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This project is designed to maximize all the potential that this site has to offer. Utilizing thelargemound of excavated dirt from when the school was originally builtand integrating with land on [...]

The Verde Village Property Owners Association (VVPOA) was awarded $5,000 for improvements to the Verde River Nature Preserve. The VVPOA is committed to keeping this area free from development [...]

The Verde Ranger Program was funded $5,000. In April of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought “stay at home” proclamations all over Arizona. When the proclamations [...]

The Town of Clarkdale will install a floating boat dock at the Tuzigoot River Access Point (RAP) in the summer of 2019. This boat dock will improve accessibility to the river, making it possible [...]

The Verde River Institute (VRI) completed a virtual model of more than 20 sites on the Verde River, Oak Creek, and Fossil Creek. This is a tool for improved land management around waterways.

The Springs Stewardship Institute (SSI) collected information on 820 springs, to understand these important sources of river flow. 

The Verde River Basin (VRB) is a large watershed in central-northern Arizona. As an arid land river, it is subject to highly variable surface flow inputs, but its base flow is sourced from a number of springs. The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of springs ecosystem data for the Verde River […]

Over the years, Oak Creek Watershed Council has hosted numerous opportunities for Verde Valley youth to engage in environmental stewardship by learning about human impacts on ecological health of their surrounding waterways. This year, OCWC will work with University of Arizona Cooperative Extension’s Mobile Water Quality Lab again to not only test for E.coli ; […]

The Verde River Institute has conducted more than 1100 water quality samples using a drone-deployed sampler on the Middle Verde reach of the Verde River in the last 12 months. The parameters tested are: water temperature, pH, total dissolved solids, oxygen level (ppm), turbidity and E. coli (MPN). E. coli tests are done on an […]

The Dry Creek Restoration project will benefit the Verde watershed by restoring a portion of the Dry Creek drainage, a tributary of Oak Creek. Removal of illegal dams and debris will restore natural drainage, allowing the forces of water and wind to shape habitat for native flora and fauna. Trash removal should aid in reducing […]

The Verde Watershed Ambassador Program demonstrates a broad approach of Best Management Practices for watershed visitors, residents and property owners to help them understand how to reduce E. coli loads from entering into Oak Creek due to irresponsible recreation practices and day-to-day activities that contribute to nonpoint source pollution. In 2014, the Ambassadors picked up […]

Each season, October through February, VWRC partners team up with us to train and employ otherwise unemployed Veterans to manage invasive species within the Verde River and Oak Creek watersheds. The Vetraplex has been a VWRC partner for the past five years. The VWRC partnership efforts have not only successfully improved riparian habitat for fish […]

Water Sampling Week, hosted by the Oak Creek Watershed Council and the University of Arizona Water Quality Extension will educate hundreds of local students about the importance of water quality in Oak Creek and in any watershed they visit or live within. This project would fund up to 10 schools from the Flagstaff/ Sedona/ Verde […]

In May 2014, $500 was awarded towards construction of this information kiosk in Old Town Cottonwood. Our selection board chose this project because it fit our mission and formed an alliance with the City of Cottonwood and the Old Town Business community. It looks great and welcomes visitors to the Jail trail, an important connection […]