January 2013 --

This report seeks to identify the steps that must be taken next to achieve the Arizona we want. "Places left in their native state, and familiar to us from our earliest years, form our concepts of beauty and home," says Maria Baier, CEO of the Sonoran Institute and a participant in this project. 

Read the report.Find out more at www.thearizonawewant.org

Nov. 21, 2012 – Arizona Land Commissioner Maria Baier, who has worked for two Republican governors and served on the Phoenix City Council, will leave state government to become chief executive of the Sonoran Institute. "I'm really excited about it," Baier said of her new job. "They do great work. They really try very hard to bring diverse interests together on land issues that affect the western United States." Read the Arizona Republic story by Craig Harris

AZ Land Chief Takes Over as Sonoran Institute CEO
Nov. 24, 2012 - After running the State Land Department for more than three years, Maria Baier will take over the reins of a Tucson conservation group that has spent most of its 21 years trying to reform the laws governing state land. Read the Arizona Daily Star story by Tony Davis.