Update: the 2 Tree Challenge for Tucson
The day Mayor Regina Romero took office was the day she issued the Million Tree Initiative for Tucson. Her goal for the city: plant one …
Category: Nature in Tucson
Trashy Divas clean up the Santa Cruz River
What better time to stage a clean-up of the Santa Cruz river banks and riverbed than after the winter rains are over and before the …
Kids ride at the Sheriff posse’s gymkhana
It was a first-time ride for this four-year old boy and he clearly enjoyed it. After a short ride outside the ring at the Equestrian …
Horses cantering in the park
The notice on Facebook read “Horse Schooling” at Brandi Fenton Park. Well, I know very little about horses and horse shows but guessed that the …
(Almost) picnic perfect at Agua Caliente Park
It seemed to be the perfect escape. The online photos of Agua Caliente Regional Park showed towering, old palm trees surrounding a lake/hot springs — …
The name’s only half-true at Sweetwater Wetlands
Wetlands – yes. But Sweetwater–not exactly. You’re more likely to get an occasional whiff of semi-treated household/bathroom water at these artificial wetlands in northern Tucson. …
Trashy Divas and climbing skeletons
After the massive amount of rainwater that flooded the Santa Cruz River during the monsoon, I’d hoped that all the trash and debris that gets …
An eagle’s eye view of Tucson
While Sentinel Peak, also called “A” Mountain, isn’t the highest place around, it’s tall enough (2900 feet elevation) to provide a bird’s eye view of …
Hungry tortoise, plump saguaro and a cattle tank at the Botanic Garden
Before it got too hot yesterday, I took a quick morning walk-through of the Tucson Botanical Garden to see the impact of the this year’s …
Santa Cruz River Before and After–no kayaks
A few months ago I read somewhere that the City of Tucson was dumping reclaimed water into the Santa Cruz River. Ah ha, I thought, …