“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:…
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Program area: Living Lab
Out of Crisis, We Can Lead the Way in Colorado River Solutions
This past December, the Washington Post published the article: "The Colorado River is on the Verge of Crisis. No one has the solution." I’m writing to let you…
Program area: Community Conservation
Colorado River Speaks — Are We Listening?
On June 16, 2026 Watershed Management Group, Agents of Change in Environmental Justice, Arizona State University's Kyl Center for Water Policy and Tó Nizhóní…
Program area: Development
WMG Hires New Co-Executive Director
The Board of Directors of Watershed Management Group is excited to announce that Oscar Lai joins the organization February 17 as its first Co-Executive…
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Pima County’s Plan to Add Multiple Data Centers is Not Compatible with Our Region’s Water Resilience
This article has been updated on July 13 to reflect updated stats and information We, like many of you, try our best to make choices that contribute to a…
Tackling Urban Heat Discrimination, One Rain Garden At a Time
The Amphi neighborhood is one of the hottest areas of Tucson. This historically underserved midtown neighborhood has a lack of mature vegetation, creating an…
The Story of the Tanque Verde Bosque
Have you ever sat under a grandmother tree? A grandmother tree is a large, ancient, and significant tree, and you’ll know one when you see it. There’s a…
Protecting our Rivers, Aquifers, and Forests
Take a minute to remember back to the summer of 2020. It’s a summer many will remember for a long time, in the height of the COVID pandemic. And for those…
The Fall 2024 Binational Beaver Results Are In!
We have completed our fourth and most extensive annual bi-national beaver survey on the San Pedro River! Previously, we had only surveyed sections of the upper…
Communicating Drought
At our staff meeting in mid December, I announced our rainwater tanks were almost dry. We’d been operating on rainwater all year long at our Living Lab,…
Turning Rain into Roots
Marisa is Watershed Management Group's Environmental Education Apprentice with a background in teaching creative writing. She’s passionate about sustainability…
Planting Seeds for a Better Future
“I have a strong relationship with native plants, they take care of me,” Jasmine Singer said as she looked over the native edible plant basin she helped build…
WMG’s View on Tucson’s Toilet-to-Tap
Newsflash: Tucson will be building its first facility to turn recycled wastewater into drinking water. This project — often referred to as “toilet-to-tap” —…
How Recycled Water Can Advance a Hydro-local Future
Newsflash: Tucson will be building its first facility to turn recycled wastewater into drinking water. This project — often referred to as “toilet-to-tap” —…
Your Will, Your Power: Create Prosperity For All
August is National Make-A-Will Month, and it’s a pivotal moment to harness the power of your will to ensure the long-term prosperity of people and health of…
Nurturing Hydro-Local at John B. Wright Elementary School
Our community conservation team collaborated with the enthusiastic students and staff of John B. Wright Elementary in midtown Tucson to help transform their…