Education

AZ Dept. of Water Resources Conservation, click on education icon

AZ State Parks Healthy Water Education Program. Journal for grades 3-6.

National Geographic Water Wiz game for kids (and adults).

Water/Hydrology

Map by Jim Davidson using online topographic maps. Long dashed lines represent the watershed boundary. Narrow straight lines represent Coronado National Forest boundaries.

Watersheds SCCo is a map of Detailed and Limited Watersheds in Santa Cruz Co. It is a Conversion and Map Modernization Project by Stantec Consulting, Inc. requested by the county to improve flood prediction and planning. Allow a few seconds to load, click in the left column to select view and adjust the magnification to your needs.

Santa Cruz Co., Arizona – Sonoita Creek is located in Santa Cruz Co., Arizona. The county’s web site provides information for residents, land owners, builders and visitors and includes flood risk maps, a Riparian Habit brochure, geographic data, and related links. (There is also a Santa Cruz County, CA)

US Environmental Protection Agency – data, references and many useful links go to information on watersheds, water quality, maps, scientific papers, and technology.

Precipitation reported by amateur weather watchers to the University of Arizona. Request data for Santa Cruz County to see results for the Sonoita Creek watershed.

Sonoita Creek-Arizona Heritage Waters – hydrology, biology and human history, NAU

Community and Conservation Organizations

Borderlands Habitat Restoration Initiative Our goal is to reconnect wildlife, land, and people in the borderland region.

Patagonia Area Resource Alliance. Volunteers monitor industrial developers and government agencies to ensure sustainable resources.

The Hummingbird Monitoring Network is a science-based, project-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of hummingbird diversity and abundance throughout the Americas.

The Nature Conservancy Patagonia Sonoita Preserve

The Sonoran Institute “Shaping the Future of the West”

Sky Island Alliance is dedicated to the protection and restoration of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the SW United States and NW Mexico.

Resources

Education

Water/Hydrology

US Environmental Protection Agency – data, references and many useful links go to information on watersheds, water quality, maps, scientific papers, and technology.

Precipitation reported by amateur weather watchers to the University of Arizona. Request data for Santa Cruz County to see results for the Sonoita Creek watershed.

Community and Conservation Organizations

Borderlands Habitat Restoration Initiative Our goal is to reconnect wildlife, land, and people in the borderland region.

Patagonia Area Resource Alliance. Volunteers monitor industrial developers and government agencies to ensure sustainable resources.

The Hummingbird Monitoring Network is a science-based, project-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of hummingbird diversity and abundance throughout the Americas.

The Nature Conservancy Patagonia Sonoita Preserve

The Sonoran Institute “Shaping the Future of the West”

Sky Island Alliance is dedicated to the protection and restoration of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the SW United States and NW Mexico.

Geology/Mining

Wildcat Silver, a Canadian mining company, is currently drilling exploration holes in the Patagonia Mountain south of the town of Patagonia.

OZ Exploration Pty. Ltd., an Australian mining company has proposed exploration drilling in the Patagonia Mountains.

North American Potash Developers has staked over 200 mining claims for exploration in the Patagonia area.

Arizona Mining History & Minerals, AZ Geological Survey

US 1872 Mining Law and summary (International California Mining Journal) Prospecting & Mining Journal.

Help the Sonoita Creek Watershed!

Join Friends of Sonoita Creek and

Compost

Fire sites

Lists of fires by state with updates and references.

Fires on satellite photos with lat/long and state boundaries.