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Theme: “Migration” – Featuring the Majestic Common Black Hawk The annual Verde Valley Birding & Nature Festival, proudly hosted by Friends of the Verde River, is thrilled to announce its Call to Artists for the 2024 festival. This premier event, held every April amidst the serene beauty of Dead Horse Ranch State Park, presents a […]
Friends of the Verde River is delighted to announce that the River Friendly Living Grants are open! Friends of the Verde River is inviting homeowners, businesses, and organizations to submit their proposals for sustainability projects in 2024. This initiative aims to support projects that contribute to sustainable water supply, clean water, healthy habitat, and community […]
Friends of the Verde River is thrilled to announce its 3rd annual “Run the Verde Raffle.” This exciting online raffle will run from July 31 to September 30, 2023, with all proceeds directed towards supporting a healthy and flowing Verde River ecosystem. Prizes The Run the Verde Raffle features an array of enticing prizes generously […]
First published in Cottonwood Journal Extra on 7-26-23. Cities are founded on rivers. Think of Paris and the Seine; London and the Thames; and Rome and the Tiber. There is nothing more essential to the success of a city than access to clean water. Phoenix and its pre-historic settlements were built where the Gila, Salt, […]
Media Contact: Susan Van Norman Stewardship Director Cell: 928-301-4543 SusanV@VerdeRiver.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friend’s grant is part of OneAZ’s $330,000 Community Impact Grant Program COTTONWOOD, AZ (June 28, 2023) – OneAZ Credit Union is proud to award a $5,000 Community Impact Grant to Friends of the Verde River (Friends) for their work improving the […]
Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as a unicorn. It’s real and it lives in Arizona. My husband found one in our yard in April, and I have the photos to prove it. We let it go and hope it will reproduce in the wild and make more unicorns. As you probably have figured […]
Are you ready to celebrate the 4th of July with a purpose? Gather your friends and head outside to participate in a watershed wide effort to preserve our recreation areas. After the holiday, these areas experience high usage and tend to accumulate excess litter. Our goal is to clean-up this litter before it floats downstream, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COTTONWOOD, AZ (June 2, 2023) Friends of the Verde River (Friends) is excited to announce that Anna May Cory has joined the Board of Directors of Friends of the Verde River. Effective at the most recent Board meeting, Cory was voted in and was graciously accepted by the Friends’ Board as its […]
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 […]
