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Interested in the wet/dry mapping of the San Pedro River?
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Site Host Position Available!
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Site Host Position Available!
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San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
Location: San Pedro House, 9800 E. Highway 90, 7 miles east of Sierra
Vista
This is a temporary, volunteer, uniformed position. Individuals or
couples accepted.
Duties Include: Site upkeep, light maintenance, greeting the public,
securing the site at night.
Position includes full hook-up for a trailer or 5th wheel and
reimbursement for local mileage.
For more information, please contact:
Bureau of Land Management
Robert Steele
(520) 439-6415
Robert_steele@blm.gov
Learn to Identify Plants at Cochise College.
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Learn to Identify Plants at Cochise College.
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A 6-week course entitled "Learn to Identify Plants" will be taught by
Cecile Lumer, PhD. The class will meet Friday mornings, 10am-12am on
August 14-September 19 at Cochise College. Class dates are 8/14, 8/21,
8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18. The cost is $130 and will go to support the
Cochise County Herbarium. Enrollment is limited to 20 people. A $25
deposit will reserve a place in the class.
Active docents and volunteers can count the class hours as volunteer time.
For more info call Cecile Lumer at 432-4294, (email:
cecilelumer@gmail.com)
or Joyce at 458-8278 ext. 2141.
Fee-Free Weekends in your National Parks this summer.
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Do you have photos of the wildlife and landscapes of the San Pedro River?
Submit them for consideration for the 2010 Friends of the San Pedro River
Calendar! If you are interested, read the
submission guidelines before you submit your photos.
Bino Box Available!
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Bino Box Available!
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Huachuca Audubon Society, in partnership with Audubon Arizona, is
pleased to offer a free educational resource to the community. We have
a portable box containing 24 binoculars, several field guides and a
copy of the “Science Takes Wing” lesson set. Teachers are encouraged
to checkout the box for use with their students. Scout and other
community groups may also use the box. Conservation starts with
understanding so share the wonder of birds with your favorite club or
class this year! The box is available for one week periods. To
reserve the box, please contact Tricia Gerrodette in Sierra Vista at
triciag2@cox.net
or (520) 378-4937.
View our latest videos, in low resolution,
Our River of Life (not yet for sale),
Edible Cactus of the Southwest (in Spanish and English), and
Reptiles!
The Friends of the San Pedro River have several nature
videos for sale on DVDs. Your purchase will help us continue our
series, "The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Natural and
Cultural History Series". This series is designed to educate the
people of Arizona about the value of this extremely diverse
ecosystem.
They incorporate one or more of the following AZ Department
of Education State Standards: Science, Strand 4, Life Sciences;
Science, Strand 6, Earth and Space Sciences; Social Studies, Strand 2,
World History; Social Studies, Strand 4, Geography. Our hopes are
that our citizens will choose to make a positive difference in our
environment. The high resolution DVDs cost from $4 to $10 each (plus
$1 for shipping and handling). Our video series also includes
Coati,
Javelina,
Beaver,
Birds, and
Plants.
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July 5 Fairbank Interpretive Walk
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July 5 Fairbank Interpretive Walk
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Join the Friends of the San Pedro River for an interpretive walk at
the Fairbank Historic Townsite in the San Pedro Riparian National
Conservation Area. Fairbank was an important transportation hub
during the silver boom in and around Tombstone and continued as a
railroad junction until just a few years ago. The restored Fairbank
Schoolhouse will bring back memories of all the one-room schoolhouses
of the American West. The walk will be about three miles and take
about two and one half hours (although there are several turn-around
points for those who want a shorter walk). Meet at the Fairbank
Schoolhouse (the parking area is about one quarter mile east of the
San Pedro River on Highway 82) at 8 AM. Be prepared for the warm
weather with good shoes, water, and a hat. For additional information
call the Friends of the San Pedro River office at 520-459-2555 or
check the website at
www.sanpedroriver.org.
You may be interested in the
Friends of Sonoita Creek
web site and their
schedule of Spring events.
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Recreational opportunities for: Birding,
Hiking, Biking, Horseback Riding, and more along 40 miles of
lush riparian habitat.
Visit the historic sites of Fairbank and Charleston,
or the pre-historic mammoth kill site at Murray Springs. |
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The San Pedro Riparian National
Conservation Area (NCA)
Congress designated the San Pedro National
Conservation Area (NCA), containing about 40 miles of upper San Pedro River, on November
18, 1988. The primary purpose for the establishment of the area is to conserve, protect
and enhance the desert riparian ecosystem, a rare remnant of what was once an extensive
network of similar riparian systems throughout the Southwest. |
"Riparian"
describes an area where plants and animals thrive because of an availability of water,
either at or near the land’s surface. Riparian areas are the shores of lakes and
reservoirs, the banks and flood plains of intermittent or perennial streams, rivers, and
springs.
The NCA supports over 350 species of
birds, 80+ species of mammals, two native and several introduced species of fish, and more
than 40 species of amphibians and reptiles.
Under the stewardship of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the NCA
contains more than 56,000 acres of public land in Cochise County, Arizona between the
U.S.- Mexican border and St. David. |
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call the BLM at
(520) 439-6400 or Contact the Friends by calling (520) 459-2555, write Friends of the San Pedro River at 1763 Paseo San Luis,
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 or send e-mail to fspr@sanpedroriver.org. |
This page was last updated on 07/02/09.
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