Conservation Education & Research
Healthy Urban River Ecosystem-Conservation Grant through U.S. Forest Service and Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (2022-2024)
Community-based and conservation organizations with existing relationships and knowledge of the Salt and Gila River corridor and the adjacent river neighborhoods are partnering to create applied research and education projects on riverine ecosystems, wildlife habitat, and urban canopy within a burgeoning metropolitan area. Partners include national non-profit Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), national community outreach organization Corazón Latino, local conservation steward Audubon Southwest, and Arizona State University research labs in river ecology and wildlife habitat corridors. Grant activities include community events (i.e. Estrella Park planting, Urban Wildlife Conservation Day), educational workshops, and pilot projects that improve river ecology, habitat ,and knowledge of eco-system conditions.
RIO Audubon Pollinator Garden
A new 2-year Rio Reimagined grant, as part of the Society for Ecological Restoration Standard-based Restoration in Action program in collaboration with Microsoft, will build a riparian pollinator garden designed by ASU students at the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center on the banks of the Salt River in Phoenix. This newest site along the conceptual ‘RIO Agave Trail’ will not only improve river ecology and habitat, but will also include educational signage to increase public knowledge of ecosystem conditions.
To learn more about this project including lessons learned, hopes, and unexpected visit the Restoration Story, Restoring Nature’s Buzz along the Salt River in Phoenix, Arizona, written by SER’s Standards-based Ecological Restoration in Action program in collaboration with Microsoft.
Healthy Urban River Ecosystem-Conservation Grant through U.S. Forest Service / AZ Department of Forestry and Fire Management (2022-2024)
Community-based and conservation organizations with existing relationships and knowledge of the Salt-Gila River corridor and the adjacent river neighborhoods are partnering to create applied research and education projects on riverine ecosystems, wildlife habitat, and urban canopy within a burgeoning metropolitan area. Partners include national non-profit Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC), national community outreach organization Corazón Latino, local conservation steward Audubon Southwest, and Arizona State Universityresearch labs in river ecology and wildlife habitat corridors. Grant activities include community events (Estrella Park planting, Urban Wildlife Conservation Day), educational workshops, and pilot projects that improve river ecology, habitat and knowledge of eco-system conditions.
RIO Audubon Pollinator Garden
A new 2-year Rio Reimagined grant, as part of the Society for Ecological Restoration Standard-based Restoration in Action program in collaboration with Microsoft, will build a riparian pollinator garden designed by ASU students at the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center on the banks of the Salt River in Phoenix. This newest site along the conceptual ‘RIO Agave Trail’ will not only improve river ecology and habitat, but will also include educational signage to increase public knowledge of ecosystem conditions.
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