Last Tuesday, September 22nd, during the Mayor and Council’s Regular Meeting public forum, community members came together to make their voices heard. We want…
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Program area: River Run Network
Tucson’s Large Quantity Water User Ordinance: Updates and Community Appreciation
Program area: Living Lab
Community Through Conservation
During a recent Welcome Center shift, Co-Executive Director Oscar Lai picked up the phone and spoke to someone who had…
Program area: Community Conservation
Stewardship and Fellowship with Pastor Amalia
If you’ve ever been a part of a Watershed project, then you know that something special happens when communities gather to…
Program area: Development
Stewardship and Fellowship with Pastor Amalia
If you’ve ever been a part of a Watershed project, then you know that something special happens when communities gather to…
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Tucson’s Large Quantity Water User Ordinance: Updates and Community Appreciation
Last Tuesday, September 22nd, during the Mayor and Council’s Regular Meeting public forum, community members came together to make their voices heard. We want…
Stewardship and Fellowship with Pastor Amalia
If you’ve ever been a part of a Watershed project, then you know that something special happens when communities gather to…
Cultivating Community Through Conservation
Meet Dr. Megan Carney, a professor at the University of Arizona who researches water insecurity and a Watershed Management…
I Spy Fireflies!
A group of teenage scouts and their parents hiked down the Arizona trail in the waning light, just as the sun was setting on a 108-degree day. My husband…
Restoring Flow to the San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation
Since time immemorial, various groups of O’odham resided on and stewarded the land that we now know as Tucson. Within the…
Returning to Relationship with Our Rivers
What if we thought about the Colorado River not as a resource—but as a neighbor, friend or relative?For many Indigenous…
A Cooler Future for Phoenix Youth
Did you know that in 2024 there were 188 days of 100 degree weather in Phoenix? This is compared with a historic decade-long average of 117 from 2010-2019.…
Community Through Conservation
During a recent Welcome Center shift, Co-Executive Director Oscar Lai picked up the phone and spoke to someone who had…
The (Life)force Was with Us at Flow & Feast
“Help us, Jim Washburne! You’re our only hope!” So spoke the River Fairy (AKA Co-Executive Director Lisa Shipek) in our Spring 2026 production of Arundo:…
Urgent Revisions Needed for the Large Quantity Water Users Ordinance
It’s been one year since the Mayor and Council rushed through a Large Quantity Water User Ordinance to protect Tucson from data centers. The Mayor and Council…
A Rare Sighting on the San Pedro: Results from Our Fifth Annual Beaver Survey
On December 6th, beneath a canopy of cottonwoods turning gold and amber, our survey team stepped carefully through the muddy banks of the lower San Pedro River…
Treated Groundwater Creates Thriving Willow Forest in Santa Cruz River
Have you ever wondered what the Santa Cruz river looked like in the past, when it used to flow? We had the exciting opportunity to see what a desert riparian…