River Run Network Creek Walk: Flowing Waters- From Farms to River Restoration

By late 1800s this part of Tucson was a productive farmland irrigated by waters from the Santa Cruz River conveyed by a canal dug by Warren Allison and his team. Later this was called the Allison Ditch. By 1940, urbanization started to be a steady force of changing the landscape to what is call now the Flowing Well section of Tucson. Currently WMG, Pima County Flood Control, Flowing Wells Neighborhood Association, and neighbors-community members are working with the implementation of Green Infrastructure to diminish flooding issues, establish green spaces, bring beauty and diminish heat island. Join Cultural Ecologist Dr. Joaquin Murrieta, Designer Nichole Casebeer and Kevin and Marie Daily (authors of Flowing Wells: Images of America), We will explore pass-present and future of this important sector of Tucson and the current efforts of green infrastructure and river restoration. We will gather at the Rain Garden site on N Shannon Rd, do light maintenance work at the rain gardens for one hour, walk to the Flowing Wells District Park and the Rillito River and back to Shannon Rain Gardens.