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Sarah Porter, Director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy, will introduce the current state of water in the Prescott AMA and the Verde Valley and our future challenges. She will use the Arizona Water Blueprint to discuss declining well levels and the data available to individual well owners. She will then explore innovative solutions under discussion in Arizona and how they might apply to our region. She will also report briefly on the status of Colorado River negotiations. There will be plenty of time for audience Q & A.
Sarah will be presenting via Zoom. Watch online at home or gather with CWAG members at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 882 Sunset Ave in Prescott. Enjoy coffee and conversation at 9:45 a.m., followed by the program at 10 a.m. Questions/comments? Email us at
To attend on Zoom, please register HERE. You will receive an email with the Zoom link to join the program.
About Our Speaker
Sarah Porter is Director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Professor of Practice in ASU’s College of Global Futures. Established in 2014, the Kyl Center promotes research, analysis, collaboration and open dialogue to build consensus in support of sound water stewardship solutions for Arizona and the West. The Kyl Center’s cornerstone project is the award-winning Arizona Water Blueprint, a comprehensive online hub of information about Arizona water resources and policy.
Sarah came to the Kyl Center from the National Audubon Society, where she served as the Arizona state Director and led Audubon's Western Rivers Project, a multistate initiative to protect and restore important river habitats in the Intermountain West. Sarah was a key team member in the effort to launch the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center, a nature education center located in a restored riparian habitat in South Phoenix. Before joining the staff of Audubon in 2006, Sarah spent fourteen years as an attorney in private practice, specializing in complex commercial litigation.
Sarah serves on Governor Hobbs’s Water Policy Council, University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center's External Advisory Council, Phoenix’s Environmental Quality and Sustainability Commission and other community boards. In 2023, Sarah was named to the Arizona Capitol Times Powerlist as an “Unsung Hero” in recognition of her work on Arizona water policy.
A native of Phoenix, Sarah received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Harvard College and her J.D. magna cum laude from Arizona State University College of Law, where she was a John S. Armstrong Award recipient. She clerked for Hon. William C. Canby, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
About CWAG: Founded in 2002, the mission of the Citizens Water Advocacy Group is to protect the flow of the upper Verde River and to protect the long-term water supply for the Quad Cities region. CWAG develops science-based positions on critical water issues and educates citizens and elected officials on sensible water policies.