studied creeks and waterways in Nepal and Washington State before returning to Arizona, where he spent 15 years working on desert creeks. He became Environmental Coordinator for the City of Prescott in 2016.
Register at the meeting for a free rain barrel donated by C-A-L Ranch with diverter donated by CWAG to be given away at CWAG’s Apr. 20 Earth Day booth.
CWAG is a citizens group advocating for a sustainable water future for Prescott and central Yavapai County and for the protection of the upper Verde River. For more information visit www.cwagaz.org, call 445-4218, or email info@cwagaz.org.
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I am shocked that you as Environmental Coordinator for the City of Prescott is photographed standing next to a Cairn/rock stack when this practice is extremely harmful to the environment, destroying soils, disturbing the natural flow of rain water and the tiny creatures that make their homes under rocks. All this has been scientifically proven and also it is against the law of the National Forest Service to remove rocks to build Cairns. It was an ancient way of marking graves and trails which are no longer needed. The modern practice began in Sedona in 1987 when fools from everywhere converged on Sedona waiting for aliens in their space ships to come down and save them from horrible Earth. This has spread all around the country and endangering our National Parks all through the West and from Arcadia National Park to Hawaii. Crescent Moon Ranch in Sedona is threatened with his practice.
Tourists are also rock stacking in Oak Creek and ancient protected rivers and streams around the nation. I respectively request you stop rock stacking and condoning and promoting this extremely harmful practice especially since you are in a position of authority. Thank you so much. Joan Shannon Uptown Sedona faithfuljoan@earthlink.net
Matt: To make matters worse you are actually standing next to a Cairn/rock stack IN A CREEK when your article says your main interest is in Creeks and the wildlife in them. Please refrain from such influence over others to copy. Thank you.