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Keeping up with Innovations in GIS

Jul 16, 2018 by Elaine Nichols
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

Friends of the Verde River has been using Geographic Information System (GIS) software to map important resources as well as invasive plant locations along the Verde since 2011. Currently, our field crews use Samsung Galaxy Tablets along with an app called Collector for ArcGIS to map and monitor invasive plant infestations and treatment areas. The […]

Gila Trout in Oak Creek

Jun 11, 2018 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog

In a recent project with Arizona Game & Fish Department, Friends staff members Amanda Webster and Ben Kowalewski helped reintroduce Gila Trout to their native waters in the West Fork of Oak Creek.Over 20 volunteers participated, hiking 1-4 miles with buckets strapped to backpack frames, each carrying water and 15-20 trout. The fish were carefully […]

Friends, REI, The Nature Conservancy, AZ State Parks and City of Cottonwood partner for conservation!

Jun 4, 2018 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog

On Saturday, June 2, 2018, Friends of the Verde River, The Nature Conservancy, REI, Arizona State Parks, and City of Cottonwood hosted volunteers from Prescott, Verde Valley and Phoenix metropolitan area to improve riparian habitat and recreation sites. This project was funded by REI and The Nature Conservancy. Volunteers had the choice of working on […]

Floating with our Friends on the Salt River

May 22, 2018 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Purdy Verde Blog

Laura Jones, Community Engagement Coordinator, Fennel Blyth, Native Seed Coop Coordinator and Amanda Webster, VISTA Volunteer got on the road early Saturday morning to meet up with 150 women for the 3rd Annual Ladies River Take Over onthe Salt River. It was the first time for these avid Verde River paddlers to brave the Salt […]

Fossil Creek Blackberry Treatment

May 21, 2018 by Elaine Nichols
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Interesting Reads, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

Last week, our vegetation monitoring crew, in partnership with the National Forest Service, was able to hike into Fossil Creek and take the first step in treating the Himalayan Blackberry infestation near the spring source. The blackberry is very invasive and reduces native plant populations. The crew was sent to cut the blackberry as a […]

Restoring the Verde River: A story about second chances – Part 3

Apr 11, 2018 by Isaac Dudley
Posted in Blog, Friends News, Interesting Reads, Purdy Verde Blog, VWRC News

JAMIE NIELSEN December 12, 2017 New conservation challenges, new take on restoration The Verde River continues to flow through the valley today, over land and underground, supporting agriculture, wildlife, forests and economies. It winds through Arizona’s transition zone between desert and plateau, making this one of the most biologically diverse areas in the American Southwest. […]

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