Explore and Restore the Santa Cruz River [May 22nd]
Join us for the Santa Cruz River Clean Up
River Restoration
River Run Network Restoration Workshop: Tanque Verde Arundo Removal - May 25
05/25/2024 - 7:30am
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!
My Arundo Removal Experience - An Intern's Perspective on Eradicating an Invasive Species
Hi, my name is Julia and I am the River Run Network intern for Fall 2022 - Spring 2023. I started my internship with Watershed Management Group in August 2022 and my first Arundo pull was a warm September day. I remember seeing this invasive plant all around the Tanque Verde Creek, taking up so much space in the creek.
Efforts to remove invasive giant reed in Arizona rivers and lakes continues with Department of Forestry grants
When Arundo grows, it creates a root base around native plants, causing an uplift by raising plants and disrupting the natural
WMG wins Colorado River Basin Water Scarcity Challenge, to scale-up and finance groundwater conservation programs in Sabino and Tanque Verde watersheds
WMG is one of three winners of the Colorado River Basin Water Scarcity Challenge, offered by The Gates and Walton Family Foundations.
Help Us Remove Invasive Arundo and Restore the Flow!
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!
Groundwater Supports Creek Flow in the Tanque Verde Bosque
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Three Ways We Can All Work To Restore The Flow
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Santa Cruz River Flows - Walking Through Effluent Waters
Invasive Species: Arundo
We join volunteers with Watershed Management Group as they attempt to remove Arundo donax (giant reed), from Tanque Verde Creek in east Tucson. Arundo is classified as a noxious weed by the state of Arizona and can out-compete native plants for access to water and sunlight. It can increase flood risks and even carry wildfire. Learn more about the plant, and what can be done to eradicate it from Arizona’s streams and rivers. More...
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