People working together to ensure a healthy urban watershed with flowing rivers and streams
Collaborative Updates
Register for the Spring Forum here. We'll gather on Tanque Verde Creek on April 2nd from 9am - 3pm. This Drought Planning Workshop will include time in the creek doing a riparian health assessment, a presentation from Tucson Water Director John Kmiec on the groundbreaking facility that will turn recycled water into drinking water, and focus group sessions on drought planning and response.
Thank you to all participants and speakers for a successful Fall 2024 Forum on lower Sabino Creek. The forum summary is available here.
March 2022 | Watershed Restoration Plan adopted by Coordinating Team.
Nov 2020 | Discover more about our watershed through our interactive web map.
March 2020 | Find out what our rivers looked like historically and how they changed.
Working Groups
Restoring Flows and Floodplains
Restoring perennial and intermittent flow and native riparian habitat through holistic watershed management.
Restoring perennial and intermittent flow and native riparian habitat through holistic watershed management.
First Wednesday of the month | 3:30 - 5:00pm
Contacts: Lisa Shipek ( lisa@watershedmg.org ) or Luke Cole ( lcole@sonoraninstitute.org ).
One Water
Implementing one water system including green infrastructure to manage stormwater, and effluent recharge and reuse. One Water collaborates with, shares goals, and meets jointly with the Low Impact Development Working Group (LIDWG) and the Sustainable Cities Network’s Green Infrastructure Group.
Implementing one water system including green infrastructure to manage stormwater, and effluent recharge and reuse. One Water collaborates with, shares goals, and meets jointly with the Low Impact Development Working Group (LIDWG) and the Sustainable Cities Network’s Green Infrastructure Group.
Third Thursdays of the month | 1:30 - 3:00pm
More information is available here and the topics request form can be found here.
Contact: LIDWorkingGroup@gmail.com
Watershed Recreation + Education
Promoting education and recreation to drive awareness, connection, and stewardship of river's role on surrounding communities.
Promoting education and recreation to drive awareness, connection, and stewardship of river's role on surrounding communities.
Currently on hold. For now, our partners can share events with our contact list by submitting them to our newsletter or adding to our website calendar.
Who is the Santa Cruz Watershed Collaborative?
