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The Verde River Wins Again

Two Arizona businesses raise nearly $7,000 to help preserve the Verde River. Two northern Arizona businesses, THAT Brewery and Pin Drop Travel Trailers, have collaborated to raise awareness around Verde River conservation and to promote river sustainability. Both businesses are already champions of Arizona’s natural resource stewardship in a variety of ways. The business pair […]
River Friendly Businesses fund $10,000 in grants for 2023

Friends of the Verde River is pleased to announce the awardees of the River Friendly Living grants for projects in 2023. The grants are directly funded by businesses that are participating in the River Friendly Business program. Funding is made available to homeowners, businesses, and other organizations to implement conservation projects. Businesses and organizations can […]
BEElieve in BEEs

By Executive Director Nancy L.C. Steele When we bought our new house near Cottonwood, the sellers left us a few things, as sellers do. They left us some ant poison, because they couldn’t imagine that we wouldn’t want to poison the ants (we didn’t). They left us some furniture, some we wanted, some we didn’t. […]
Resilience Vs. Sustainability

by Nancy L.C. Steele, Executive Director What is resilience? And how is it different from sustainability? I had recent cause to ponder the distinction. This summer, I was notified that Friends of the Verde River was going to receive the 2022 Resilience Prize from the ASU Knowledge Exchange for Resilience. We couldn’t tell anyone until […]
Preparations begin for the 2023 Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival

Preparations begin for the 2023 Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival: volunteer opportunities for all.
Kingdom of the Spiders by Nancy L.C. Steele, Executive Director

To get in the mood for Halloween, I recently watched the cult classic, Kingdom of the Spiders, on YouTube. Set in Camp Verde with locations in Camp Verde, Sedona, and Oak Creek, the film stars William Shatner, of Star Trek fame, as a veterinarian and Tiffany Bolling as an ASU archnologist. The real stars of […]