Hands-on research connects classrooms with local conservation efforts The Cottonwood School District has partnered with Friends of the Verde River to launch an exciting new educational initiative: the Verde Watershed Fellowship Research Project. This program offers students a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on, real-world science while helping protect one of Arizona’s most important natural […]
Recently on a field trip to Montezuma Well, Dr. Larry Stevens, Director of the Springs Stewardship Institute, explained that it took up to 13,000 years for water to flow underground from the San Francisco Peaks to the well and theoretically the water in well could possibly include mastodon DNA. That opened a larger discussion of […]
As I have mentioned in earlier articles, I grew up on a Midwestern farm. As a child, one of the most magical times was in June just after twilight when the lawn and surrounding fields were filled with fireflies. My sisters, brother and I spent many evenings chasing them around our home in soft last […]
An illustrated textbook, the Verde River Basin Water-Resources Primer – Understanding Our Water and Our Verde River Basin, was produced by the Verde River Basin Partnership, a science-based educational outreach organization, which merged into Friends of the Verde River in 2017. The purpose of this Primer is to provide well-explained, documented source material on the Verde […]
