ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE +

ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG = WATER TO OUR WILDLIFE

USING RECYCLED, DONATED SOLAR MODULES TO TURN SUNSHINE INTO POWER FOR WATER FOR OUR WILDLIFE

OVER 30 PROJECTS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH THESE SOLAR MODULES

• SOLAR MODULES THAT APS DONATES TO ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG COME FROM SOLAR FARMS THAT ARE INSPECTED REGULARLY AND THEN THE MODULES ARE REPLACED BY MANDATE. ONCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THEY ARE TESTED BY THE SOLAR MODULE EXPERTS AT APS AND ALL MODULES THAT ARE TESTED “POSITIVE” ARE THEN DONATED TO OUR ORGANIZATION FOR PROJECTS ON THE GROUND. SIDE NOTE: MOST IF NOT ALL OF THESE MODULES HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 30 YEARS!

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SOLAR MODULES HAVE MANY USES AND APPLICATIONS

• WINDMILL CONVERSION INTO SOLAR POWER

• WINDMILLS ARE HARD TO REPAIR AND FAIL AT A VERY HIGH RATE. SOLAR MODULES ARE PLACED ON THE WINDMILL STRUCTURE AND A PUMP IS LOWERED INTO THE WELL. THE SYSTEM IS CONTROLLED BY THE CONTROL MODULE AND WILL DETECT ANY ISSUES BEFORE THERE IS A FAILURE TO THE PUMP.

• COMPLETE SOLAR POWERED WELLS TO HOLDING TANKS TO TROUGHS

• THESE PROJECTS AE THE MOST LABOR INTENSIVE. THE DESIGN MUST BE DONE PRIOR TO ANY WORK STARTED. EACH PROJECT LIKE THESE ARE ENGINEERED FOR DROP IN ELEVATION, RISE IN ELEVATION, DEEPNESS OF THE WELL, AND MANY OTHER DETAILS BEFORE WE CAN EVEN THINK ABOUT BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION. THEN WE NEED TO GET ALL NEPA CLEARANCES ON NATIONAL FOREST AND ANY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT HAS TO BE DONE! MANY, MANY HOURS ARE SPENT ON THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH APS AND RANCHERS LOWER OUR COSTS SO WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOAL. THE RESULTS ARE ALWAYS THE SAME! WATER FOR OUR WILDLIFE.

• ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 35 MILE LONG PIPELINE PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT WILL BRING WATER TO ALL WILDLIFE ON THE 51 RANCH IN UNIT 21 (NORTH AND JUST EAST OF CAREFREE. THIS PROJECT WILL REQUIRE MANY MODULES THAT ARE DONATED TO US FROM APS.

THE IRONY • THE SAME SOURCE THAT SUCKS THE WATER OUT OF EVERY TANK AND WATER CATCHMENT

WE HAVE IN OUR STATE IS THE SAME SOURCE THAT WILL PRODUCE THE POWER TO GENERATE THE PRESSURE TO PULL THE WATER FROM THE WELLS WE HAVE TO THE WATER TANKS AND TROUGHS. WITHOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE THERE WOULD BE A MAJOR COST TO ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. AT OVER $300.00 PER MODULE THE COST WOULD BE SUCH THAT THERE WOULD BE MANY PROJECTS PUT ON HOLD AND NOT GET DONE IN OUR GREAT STATE. THIS YEAR ALONE APS HAS DONATED OVER 700 MODULES TO THE ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG AND OVER HALF OF THOSE ARE GENERATING SOLAR POWER RIGHT NOW AND PUMPING WATER TO MUCH NEEDED CATCHMENTS AND TROUGHS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA.

• SUNSHINE MAKING WATER!

WHERE DO WE USE THESE MODULES?

• IN THE CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST WE HAVE 27 MODULES THAT ARE NOW GENERATING SOLAR POWER TO 13 NEW WATERS. SOME OF THESE WATERS HAVE NOT HELD WATER DUE TO DROUGHT IS OVER 30 YEARS!

• THERE ARE MANY MORE MODULES IN MANY OF OUR NATIONAL FORESTS, NOT JUST THE CORONADO. COCONINO, TONTO, AND KAIBAB ARE UTILIZING THESE MODULES AS WELL.

• ARIZONA GAME AND FISH CATCHMENTS THAT WERE ONLY POWERED BY BATTERIES THAT THE WILDLIFE MANGER HAD TO BRING IN AND PUMP WATER WITH CAR BATTERY POWER. NOW THE SUN DOES THAT AND ALLEVIATES THE COST FOR EXPENSIVE CAR BATTERY’S.

• RANCHERS ARE SOME OF OUR BEST PARTNERS AND SEVERAL OF THOSE RANCHERS HAVE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH US TO GENERATE WATER FOR CATTLE AND WILDLIFE. EACH RANCHER AGREES TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND TO KEEP THEIR WATER FLOWING 24/7 365 DAYS A YEAR. MANY TIMES A RANCHER WILL PLACE WATER WHERE NO CATTLE WILL EVER GRAZE BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE WILDLIFE ON THEIR RANCH.

• BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: MANY AREAS THAT ONCE HELD GRAZING LEASES ARE NO LONGER USED FOR RANCHING AND ALL OF THOSE RANCHES HAD WINDMILLS. WE HAVE WORKED WITH BLM TO RETROFIT WINDMILLS FOR SOLAR POWER AND NOW THEY HAVE WATER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

• STATE PARKS: WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING WITH THE STATE PARKS TO BEGIN PROJECTS WITH THEM THAT WILL REQUIRE SOLAR MODULES. THESE PARKS HAVE SEVERAL AREAS THAT NEED WATER AND SOLAR WILL BE USED TO GENERATE THE WATER.

SOME OF OUR WORK WITH SOLAR MODULES THAT ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE HAS DONATED TO THE

ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG • BUILDING THE STRUCTURE TO HOLD THE MODULES AND WIRING THE MODULES TO THE CONTROL PANEL

APS SOLAR MODULES AT WORK FOR WILDLIFE

MORE APPLICATIONS APS + ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG =

WATER FOR ALL LIVING THINGS

APS AND ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG WILL BE PARTNERS IN THE FUTURE AND ALL WILDLIFE WILL

BENEFIT FROM THIS PARTNERSHIP • THIS WEEK WE WILL GO AND PICK UP ANOTHER 312 MODULES AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE

HAVE PROJECTS LINED UP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WILL DEPEND ON THESE MODULES. WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF APS WE CAN STRETCH THE “HARD TO GENERATE CASH” EVEN FURTHER AND DO MUCH MORE FOR LESS. IF NOT FOR OUR STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH APS AND THEIR DESIRE TO PUT BACK INTO THEIR COMMUNITY WE WOULD NOT BE AS PROJECT STRONG AS WE ARE TODAY! WITH SOLAR MODULES WE CAN APPLY OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS TO A PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTE IN WAYS WE JUST COULDN’T IF NOT FOR THE APS MODULES. OUR GRATITUDE TO APS IS BEYOND WORDS AND OUR WILDLIFE ARE MUCH HEALTHIER FROM THE WATER THAT THE APS MODULES HELP GENERATE.

IF YOU SEE THIS GETTING PULLED DOWN THE ROAD THEN YOU KNOW YOUR WILDLIFE WILL BE GETTING WATER, THANKS TO APS AND THE ARIZONA MULE DEER ORG

SHAMELESS PLUG FOR VOLUNTEERS! IF YOUR BUSINESS ALLOWS VOLUNTEER TIME FOR YOUR

EMPLOYEES PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING ON OUR PROJECTS! WHAT YOU SEE IN RETURN WILL MAKE YOU PROUD YOU ARE A PART OF

THE PARTNERSHIP!