An Update From Our CEO
I want to thank each and every one of you for the critical role you play in making our work possible. This past year demonstrated that with perseverance and dedication we will thrive.… MORE ›
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Welcome to the Laguna Grande Interpretive Center
Collaboration made it possible Have you ever seen how an ant colony moves at full-speed around their hill? They might look frantic and confused but also completely unstoppable? That was us, the Sonoran… MORE ›
Rain Garden to Address Flooding with Desert Plants on Tucson’s South Side
Sonoran Institute and Watershed Management Group to host a public celebration at new demonstration site TUCSON, Arizona (Jan. 30, 2018) – The newly built rain garden demonstration site at New Hope/Nueva Esperanza United… MORE ›
What Does Water Taste Like?
Do you remember what water tasted like as a kid? For me, it’s a very vivid taste; and, I’m surprised about how many memories of drinking water I have! There were rules, of… MORE ›
New program aims to integrate land use planning and water management in the West
Resilient Communities and Watersheds kicks off next week in Colorado KEYSTONE, Colorado (Sept. 5, 2017) – The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Sonoran Institute are teaming up to address a critical need… MORE ›
Sonoran Institute’s Efforts Yield Recommendations for the Town of Wickenburg and the I-11 Corridor
WICKENBURG, Ariz. (May 8, 2017) — After spending the summer and fall of 2016 participating in a community engagement project which included a youth art exercise, a community survey and a multi-day charrette,… MORE ›
Wickenburg Citizens Plan for the Future
For decades, Arizona has seen the positive effects of sharing an international border with Mexico. Expanded trade has a significant effect across the State as a whole; but in particular, in local communities… MORE ›
Our Response to the 2016 Presidential Election
We, as a country, are faced with many unanswered questions after Tuesday’s presidential election. I will try briefly to answer just one…. What does the 2016 presidential election mean for the Sonoran Institute?… MORE ›
What do Minutes Have to do with Water?
Folks have been pretty excited at the Sonoran Institute offices recently as a new scientific report for the IBWC was released with interim results from the Minute 319 pulse flow. And while… MORE ›
Celebrating the Mexicali Fluye Project
This September, the Sonoran Institute gathered with our agency partners to celebrate the Mexicali Fluye project, which is a new and innovative program that is transforming Mexicali’s drainages from dumping grounds to community… MORE ›
Desert Alive
Bor∙der (noun). A line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries. Countries, people, wildlife and even water. Edward Abbey said that there is no shortage of water in the Southwest desert but… MORE ›
The Living River of Your Community
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 ›