How to visit the Santa Cruz River on a Field Trip

Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation offer field trips and classroom based programs for K to 12 classrooms. Find more details on their website about these programs.

Living River of Words (LROW) offers a LROW Arts and Science Residency Program. This is a year-long program that includes classroom and field experiences. Learn more on the LROW website

Plan both classroom presentations and field trips with Tucson Audubon Education Program. Tucson Audubon will work with your to create a program that meets your needs.

Pima County programs take place at various location throughout the county.

Audubon programs take place at areas in greater Tucson. Visit the Field Trip page on the Audubon site for a map of field trip locations.

Pima County field trips are free to schools in the county. Audubon field trips have a fee but they do not want fees to be an undue burden, and recommend educators reach out directly about cost concerns. 

Watch the videos on this website, and complete our Meet a Scientist form

Visit the Living River of Words Virtual Resources page.

Read about the Santa Cruz River on the Sonoran Institute website.