River Run Network

Join this year’s Beavers and Brews festivities to dive into the world of beavers, river restoration, and what you can do to help restore our wetlands. Grab dinner from food trucks and enjoy refreshments of all kinds, including rainwater tea, kombucha, Maui Brewing, and Whiskey del Bac making beaver-themed cocktails. Experience WMG’s hydro-local Living Lab, watch a beaver puppet show, and get to know our creek names. This is a night not to miss at WMG’s hydro-local Living Lab, so bring a friend, family, or significant other to spread the word and build our beaver believer community.

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.

Join Jace Lankow, Desert Rivers Restoration Manager, and Mike Shaw, HawkWatch International for a guided walk to assess recent restoration activities at and learn about the birds of prey of the Rio Vista Natural Resource Park in midtown Tucson—a living example of what’s possible when neighbors, nonprofits, and the City come together to protect and restore our local rivers. Rio Vista is protected as one of Tucson's few natural resource parks—preserving habitat, landscape, and native vegetation while offering a peaceful space for passive recreation.

Be the Beaver! 

Be the Beaver!