Research Links
Santa Cruz River Research Days - an annual event allowing partners to share their work.
Click on a year to learn more on that year's event.
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Learning Center of the American Southwest
A great website to learn about other projects on the Santa Cruz River and in other parts of the American Southwest.
Reports / Publications
See below for recent reports. To view a complete list Click Here
A Living River: Charting the Health of the Upper Santa Cruz River
Read more about this report series.
2010 Water Year - year three of annual report shows continued improvement on the Upper Santa Cruz River
Santa Cruz County Water Harvesting Guidance Manual
2012 manual providing information to those interested in water harvesting. Read more about this manual.
"State of" Reports Bibliography
2012 Annotated Bibliographyof reports summarizing the "State of....".
Riparian Health Score Card Bibliography
2012 List of Example Scorecards, with summaries and analyses.
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Santa Cruz River Reports and Publications
Many reports, publications, and resource documents have been produced as part of the Santa Cruz River Initiative. Reports are listed chronologically and can be downloaded by clicking on the report image.
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A Living River: Charting the Health of the Upper Santa Cruz River 2010 Water Year Year three of this annual report shows continued improvement on the Upper Santa Cruz River. (2011) |
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A Living River: Charting the Health of the Upper Santa Cruz River 2009 Water Year Year two of this annual report demonstrates improved health for the Upper Santa Cruz River. (2010) |
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A Living River: Charting the Health of the Upper Santa Cruz River 2008 Water Year The baseline report charting the health for the Upper Santa Cruz River. (2009) |
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Santa Cruz County Water Harvesting Guidance Manual Formally adopted by Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors as recommended guidance, this manual provides information for professionals and individual home-owners interested in implementing water harvesting. (2012) |
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"State Of..." Reports - An Annotated Bibliography A bibliography of reports that summarize the "State of..." a park, ecosystem, region etc. (2012) |
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River of the Month Series Monthly profiles that highlight rivers in Arizona (2012) |
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Riparian Health Scorecards - An Annotated Bibliography A bibliograpy that lists examples of riparian scorecards, with summaries and analyses. (2012) |
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Testing the Waters: Tucson links water conservation with environmental benefits An article co-authored by Sonoran Institute in Journal of American Water Works Association that discusses the innovative program being piloted in Tucson - Conserve to Enhance. (2012) |
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Santa Cruz River Project - Regional Initiative Summary of the Institute's Santa Cruz River Project (2012) |
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Riparian Monitoring Bibliography A bibliography that lists references, with abstracts, on riparian monitoring and protocols. (2011) |
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Santa Cruz River Riparan Vegetation Mapping Project, Santa Cruz County - Map Booklet Publication that displays detailed maps of the riparian vegetation surveys from the US/Mexico border to the Santa Cruz County line. (2009) |
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Santa Cruz River Riparian Vegetation Mapping Project, Santa Cruz County - Final Report
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Sustainable Water Management: Guidelines for Meeting the Needs of People and Nature in the Arid West A report that discusses water management issues and presents case studies for applying a sustainable water management framework in Arizona. Included in this report is a discussion of rivers and streams, the role of groundwater, importance of riparian habitat, impacts of groundwater pumping, and sustainable water resources management. (2007) |
