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     April-June 2010 Newsletter

VWA members and friends:
    Mark your calendar for Wednesday July 21.  Instead of its usual indoor monthly meeting, the Verde Watershed meeting for July 21 will be a Verde headwaters field trip led by Ed Wolfe (geology-hydrology) and Dan Campbell (The Nature Conservancy Verde River Springs Preserve and headwaters habitat). 

We'll meet at 9 AM at the north end of the Safeway parking lot 1031 N. Hwy 89, Chino Valley, east side of Hwy 89 and just north of Road 2 North.  We'll carpool from there, eventually arriving above Stillman Lake by the Little Thumb B&B after a couple of stops en route.  We'll talk about the geology and hydrology from the Verde canyon rim above Stillman Lake and then walk down to Granite Creek and the Verde River and its headwaters springs in The Nature Conservancy's Verde River Springs Preserve.

BRING YOUR LUNCH, WATER, HAT, SUNSCREEN, ETC.  (We'll probably picnic by the river).

Guide to Verde River Fieldtrip on July 21

 

 

East Verde Near Confluence with Verde River Verde River Near Sycamore Canyon

Photos Courtesy of Robert B. Hardy
 

Local people lead the Verde Watershed Association on behalf of all the people who care about the area's resources. The Verde Watershed Association (VWA) provides thoughtful advice and counsel directed at those whose decisions affect the watershed. The Verde Currents newsletter, Internet site, public forums, conferences and mini-seminars are ongoing VWA activities. VWA also sponsors the Verde River Almanac project.

 

Growing concerns about water and the Verde River and its tributaries sparked formation of VWA in 1993. VWA strives to preserve and manage the Verde River watershed with local direction while encouraging long term, productive use of natural resources. VWA facilitates a comprehensive, fair, balanced and unbiased consideration of all sides of water-related issues to help people better understand the watershed and each other's perspective. VWA brings people and science together. Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. in various watershed communities including Camp Verde, Chino Valley, Clarkdale, Cottonwood, Jerome, Prescott and Sedona.

 

 

 

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