“The Santa Cruz River’s perennial flows stopped around 1910,” he said. “Then around 1940, the whole system dried out.” Groundwater pumping, farming, and growing cities pulled water from ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A new temporary art installation, LANDING PLACE, is now on display along the Santa Cruz River in downtown Tucson. This work, featuring handmade windsocks, celebrates the ...

Dragonflies, toads, roadrunners, snakes and kingfishers all found a home at the Santa Cruz River downtown while Tucson Water was releasing large amounts of water into that stretch. Ecologists and ...

But where the Santa Cruz River flows, you’ll find something like an oasis. Birds sing among dense copses of mesquite trees; flowers hang heavily from bushes; ocelots and jaguars pass through.