Dragonfly Day on the Santa Cruz 2023
FREE EVENT / Family friendly Join us for our 5th annual celebration of dragonflies on the Santa Cruz River. There are many ways to learn and explore this year, from a community science… MORE ›
Garbology Revisited: Tracking trash in the Santa Cruz River – Tucson Sentinel
Luke Cole and our 2022-2023 UA Earth Grant students talk “trash” with Tucson Sentinel. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/070523_trash_santa_cruz/garbology-revisited-tracking-trash-santa-cruz-river/
Santa Cruz River Research Days Recap 2023
“I know that a great deal of collaboration that went onto include so many entities – solutions to our environmental problems will only be solved through such collaborative actions. I like facts and… MORE ›
History of monsoon in Tucson: Santa Cruz River record flood of 1983 – KGUN9
Luke Cole, our director of the Santa Cruz River program, speaks about the history of the Santa Cruz River and its importance to the communities that have inhabited the valley for the last… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River 5/20 Cleanup
REGISTER Meet us Saturday, May 20 from 9am to 11am to help keep our river clean! We’ll be parking along Riverside Drive and meeting up at 514 Riverside Dr. Together, we can exceed… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River Bounces Back – KGUN9
“[Luke] Cole says Pima County voters helped power the recovery by approving a bond issue that helped cover the cost but there’s still more work to be done on a historic river that… MORE ›
WRRC Seminar Series: A Living River – The Santa Cruz River from Mexico to Marana
In February 2023, Sonoran Institute presented at the University of Arizona’s Water Resources Research Center’s Seminar Series. The Santa Cruz River has long been the backbone of the region’s natural and cultural heritage.… MORE ›
A Journey Along the Santa Cruz River Continues
This is part two of a series – read part one here. Here, the journey continues of water along the Santa Cruz River’s course, taken up by a distant cousin by union to… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River Research Days/Días de Investigación del Río Santa Cruz
HYBRID IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENT HÍBRIDO CON OPCIONES PARA SER EN PERSONA Y VIRTUAL This FREE event is a venue for learning about research and conservation efforts while exploring the Santa Cruz River’s natural… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River Cleanup & Fundraiser
Meet us Saturday, February 25th, from 10 am to 12 pm to help keep our river clean! We’ll be parking and meeting up at 2301 Forbes Blvd. We will be working to remove… MORE ›
A Journey Along the Santa Cruz River
For many of its miles, the Santa Cruz River is a dry sandy bed inhabited by tough desert creatures and vegetation. From headwaters in the Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona to its confluence… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River Cleanup
This Saturday, October 22 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., we will be meeting at 4 different locations along the Santa Cruz River to help keep our river flowing clean! Site 1 –… MORE ›
A Living River: Charting Santa Cruz River Conditions Downtown Tucson to Marana (2021 Water Year)
This report includes Santa Cruz River conditions in the flowing reaches of the Heritage Project and northwest Tucson to Marana during the 2021 water year (October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021). To… MORE ›
Dragonfly Day on the Santa Cruz 2022
FREE EVENT Saturday, October 1, Sonoran Institute will again team up with the University of Arizona, Pima County Natural Resources Parks & Recreation, the Town of Marana, and Mission Garden to bring… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River Research Days Recap 2022
“The cultural history of the Santa Cruz is a rich, complex, and fascinating one. For starters, the Santa Cruz is the reason we can call Tucson home. And its waters have supported people… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River Ask Me Anything
Last month our Santa Cruz River team was invited to do an Ask Me Anything on the Tucson subreddit. The online group is focused on Tucson-specific issues and news and has more than… MORE ›
Días de Investigación del Río Santa Cruz
Este evento GRATUITO es un lugar para aprender sobre los esfuerzos de investigación y conservación mientras exploras los recursos naturales y culturales del río Santa Cruz. A través de presentaciones, paneles y discusiones… MORE ›
Santa Cruz River Research Days 2022
virtual presentations and in-person tour This FREE event is a venue for learning about research and conservation efforts while exploring the Santa Cruz River’s natural and cultural resources. Through presentations, panels, and open discussion, we… MORE ›
Water for the Santa Cruz River Ecosystem
Bringing water from the Conservation Effluent Pool into action. Good news broke last March at Santa Cruz River Research Days: Pima County received approval to permanently allocate water to sustain river flows benefiting… MORE ›
A Living River: Charting Santa Cruz River Conditions Downtown Tucson to Marana (2020 Water Year)
This report includes Santa Cruz River conditions in the flowing reaches of the Heritage Project and northwest Tucson to Marana during the 2020 water year (October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020). To… MORE ›