Visit and Explore

The Santa Cruz River is a unique resource in our community. Learn how to connect with this riparian habitat.

8 to 10 a.m., Dec. 5, 2023

Birding at El Rio Preserve

8 to 11 a.m., Dec. 9, 2023

Santa Cruz River Days of Connection: Speedway to Grant Cleanup

8 to 9 a.m., Dec. 10, 2023

Signs of the Seasons Phenology Walk on the Santa Cruz River

Group of people standing on the edge of the Santa Cruz River looking at a person holding a dragonfly.

Dispatches from the Santa Cruz River

Read our quick dispatches and volunteer thank yous.

River Dispatches

Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly

Santa Cruz River Dragonfly Bioblitz

Help us find all the dragonfly species on the Santa Cruz River this fall.

Dragonfly BioBlitz

Person holding a dragonfly with other people around him

Dragonfly Day a Success

The 5th Annual Santa Cruz River Dragonfly Day was a success!

Santa Cruz River in Marana AZ

Group of people in Santa Cruz River

People standing in river holding measuring equipment

Two people measuring length of a turtle

Sonoran mud turtle in the Santa Cruz River

View of people in Santa Cruz River Channel

Researchers gathering plant data in transect square

People looking in container filled with water and aquatic life

Coyotes walking along a river in Tucson

Image of 2 Sonoran Desert toads

Santa Cruz River in Marana

People standing in Santa Cruz river

People standing in a river looking at rocks

Person holding dragonfly in their fingers

Image of Vermilion Flycatcher, a bird with a red head and chest, with gray wings