Dragonfly Festival Tours
Posted July 8, 2024

Join Sonoran Institute and local experts to search for dragonflies at one of four locations. Discover dragonflies with experts at four locations, including walking river tours in the Santa Cruz River channel. Family… MORE ›

Bugs & Bites
Posted July 8, 2024

6:00 P.M. – 9 P.M.  FREE EVENT / FAMILY FRIENDLY / Accessible in english and spanish As part of this year’s Santa Cruz River Dragonfly Festival, we are pleased to host our third… MORE ›

Unlocking WaterSMART Funding in Colorado – WEBINAR
Posted May 22, 2024

Unlocking WaterSMART Funding in Colorado – WEBINAR Join us and WaterNow Alliance for insights and success stories from Colorado communities With the once in a generational influx of funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure… MORE ›

Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill Lecture Series
Posted September 10, 2020

Various dates 6-7:30 PM VIRTUAL EVENTS FREE Past, Present, and Future of the Santa Cruz River Heritage Reach The Santa Cruz River was the life blood of the earliest human settlements in Tucson (Chukshon,… MORE ›

Dragonfly Day on the Santa Cruz River
Posted September 9, 2020

9 – 11:30 AM Virtual event FREE Celebrate the colorful dragonflies living along the Santa Cruz River! Event schedule: 9 to 10 a.m. Meet the Santa Cruz River! Learn about dragonflies and river ecology… MORE ›

Growing Water Smart Across Colorado
Posted August 11, 2020

Virtual Workshop Integrated Water and Land Use Planning Workshop This Growing Water Smart workshop for Colorado towns, cities, and counties across Colorado helps bridge the gap between water management and land use planning… MORE ›

Go West, Young Podcast: Live Broadcast!
Posted August 22, 2019

3:30-5PM American Eat Co. & Market North room 1439 S. 4th ave Tucson, az 85701 Go West, Young Podcast coming to you live! Join Stephanie Sklar, our CEO, on August 29th for a… MORE ›

Growing Water Smart on Colorado’s Front Range
Posted May 21, 2019

Estes Park, CO Integrated Water and Land Use Planning Workshop This Growing Water Smart workshop for Colorado Communities on the Front Range helps bridge the gap between water management and land use planning to… MORE ›

Growing Water Smart in the Headwaters
Posted February 14, 2019

Keystone, CO Integrated Water and Land Use Planning Workshop This Growing Water Smart workshop for Colorado Communities in the Water Quality/Quantity Committee helps bridge the gap between water management and land use planning to build… MORE ›

Growing Water Smart Webinar Series
Posted April 20, 2018

A growing population, deepening water scarcity and longer, more severe droughts present tough challenges for many communities. Adopting proven methods to better manage water resources will build resilience for your community’s future. Join us for the… MORE ›

10th Annual Santa Cruz River Research Days
Posted March 16, 2018

Pima Community College – Desert Vista Campus This FREE annual event is a venue for learning about research and conservation efforts exploring the Santa Cruz River’s natural and cultural resources. Inspire new research questions. Strengthen… MORE ›

California Desert Forums
Posted June 20, 2017

On June 12th at the Pentagon, Sonoran Institute, released a groundbreaking report detailing how military missions in the California Desert region are at risk. In this new report, our organization establishes a strategy to… MORE ›

Santa Cruz River Research Days
Posted January 12, 2017

This FREE annual event is a venue for learning about research and conservation efforts that pertain to the natural and cultural resources along the Santa Cruz River. Our goals for this event are to trigger new research questions, promote… MORE ›

Flowing Gems at the Southern Arizona Work Space
Posted September 14, 2016

Do you know the Santa Cruz River is Tucson’s Living River? Come learn more about this flowing gem. That’s right, though many residents are familiar with its dry stretches, our river has stretches that… MORE ›