Tracking Your Living River’s Health
Posted July 12, 2016

by Claire Zugmeyer If you live in Tucson, Arizona, the Santa Cruz is your Living River. Though many locals are familiar with the dry stretch visible from downtown, residents are often surprised to… MORE ›

Living River - Charting Wetland Conditions of the Lower Santa Cruz River 2015 Water Year
Living River 2016 Report Release Event

What’s Happening? Hey Tucson! Do you know the Living River in our community? The Santa Cruz River is Tucson’s Living River! And, we’re celebrating the river on July 21 with the release of our newest report… MORE ›

A Living River: Supplementary Data for 2013 to 2015

The Living River reports were developed to annually gauge conditions of this valuable ecosystem, the Santa Cruz River, and track the impacts of our community investment. This supplementary report summarizes data from the 2013, 2014, and 2015 water years. The report provides details on the water context and data for 16 indicators of river health.

The Living River of Your Community
Posted April 25, 2016

What is a river to a desert? A source of life, a safe haven for plants and animals, perhaps a place to have your next weekend picnic? How about all of those things.… MORE ›

Living River Celebration

What’s the “Living River” The Living River project, a joint initiative of the Sonoran Institute and Pima County, is a special series on the Santa Cruz River, which aims to assess the wetland… MORE ›

Living River Presentation

What We Do in the Santa Cruz The Santa Cruz River Initiative is focused on restoration of watershed health with an aim to improve local water supplies. Our overall goals are to: secure… MORE ›

Endangered Fish Rediscovered in Santa Cruz River
Posted December 4, 2015

Return Demonstrates Role of Recycled Wastewater in Ecosystem Recovery “We have seen such an improvement in water quality from a 2009 upgrade to the international wastewater treatment plant that we knew Gila topminnow… MORE ›

Landing Place/Lugar de aterrizaje

ART INSTALLATION As part of this year’s Santa Cruz River Dragonfly Festival, Sonoran Institute is pleased to partner with Maxie Adler and Kimi Eisele to bring back their art installation that made its… MORE ›

Dragonfly Festival Tours

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

Cyclovia Tucson

Join us for this Fall’s Cyclovia Tucson with Living Streets Alliance. We’ll be hosting our mock-fish survey, working on a community art project, and talking about the work we do on the Santa… MORE ›

Dragoon Fall Warehouse Market

Join us at Dragoon’s Fall Warehouse Market Saturday, October 26, 2024 12:00 PM -4:00 PM Dragoon Brewing Co.1859 W Grant Rd #111Tucson, AZ 85745USA (map) They open their warehouse to all local vendors for… MORE ›

Dragonfly Festival Tours

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 ›

Here Fishy-Fishy! The 2023 SI fish survey 
Posted March 26, 2024

In late 2023, blue skies and sunshine found Sonoran Institute staff, partners, and friends knee-deep in water for our 16th annual fish survey. Their objective: identify which fish species are currently observed in… MORE ›

Bugs and Brews at Playground Bar & Lounge

6:00 P.M. – 9 P.M.  FREE EVENT / FAMILY FRIENDLY  You’ve likely heard about dragonflies along the Santa Cruz River, but did you know we have fireflies too? Join Sonoran Institute’s Santa Cruz… MORE ›

An Update From Our CEO
Posted April 22, 2021

The Colorado River Gives Life Now we must give life back to the Colorado River. The Colorado River has been a life source for centuries. As the most iconic river in the West,… MORE ›