River Run Network

The Tanque Verde is a verdant intermitent creek running west from the base of the Rincon Mountains East of Tucson. Due to the shallow groundwater table at the headwaters, Cottonwood, Willow and other riparian tree species make this creek their home. In turn, bird, mammal, repitilian and an entrie ecosystem of life has grown along the banks of this water source.

Get out for a special creekwalk with Lisa Shipek, WMG's Executive Director and start your weekend exploring one of our lush riparian areas. We hope to see flow during this creek walk, so wear clothes and shoes you'd be comfortable getting a bit wet! We'll walk upstream along Sabino Creek, weaving through the sandy floodplain, shallow waters, and cottonwood forest. Learn more about what this area would have looked like historically and what you can do to help restore groundwater levels and regular flows.

The Tanque Verde Creek in East Tucson is a beautiful riparian oasis. With seasonal flows lasting much of the year, the area is full of life - plants, animals, and humans! Come along with Lauren Knight, River Run Network Program Manager to walk through the creek, we might even see flow!

One of the things you’ll learn on this creek walk is that the Tanque Verde Creek - like many of our other creeks - is inhabited by invasive species. WMG has received funding to remove one of these species - Arundo donax (giant reed) from the Tanque Verde.

Join our community effort to restore Tanque Verde Creek! We invite people of all ages, diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, beliefs, and many other diverse communities to participate in restoring our heritage of seasonal and year-round water flows. Come work with WMG staff and other River Run Network volunteers in a beautiful riparian area to remove this invasive species and contribute to the restoration of surface flows and the riparian forest. We are working around an area that has recently seen a return of extended, seasonal flows!

Join our community effort to restore Tanque Verde Creek! We invite people of all ages, diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, beliefs, and many other diverse communities to participate in restoring our heritage of seasonal and year-round water flows. Come work with WMG staff and other River Run Network volunteers in a beautiful riparian area to remove this invasive species and contribute to the restoration of surface flows and the riparian forest. We are working around an area that has recently seen a return of extended, seasonal flows!

Join our community effort to restore Tanque Verde Creek! We invite people of all ages, diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, beliefs, and many other diverse communities to participate in restoring our heritage of seasonal and year-round water flows. Come work with WMG staff and other River Run Network volunteers in a beautiful riparian area to remove this invasive species and contribute to the restoration of surface flows and the riparian forest. We are working around an area that has recently seen a return of extended, seasonal flows!

Join our community effort to restore Tanque Verde Creek! We invite people of all ages, diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, beliefs, and many other diverse communities to participate in restoring our heritage of seasonal and year-round water flows. Come work with WMG staff and other River Run Network volunteers in a beautiful riparian area to remove this invasive species and contribute to the restoration of surface flows and the riparian forest. We are working around an area that has recently seen a return of extended, seasonal flows!

Join our community effort to restore Tanque Verde Creek! We invite people of all ages, diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, beliefs, and many other diverse communities to participate in restoring our heritage of seasonal and year-round water flows. Come work with WMG staff and other River Run Network volunteers in a beautiful riparian area to remove this invasive species and contribute to the restoration of surface flows and the riparian forest. We are working around an area that has recently seen a return of extended, seasonal flows!

Join our community effort to restore Tanque Verde Creek! We invite people of all ages, diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, beliefs, and many other diverse communities to participate in restoring our heritage of seasonal and year-round water flows. Come work with WMG staff and other River Run Network volunteers in a beautiful riparian area to remove this invasive species and contribute to the restoration of surface flows and the riparian forest. We are working around an area that has recently seen a return of extended, seasonal flows!