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Esperanza Ranch Conservation Easement Habitat
Restoration Site
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General Information
Tucson Audubon is enhancing wildlife habitat along the lower Santa Cruz River in northern Santa Cruz County. The project site includes a riparian zone fed by a combination of natural flows and effluent from the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant, and adjacent former farm and grazing land. Project personnel produced a site assessment and work plan, and have begun planting, seeding, and other work. Check below for continuing coverage of this project and information on how you can be involved.
Esperanza Ranch is an area of sensitive habitat and is access is governed by a conservation easement agreement between Tucson Audubon and the landowner. You may not visit except during official Tucson Audubon events led by Tucson Audubon staff members. More about Esperanza Ranch.
Volunteers: For more information, or if you would like to be on our volunteer email list, contact Kendall Kroesen, 206-9900.
Upcoming Events at the Esperanza Ranch Habitat Restoration Project: |
Volunteer
Days - Fall/Winter 2007/2008 January 26 We hold regular volunteer days in fall, winter and spring. Typical work includes planting, sewing seeds, digging water harvesting earthworks, and pulling weeds. Work available for all levels of fitness. You must sign up! Contact Kendall Kroesen at 206-9900. |
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Birding Field Trips Check the Field Trips page Free Tucson Audubon-sponsored birding field trips go to the habitat restoration site in fall, winter, and spring. Take this opportunity to see both birds and recent restoration work! You must sign up! Contact Kendall Kroesen for more information, 206-9900. See other free Tucson Audubon bird watching field trips. |
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Site Tours Future site tour dates to be announced Kendall leads public tours of the habitat restoration project site. You must sign up! Contact Kendall Kroesen for more information, 206-9900. Other tour dates are available by special arrangement. |
Review these archived newsletter articles
about the restoration project (most recent first)
(To receive the Vermilion Flycatcher,
newsletter of Tucson Audubon, become a
member of the Friends of Tucson Audubon)
Habitat Restoration
Program: A Growing Force
by Kendall Kroesen, May-June 2006 Vermilion Flycatcher newsletter
300-Acre Esperanza Ranch
by Sonja Macys, Executive Director, and Ann Phillips, Former
Restoration Program Manager
Upcoming Habitat Restoration Activities
by Restoration Staff
Paul Branson: Restoration Man
by Lia Sansom, Mason Audubon Center Outreach
Assistant, and Ann Phillips
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This page was updated on 12/04/06