River Run Network Restoration Workshop: Sabino Canyon Recreation Area - [Tuesday, March 17]

Gain hands-on experience at this arroyo restoration workshop by helping enhance floodplain habitat along Sabino Creek at the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area. 

In order to slow flows, retain sediment, and enhance infiltration to benefit the downstream Sabino Creek shallow groundwater riparian ecosystem. WMG employs low-tech process-based restoration strategies to slow flows, retain sediment, and enhance infiltration to benefit the downstream Sabino Creek shallow groundwater riparian ecosystem. 

You will learn approaches to slowing, spreading, and infiltrating water within arroyo corridors and how these efforts can actually improve water quality and water infiltration to benefit the overall riparian health of the area. You can expect to learn how to build rock grade control structures called one rock dams (ORDs) and how to promote native vegetation recruitment within these treatment areas.

This event is organized through WMG’s River Run Network (RRN). The RRN is a program that honors the heritage of our rivers and the value that water holds for the peoples of Southern Arizona. We acknowledge the indigenous communities that have respected and stewarded our rivers for thousands of years and the Pascua Yaqui, Tohono O’odham, and Latino communities that continue to steward the rivers today. Members work together to learn about and steward our rivers through creek walks, restoration activities, river clean-ups, and educational workshops. If you are not yet a member, we will add you to the RRN when you register for this event. Membership is free and includes a regular e-newsletter with upcoming events.