River Restoration
River Run Network Creek Walk: Santa Cruz Cortaro NarrowsRiver Run Network Creek Walk: Rio Vista at Sunset
08/14/2025 - 6:00pm
Join Catlow Shipek, WMG's Sr. Program Director, 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—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.
River Run Network Creek Walk: Santa Cruz Cortaro Narrows
07/12/2025 - 8:00am
Join us to explore the flowing Santa Cruz River at Twin Peaks Rd! Thanks to upstream effluent, this stretch flows year-round, supporting wildlife and native vegetation, and is about to receive an exciting update. Pima County Flood Control is enhancing the area with a wildlife ramp, stream restoration, grade control structures, revegetation, and invasive species removal.
Love the rain? Help us track the flow with the Flow365 Monitoring Program!
Join the Flow365 Monitoring Program!
Support Community Science in our City
Tuesday, August 5th @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm
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Flow365 New Monitor Training
08/05/2025 - 5:30pm
Join the Flow365 Monitoring Program! - Support Community Science in our City
The River Run Network is looking for passionate community members in Tucson and surrounding areas to help monitor flow in our creeks and rivers through our Flow365 Monitoring Program.
A Few Spots Left to Help Beautify the Rillito This Saturday!
Summit Hut Volunteer Day
Saturday, April 19th @ 4:30pm - 6:30pm
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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.
Cool your space down by 5 degrees with our Cooling Consultations.
Cooling Consultations
Contact Nicole Parks at nparks@watershedmg.org
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.
3 Months Left to Support Arundo Removal in the Tanque Verde Creek
We've got 3 more months to tackle Arundo this season! Arundo grows aggressively, consuming precious water, crowding out native plants, and increasing flood and fire risks. By removing this invasive species, we’re making space for native vegetation, improving groundwater recharge, and working toward a future with restored creek flow.
Restore the Rillito this Month with the River Run Network
Join the River Run Network for restoration workshops in the Rillito this month, where we’ll remove invasive Arundo and clean up trash to help restore this vital habitat.
Arundo (giant reed) threatens our local waterways by outcompeting native plants and reducing water flow—but together, we can make a difference! Come out to Brandi Fenton Park on March 1st and 15th to support.
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