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Friends of the Verde River is thrilled to receive a $10,000 grant from the River Network in support of our projects along the Wild and Scenic section of the Verde. This grant will help us host [...]

by Lee Hayes May 2022 I’ve heard that it takes three days in nature for one’s entire body to balance itself out. I have also heard it is a pretty good prescription for most things that ail us. I [...]

by Maya Rappaport and Elaine Nichols March 2022 A major focus of our work at Friends is identifying and fixing the problems that make the river and its surrounding habitat less healthy. Invasive [...]

By Nancy L. C. Steele February 2022 I heard my first cactus wren of the season in full throated song on the last day of January. He was sitting on the highest point of an Italian cypress that was [...]

Thank you for supporting a healthy Verde River! Whether you are a donor, volunteer, sponsor, or supportive community member, you make this work possible. Special thanks to our MLK Day of Service [...]

Nancy L.C. Steele December 2021 I joined the Girl Scouts as a Brownie and continued with scouting through earning my Gold Award. I participated in many service projects, which are core to the [...]

What is GIS? GIS stands for Geographic Information System. GIS is a mapping tool that allows us to link data with specific locations to help with research, monitoring, and analysis. GIS is an [...]

Taking place each year on the third Monday in January, the Martin Luther King Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service— a “day on, not a day [...]