AZLCVEF's Recent News and Press
Arizona League of Conservation Voters and Arizona League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Hire Executive Director for the Future.
The Arizona League of Conservation Voters, which turns environmental values into priorities for Arizona's elected officials, has hired a new Executive Director. Steve Arnquist, a long-time conservationist and dedicated staffer with the League, has been elected to serve the League as its new Executive Director. “The League’s two sister organizations have mapped out aggressive visions for the next five years, and I am thrilled to have been chosen to lead both of those efforts.” said Arnquist.
Steve has been active in politics his whole life. “I come from a very politically active family and developed environmental values early in life,” said Arnquist. After graduating from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1998, Steve moved to Arizona. Since coming to Arizona, Steve has personally registered thousands of voters and has implemented efforts that have registered more than 60,000 new Arizona voters. Before coming to the League in 2005, Steve was the Southern Arizona Director of the Moving America Forward Foundation, a non-partisan organization that registered Latino and Native American voters. Prior to that Steve designed and worked on electoral campaigns for local and federal candidates and issues.
“I believe that Mr. Arnquist has the vision, the skills and the experience to once again make conservation relevant in Arizona politics,” said Kevin Gaither-Banchoff, President of the Arizona League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. “Steve’s background in grassroots outreach, fundraising, and electoral campaigns is combined with a passion that has not only inspired me, but will enable him to build a proactive movement of NGO’s, voters and decision makers that allows us to further our collective conservation goals and protect Arizona’s natural heritage.”
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AZLCV and AZLCV Education Fund are moving to our new offices in central Phoenix!
Beginning on June 15th AZLCV and AZLCV Education Fund are moving to central Phoenix. We have found a great new location at 825 N. 3rd Avenue in central Phoenix that we will be sharing with the Arizona Wilderness Coalition. We will now be located in a charming historic home, with fantastic meeting space. We know this will be a great new location to host events and meetings as well as a pleasant place to work.
We plan to be fully moved in by June 30th, hope to see you there sometime soon.
Candidate Forum in Tucson on Monday October 20th, a frank conversation with Gabrielle Giffords and Tim Bee
Arizona League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Education Fund co-hosted a candidates forum in Tucson's congressional district 8. Unfortunately we received word that State Senator Tim Bee's schedule had changed and he was unable to attend.
We have posted low-res videos available
HERE . Topics included climate change, solar power and renewable energy, mining, the Clean Water Act, wilderness areas and more.
Our Mission
The Arizona League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Education Fund works to educate and coordinate citizens and organizations in the basic techniques of effective participation in government to further conservation goals and protect Arizona's natural heritage. We also work to Get Out the Conservation Vote and heighten the importance of the environment to the electorate and those elected officials that are responsible to the electorate.
