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Volunteer Opportunity: National Public Lands Day

National Public Lands Day is September 27!
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The Santa Cruz River Could Become Arizona’s First Urban National Wildlife Refuge!

The proposed Santa Cruz River Refuge consists of a patchwork of protected properties along the river corridor, extending from Nogales to Marana. Approximately 8,000 acres,…
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Santa Cruz County AZ SHINING Third Annual Santa Cruz River Cleanup

This is a report from Jessy Zamorano with Santa Cruz County AZ Shining. So many individuals from our different communities joined together in comradery to…
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Santa Cruz River: current state

By: Sheila Slaughter The monsoon exceeded expectations, according to The Nogales International. As of August 29th, the average rainfall in Santa Cruz County, extracted from…
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Recent news articles related to the Santa Cruz River.

RiverWatch Update: June 24th 2025

During FOSCR’s regularly scheduled River Watch data collection on the early, clear, calm, humid, warm, and sunny morning of June 24th, the Santa Cruz River…
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RiverWatch team receives Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s 2024 Environmental Ambassador Award

Our RiverWatch team received Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s 2024 Environmental Ambassador Award! Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) created this award in 2022, and…
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Community Clean-Up January 27th

Community Clean-up of a Big River-borne Trash Pile Sponsored by Friends of the Santa Cruz River WHEN: Saturday, January 27, 9 AM to 12:30 PM…
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FOSCR Statement on the Recent Rupture of the IOI

Friends of the Santa Cruz River has been concerned for some time that the binational sewage pipe, the International Outfall Interceptor (IOI), could be breached…
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