Join Trevor Hare and local residents at our very first floodplain restoration project site in Midvale Park. This project took an overlooked, barren site and added basins, stormwater, and plantings to turn the empty space into a riot of plants. We will clean out tumbleweed and buffelgrass to make more room for the amazing growth of native plants. It really is a riot!
The story of desert rivers has been a tragic one, with our springs, creeks, and rivers drying up – losing our ribbons of green, cool respites, and essential recreation and wildlife areas.
If we had a flowing river near Tucson, wouldn’t you want to make sure it stayed that way? We would! Tucson actually has a little-known gem like this. A 23-mile stretch of the Santa Cruz River as it runs north out of Tucson enjoys year-round flows supported by effluent, or treated wastewater. The water is cleaned and released into the river channel from two water treatment facilities near Roger and Ina Roads.
