A white-crowned sparrow alights on Thursday on a plant on the bluffs above the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz. Depending on the season, this sparrow can be found throughout most of No… ...

The Santa Cruz River used to be the source of life across southern Arizona. For thousands of years, it fed farms, supported wildlife, and gave water to Native communities. Beginning in the San ...

The Santa Cruz River used to be the source of life across southern Arizona. For thousands of years, it fed farms, supported wildlife, and gave water to Native communities. Beginning in the San ...

TUMACÁCORI, Ariz. — The Santa Cruz River is not like most American rivers. If some of its admirers get their wish, it might also become a wildlife refuge unlike any other. Much of its 184-mile ...

TUMACÁCORI, Ariz. — The Santa Cruz River is not like most American rivers. If some of its admirers get their wish, it might also become a wildlife refuge unlike any other. Much of its 184-mile ...

After a recent natural breach of the San Lorenzo River mouth July 5, the city of Santa Cruz urges beachgoers to recreate safely near the ever-shifting and potentially dangerous river lagoon.

Can you really 'navigate' the Santa Cruz River? Boating in 18 inches of water takes grit, ... By then, I and the boat lay barely a mile south of Amado. I had traversed 3.5 muddy, sandy, ...