Living River – Charting The Health Of The Upper Santa Cruz River 2008 Water Year
Contents: The Upper Santa Cruz River: A Living Ecosystem Assessing the health of the Upper Santa Cruz River Aquatic Indicators Riparian Indicators Health Assessment Summary Future Work and Get Involved
Living River – Charting The Health Of The Upper Santa Cruz River 2009 Water Year
Contents: The Upper Santa Cruz River: A Living Ecosystem Assessing the health of the Upper Santa Cruz River Water Resources Aquatic Indicators Riparian Indicators Ecological Health Summary
A Living River – Charting The Health Of The Upper Santa Cruz River (2010 Water Year)
The Living River series began with a baseline study in the 2008 water year (October 1, 2007–September 30, 2008) to assess the health of a 20-mile stretch of the river in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, from Rio Rico to Amado. This third annual Living River report summarizes results from the 2010 water year (October 1, 2009–September 30, 2010).
Living River – Charting Wetland Conditions of the Lower Santa Cruz River 2013 Water Year 09.29.2014
The Living River series tracks river conditions of the Santa Cruz River. This report is the first for the Lower Santa Cruz River and reports conditions for 16 indicators of river health. This… MORE ›
Living River – Charting Wetland Conditions of the Lower Santa Cruz River 2014 Water Year 06.05.2015
The Living River series tracks river conditions of the Santa Cruz River. This report is the second for the Lower Santa Cruz River and provides a summary of the initial improvements after the… MORE ›
Living River – Charting the Health of the Upper Santa Cruz River 2008-2014
The Living River series tracks river conditions of the Santa Cruz River. This report is a special update for the Upper Santa Cruz River and provides a summary of the changes between 2008 and 2014. Separate Living River reports are available for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 water years.
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 ›