The Tanque Verde Challenge Continues ~ Help Us Remove Invasive Arundo and Restore the Flow!
Join WMG’s River Run Network in continuing our effort to completely remove invasive Arundo from Tanque Verde Creek!
Since winter 2021, we’ve been hosting volunteer work days to remove Arundo donax, a thirsty invasive plant that drinks up to 3-4 times as much water as native plants and crowds out native species. We’re focusing this work in a middle stretch of Tanque Verde Creek, where Arundo is...
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The Tanque Verde Bosque in East Tucson is a shallow groundwater area, meaning there is groundwater flowing within 50 feet below the ground. The groundwater is in a small aquifer constrained by bedrock, which helps push the water towards the surface and allows for quick recharge and more surface flow. The creek is fed by rainfall and snowmelt that flows down the Catalina and Rincon Mountains, both on the surface and below ground, to recharge the aquifer. Local floodplains...
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Check out our new graphic of the Tanque Verde Creek here in Tucson, which indicates the 3 ways we are working with the community to restore the flow of this beautiful creek. Click on the image to make it larger.You can Subscribe to our Tucson Action Bulletin to receive an email every week with information about the different workshops we offer so we can get into action together!
Three Ways We Can All Work To Restore The Flow
1.- Protect the Natural Floodplain from...
Our River Run Network Program Manager (Lauren Monheim) took 11 River Run Network Members throught a flowing part of the Santa Cruz River on Saturday, July 16th, 2022.
Though none of the attendees had been in the area before, there was no hesitation for the group - they all got their feet wet! It was an inspiring way to spend a Saturday morning, discussing the Flow365 Monitoring Program, talking about effluent (treated waste water) flow and exploring the creek! The water reached thigh...
La autora de este artículo, Angélica Rascón, fue parte de nuestro equipo de pasantes en 2021 y aportó mucho en diferentes proyectos, especialmente al sur de Tucson. Se graduó de la Universidad de Arizona con una Maestría en Agua, Sociedad y Política; y aqui nos platica en este escrito lo que significa el monzón para ella y quienes la rodean.
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El Monzón
En el contexto de la lluvia, cada verano del 15 de junio al 30 de septiembre, la ciudad de Tucson presencia una de las temporadas más...
It's an important time to take action to help beavers restore Ciénega Creek! The Bureau of Land Management recently took a step toward re-establishing beavers in Las Ciénegas National Conservation Area by posting its Environmental Assessment on this proposal. Thank you to all the WMG supporters who have been part of the Release the Beavers campaign over the last three years, and the over 175 River Run Network members who recently wrote advocacy postcards to help get the Environmental...
May 9th, 2022
Right now, we have a chance to help bring beavers back to Ciénega Creek! The Bureau of Land Management in Arizona is deciding whether to move forward with a proposal to re-establish beavers in Las Ciénegas National Conservation Area near Vail. As beaver believers, WMG strongly supports this plan – beavers were long-term inhabitants of our desert rivers until the rise of fur trapping in the 1800’s, and they play a key role in slowing down flows, improving water quality and...
The author of this article, Angelica Rascon was part of our internship program in 2021 and contributed a lot in different projects, especially projects at south Tucson. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a Masters in Water, Society and Politics and, she shares with us what the monsoon means for her and those around her.
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The Monsoon
In the context of rain, every summer from June 15 to September 30, the city of Tucson witnesses one of the most anticipated rain seasons...
We had a fantastic bilingual bike ride with River Run Network members on Saturday, January 23rd! We started at Las Milpitas, where we were able to tour an amazing community farm, and then we took a bike ride along the Santa Cruz River on The Loop. Las Milpitas is a true example of community sustainability and resilience in action, and we are so grateful that they showed us around their farm with an English and Spanish tour. We also got to see flow in the Santa Cruz, and talked about our...
What is the Binational Beaver Survey?
This November and December, WMG launched its first-ever Binational Beaver Survey - an on-the-ground effort to assess how many beavers are living along the San Pedro River and some of its main tributaries on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. This data will provide information needed to support healthy beaver populations along the San Pedro long-term so that beavers can encourage healthy ecosystems by slowing down river flow, sinking groundwater,...
