The Sonoran Institute’s mission is to connect people and communities with the natural resources that nourish and sustain them. #NotInMyRiver
Tucson, Arizona
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Our Growing Water Smart team is hosting a peer network webinar next week, Dec. 12!
Panelists include Joaquin Marruffo, w/ @ArizonaDEQ & Chris Cross, of @CityofFtLupton speaking to their successes in sustaining partnerships for water resilience.
Signup here us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Today starts our second Border #GrowingWaterSmart Workshop in Mexicali! We look forward to bringing the communities of Calexico & Mexicali together to plan for a resilient water future! Join us after Wendlandt to learn about the work we do throughout the #coloradoriverbasin
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Our #ColoradoRiverDelta Program director, Enrique Villegas was featured in the Sea of Cortez summit talking about our Mexicali Fluye project alongside other environmental projects that are helping transform Baja California!
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The @USFWS w/ the #SantaCruzRiver Refuge Coalition, has approved a Landscape Conservation Design that proposes the development of a core conservation footprint including the potential for a new National Wildlife Refuge along the river.
Learn more here: fws.gov/press-release/2024-0…
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Watch this! Dragonflies returning to the Santa Cruz River indicate a healthy and reviving river!
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Great news on the advancement of the Urban National Wildlife Refuge project we work with over 50 local organizations! Thank you Arizona Public Media for highlighting this collaborative effort 💚
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📸 Tony Paniagua
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Join us for a Happy Hour at Wendlandt Tasting Room in Mexicali on Nov. 19 to learn more about impactful work of Sonoran Institute and Growing Water Smart Program. The first 40 guests get a free beer and we have prizes for attendees. See you there!
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Stay up to date with our latest news and upcoming events by signing up for our bilingual newsletter, the Sonoran Post!
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Mark your calendars! This month's Green Drinks Tucson will take place at @motosonora Brewing Company with special guests Reinas Who Hike and food truck Birrieria Las Chicas - you won't want to miss this!
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PBS asks, "Who Killed the Colorado River?" in this special. Along the way they interview our restoration specialist, Tomas Rivas, who discusses hope in the Colorado River Delta and what we are doing to revive this precious river.
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Do you want your #SCRPhoto to be featured in our #LivingRiverReport? We💚seeing photos along the #SantaCruzRiver as we protect & repair this critical riparian area. Ft. this month is a gorgeous Abert's Towhee photo by @desertnaturalist
What's your fav critter to see in the river?
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Join us this Sunday for Cyclovia Tucson with Living Streets Alliance
We'll be at the Ocoa Community School Hub with our mock fish survey and our latest annual reports!
Enjoy connecting with our Tucson community and the outdoors via biking or walking!
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Come join us at the Dragoon Brewing Co. Fall Warehouse Market!
We'll have our hats and shirts for sale, and lots of exciting information about our latest reports.
We hope to see you there!
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The 1st #GrowingWaterSmart workshop was in #Colorado in 2017, & the program has since held 26 workshops in CO, #Arizona, #Utah, #California & communities of the US-MX #Border.
Our next workshop will be in the sister cities of Mexicali and Calexico!
Photo by @jamadophotography
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Join our team today! We're expanding and have positions open in multiple departments. Whether you're an ecologist, donor guru, or water use expert we want you to help further our mission!
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Apply for Growing Water Smart Metrics support! Applications are due October 31 at 5PM MT. If your organization has an interest in better quantifying the integration of water and land use planning, we encourage you to apply.
Information can be found at: resilientwest.org/growing-wa…
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Join us tonight for Green Drinks Tucson at MotoSonora Brewing Company as we hear from Anna Darian with @scenicsantaritas
This is a free networking event for environmental leaders in the Tucson area. We hope to see you there 🌿💚
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Our Growing Water Smart workshops have spanned from Colorado to California. Alumni like @longmontcolorado have made significant strides in sustainable water management since finishing our program.
Together, we can build a more resilient water future for the Colorado River Basin!
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We are expanding! We're looking for a senior director for our development & marketing team. The director will oversee a dynamic & creative team that specializes in reaching a broad audience & interacting w/ our diverse community of supporters. Apply today!
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(3/3) Additionally, our friends at @chapterhousela & Planet Women are hard at work to put on the next Women & Water Convening to celebrate & uplift the work of indigenous womxn & create community focused on stewarding the #ColoradoRiver
[photo by @candidsol] #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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