Community Watershed Alliance
of the Middle San Pedro Valley
Wet-Dry Mapping
…an evolving team of stakeholders
working together to promote
the sustainable health of
our watershed.
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VOLUNTEERS BEING RECRUITED FOR DATA COLLECTION IN JUNE 2008
June 16, 2007 volunteers including landowners and local citizens mapped the San Pedro's waters from within Mexico to its confluence with the Gila River downstream.
- Efforts initiated in 1999 by TNC and BLM in Sierra Vista Subwatershed
- CWA coordinates and trains teams of hikers, equestrians, and ATV's to extend project into Benson Subwatershed in 2006
- GPS units used to identify locations where water begins and ends
- Annual stats compared to see what changes are occurring in water availability
FOR MORE STATS - SEE ENLARGED INDIVIDUAL MAPS
2007 SUMMARY
LENGTH OF RIVER WITH WATER
51% in Mexico
45% in the Upper Basin
40% in the Lower Basin
43% of the length of the entire river.
Partially funded in Benson area by TRIF-WPS Grant from U of A NEMO