Posts treating: "Natural Resources Education"
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
A hearing is set for Wednesday, February 10, in the Arizona Senate Government Committee for SB1440, the bill that would transfer the Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum from the Arizona Historical Society to the Arizona Geological Survey. The museum would be redesignated as the Arizona Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum. [Right, view of the displays in the former
Sen. Gail Griffin has reintroduced her bill, SB1440, to transfer the former Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum in Phoenix, rom the Arizona Historical Society to AZGS to be re-opened as the Arizona Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum. The bill is essentially the same as the version that passed last year in the Legislature, 25-0 in the Senate, and 58-2 in the House.
The Arizona [Phoenix] Republic ran an extensive story on the fate of the former Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum and the proposal to transfer it to AZGS.
The one thing I added to the article by Mary Jo Pritzl was a comment that the situation was complicated by the fact that Senate Bill 1200 would have required us to re-open it at the Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum,
Governor Doug Ducey vetoed SB1200 today, which would have transferred the former Mining & Mineral Museum to the AZGS to be converted into a Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum. In his letter to Senate President Andy Biggs, Gov. Ducey wrote:
"Today I vetoed Senate Bill 1200. Although I commend the work of the bill's sponsor, we must evaluate the use of state
The Arizona Senate approved SB1200 this morning by a vote of 25-3 and transmitted it to the Governor. The bill transfers the former mining and mineral museum from the Arizona Historical Society to AZGS to be re-opened as the "Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum." It was closed in 2011 to be converted to the Arizona Experience centennial museum but the private funds were
SB1200, the bill to transfer the former mineral museum to AZGS to convert into a natural resources education center, passed the Arizona House today. It now goes back to the Senate for reconsideration because of the amendments added. [right, diorama of an open pit mine from the former Mining & Mineral
The Arizona State Senate yesterday approved SB1200, transferring the former Mining & Mineral Museum from the Arizona Historical Society to Arizona Geological Survey, to be re-opened as the Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum.
The legislation transfers the current rent and curator budget from AHS to AZGS but a floor amendment by the bill sponsor's Sen. Gail Griffin,
State Senator Gail Griffin amended her bill, SB1200, that transfers the former Mining & Mineral Museum to AZGS to reopen it as a Mining, Mineral, & Natural Resources Education Museum. [Right, artists vision of the original plans for the Centennial Museum]
The Senate engrossed version would change the membership of the Advisory Council to add one member from the gem community, one from
Senate Bill 1200, which would transfer the former Mining & Mineral Museum from the Arizona Historical Society (AHS) to the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS), passed 5-0 in the Arizona Senate Rural Affairs and Environment Committee yesterday.
The bill directs AZGS to re-open the museum as the Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum, to include the elements planned for the
Legislation was introduced late on Friday afternoon that would transfer the former Mining & Mineral Museum building in Phoenix [right] and all of its assets from the Arizona Historical Society to the Arizona Geological Survey to re-open it as the Arizona Mining, Mineral, and Natural Resources Education Museum. A hearing on the bill, SB1200, is scheduled for 9 a.m., Tuesday, February 17 in
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