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Watershed Management Group Photo Timeline

View Watershed Management Group's history in this photo gallery.

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2002: Founders, Lisa Shipek, Catlow Shipek, Jared Buono, and Sowmya Somnath, meet through the University of Arizona’s Watershed Management master’s program. WMG earns 501 (c) 3 non-profit status in 2003.
2006: WMG receives first grant to develop six water-harvesting demonstration sites in Tucson and Lisa Shipek becomes Executive Director (2nd from left). Working at Ward 3 Council office to complete rain gardens
2007: Launch Schoolyard Water Education program in Tucson.
2007: Teach 16 community water-harvesting workshops in Tucson, including the first Earth Day event with 50 volunteers.
2008: First job training program in Tucson: 10-month Water Harvesting Apprenticeship, a bilingual program in partnership with Tierra y Libertad.
2008: Start Tucson Green Living Co-op; program has 70 members & 12 workshops in the 1st year.
2009: Neighborhood-scale green infrastructure model created in Tucson, transforming 10 city blocks in Rincon Heights neighborhood through 12 workshops with 200 volunteers. Project wins “Making Arizona Competitive in the 21st Century Award” from American Planning Association.
2009: Work with Manzo Elementary in Tucson to install rain tanks and rain gardens through Schoolyard program, funded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
2010: Conserve to Enhance pilot launched with 60 participants in partnership with Sonoran Institute and UA Water Resources Research Center. Participants install water-harvesting projects to conserve water. Money saved on the water bill is donated to wash and river restoration projects.
2011: Launch Phoenix branch; install first projects through the Green Living Co-op and Green Streets programs.
2011: Win YouTube DoGooder Award with “It’s In Your Hands” video on sanitation; video receives more than 100,000 views. Run School Handwashing program in India.
2012: Broaden environmental education through Soil Stewards program, including a composting toilet pilot program.
2012: Create Drinking Water program in India through spring box and watershed restoration with three villages and local partner Grampari.
2013: Begin development of Living Lab & Learning Center in Tucson at property inherited from donor Marguerite Fisher.
2013: WMG offers Design Build services for commercial landscapes and create a green infrastructure demonstration site at the Tucson Association of Realtors office.
2014: Host Mesquite Pancake Breakfast at Living Lab & Learning Center with 500 people in attendance.
2014: WMG ramps up efforts to care for rain garden demonstration sites through the Monsoon Squad program with City of Tucson contract for the care of four city council office landscapes.
2015: WMG launches campaign to restore flow to Sabino Creek