River Restoration
River Run Network Restoration Workshop: Tanque Verde Plant Survey - May 9
Join WMG Staff in the Tanque Verde Creek to conduct plant surveys! As part of our Arundo removal efforts, we want to better understand how these areas will change over time. To do this, we will be collecting plant data from many areas along the creek using a method called plant transects. You'll be accompanied by WMG staff to help you learn and use this method in the field, so no experience necessary! This is a great opportunity to use plant identification skills or learn all about the riparian plants in the desert.
River Run Network Restoration Workshop: Tanque Verde Plant Survey - May 8
Join WMG Staff in the Tanque Verde Creek to conduct plant surveys! As part of our Arundo removal efforts, we want to better understand how these areas will change over time. To do this, we will be collecting plant data from many areas along the creek using a method called plant transects. You'll be accompanied by WMG staff to help you learn and use this method in the field, so no experience necessary! This is a great opportunity to use plant identification skills or learn all about the riparian plants in the desert.
Support the Community Science Effort in the Tanque Verde Creek
Join us for a hands-on science adventure as we track the creek’s recovery from invasive Arundo and restore native habitat. You'll help survey plants using a simple method called transects—no experience needed! Our team will guide you in identifying native riparian species.
River Run Network Clean Up & Arundo Removal: Pantano Creek and Ft Lowell Park
Help beautify our rivers by picking up trash + removing invasive species
We’re focusing on areas along our creeks where trash has collected and small patches of invasive Arundo have been spotted—and we need your help to clean it up and protect our waterways. This event will center around trash pickup and beautification efforts, making this vital community space cleaner, safer, and more enjoyable for people, wildlife, and future creek restoration projects. We'll also target a few small stands of Arundo to stop its spread.
River Run Network Clean Up & Arundo Removal: Pantano Creek and Ft Lowell Park
Help beautify our rivers by picking up trash + removing invasive species
We’re focusing on areas along our creeks where trash has collected and small patches of invasive Arundo have been spotted—and we need your help to clean it up and protect our waterways. This event will center around trash pickup and beautification efforts, making this vital community space cleaner, safer, and more enjoyable for people, wildlife, and future creek restoration projects. We'll also target a few small stands of Arundo to stop its spread.
A Few Spots Left to Help Beautify the Rillito This Saturday!
Summit Hut Volunteer Day
Saturday, April 19th @ 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Register Here
For this special event, we're partnering with Summit Hut! As a thank you for your hard work, they will be giving away Cotopaxi waist packs to the first 30 volunteers.
Join us on May 10th for our Sustainable Living Workshop for Renters!
Sustainable Living 101 for Renters: Easy Ways to Garden, Save Water, and Cut Waste
Saturday, May 10th, 4:30-6:00pm
1137 N Dodge Blvd
Join the River Run Network to Tackle Arundo in the Tanque Verde Creek
Exciting News: More Opportunities to Help Restore Tanque Verde Creek!
We're adding a second weekly Arundo removal event on Thursdays! Due to changes in our federal funding, we're shifting more work time to our state-funded projects — great news for the Tanque Verde ecosystem as we expand our restoration efforts.
River Run Network Restoration Workshop: Tanque Verde Arundo Removal - May 8
We are starting weekday workshops in the Tanque Verde Creek through May 2025!
Help us protect and restore the beauty and flow of Tanque Verde Creek. We're inviting people of all ages and backgrounds to join this community effort.
Work alongside WMG staff and River Run Network volunteers in a stunning riparian area to remove Arundo donax (giant reed)—an invasive plant that drinks 3-4 times more water than native species, threatens wildlife habitat, and increases flood and fire risks.
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