River Restoration Projects
Help us remove the invasive Arundo donax plant to restore natural water flows and native habitats in the Tanque Verde Creek and beyond. Arundo grows quickly and uses up to four times the water of native plants, threatening our desert ecosystem. By volunteering with WMG's River Run Network, you can make a difference in bringing back a healthier, greener riparian forest across the Tucson Basin.Restore Tanque Verde Creek: Make Space for Cottonwood Trees
Restore Tanque Verde Creek: Join the Effort!
7th Annual Flow & Feast
A magical evening along a flowing creek in Tucson
Tanque Verde Flow & Feast 2024
Tanque Verde Flow & Feast 2024 (photo credit: Nicci Radhe)
May 4th was a special night at Tanque Verde Creek.
Watershed Management Group works with volunteers to remove Arundo from Tanque Verde Creek
Jim Washburne, project coordinator, and Lauren Knight, program manager of the River Run Network's Arundo Removal Effort for Watershed Management Group
Tucson conservation group works to aid river flow, restore land
On an overcast November morning, volunteers got to work to restore local river flow.
Watershed Management Group removes invasive plants to aid in river flow, land restoration in Tucson
TUCSON – On an overcast November morning, volunteers got to work to restore local river flow.
Help Us Restore the Flow! Learn about our Restoration Efforts in the Tanque Verde Creek
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Using a Dry Irrigation Ditch to Restore a Historic Tucson Mesquite Grove
For well over a century, the Corbett Irrigation Ditch carried water from Tanque Verde Creek to the old Fort Lowell neighborhood, where it nourished farmland and helped to sustain a thick forest of native velvet mesquite trees. Now a group of residents, historians and conservationists have launched a campaign to restore the trees and fill the ditch with water again for the first time since it mysteriously ran dry roughly a decade ago.
