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Change of Leadership Roles for Friends of the Verde River

Jul 30, 2020 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog

Friends of the Verde River is pleased to welcome Jeni O’Callaghan as the new President of the Board of Directors. O’Callaghan stepped into the prestigious role on July 1, formally occupied by Chip Norton since December 2011.  O’Callaghan has a keen eye for agriculture and river friendly business practices, as she and her husband own a beef farm […]

Sustainability Alliance Community Conversation #2: Stories from the Pandemic

Jul 24, 2020 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog

Community Conversation #2: Stories from the Pandemic Thursday, Sept. 3, 10-11:30 am via ZOOM. Hosted by the Sustainability Alliance and OLLI While many of us are stuck at home, it can be hard to see how COVID-19 has impacted our community. How has the pandemic affected our region, and what’s being done to create a […]

Virtual Trash Pick-Up Challenge

Jun 25, 2020 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Purdy Verde Blog

Are you tired of seeing garbage clutter up your favorite outdoor spots? We are too! Trash dims the beauty of our great outdoors, and it poses serious threats to wildlife. We can all pitch in to make a difference by picking up trash. We can help keep nature beautiful while protecting the animals!

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Survey Training

Jul 18, 2019 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Habitat Restoration, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

By Elaine Nichols, Habitat Restoration Coordinator. Thursday afternoon Tracy and I hit the road headed to Patagonia in southeast Arizona for another survey training. Having only been south of Phoenix once, I was excited to see this part of the state and to learn about the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Throughout the training, we learned about […]

GIS- The Intelligent Nervous System

Jul 17, 2019 by Elaine Nichols
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Interesting Reads, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

ESRI, the leading GIS software provider in the world, provides users with desktop software, online platforms, customizable applications and more. Last week ESRI put on the 39th Annual User Conference (UC) at the San Diego Convention Center from July 8-12. The UC brought together GIS users from across the globe to learn more about how to […]

Willow Flycatcher Survey Training

May 21, 2019 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

The southwestern willow flycatcher is a small perching bird that was federally listed as an endangered species in 1995. These birds breed in densely vegetated riparian areas mostly in Arizona, New Mexico and southern California. They migrate for the winter to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and Northern South America. Parts of the Verde […]

A Successful 2019 Birding Festival – A Big Thanks!

May 8, 2019 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog

Each year hundreds of birders descend on Dead Horse Ranch State Park for the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival. They come from all over the country to spend time along the Verde River, Mingus Mountain and the peaks of Flagstaff to see the magnificent birds that come through our area during the Spring migration. […]

Lower Verde Adventures Part III

Mar 3, 2019 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

“Fountain Grass!” Ben yells the name of the plant species we are hunting, and swiftly darts to the side of the river in his blue ducky. The rest of the crew, not far behind, scrambles to find a spot along the tiny bank, grasping onto willows overhanging the river. After some reorganizing, the cluster of […]

Verde River hits Historic Highs

Feb 20, 2019 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Interesting Reads, Purdy Verde Blog, Water News

If you spend any time on the Verde River you quickly here the stories about the 1993 and 2004 floods. In 2004 at its high, the flow gauge in Camp Verde hit 50,000 cfs, cubic feet per second. The average flow for the gauge is about 150 cfs. But 1993 is the one year that […]

Meet the 2018-2019 Crews

Feb 11, 2019 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

Our restoration crews come from Vets4Hire and AZ Conservation Corp. They are the boots on the ground people doing the habitat restoration projects focusing on the removal of invasive plant species. We just celebrated the end of our 2018-2019 season with a party for the crew at Dead Horse Ranch State Park. During this season […]

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