WMG | Working together towards sustainable solutions

$25,000 Challenge Match - Your Chance to Give

This summer, you have the opportunity to make a financial gift to WMG that will be matched dollar for dollar. One of our loyal supporters has offered a $25,000 challenge match to inspire WMG donors to give generously and help us raise $50,000 by the end of August.

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Green Streets Stewards Program – Apply by September 16!

This October and November, WMG will be offering a Green Streets Stewards program for volunteers interested in helping their neighborhoods develop and implement green infrastructure maintenance plans. Participants will learn about effective approaches to neighborhood-driven landscape maintenance, conventional and alternative landscape maintenance practices, tree pruning and care, effective use of native plants and removal of invasives, and monitoring of soil and water quality in green infrastructure sites.

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WMG 2010 Annual Report Now Available

WMG's 2010 Annual Report highlights program achievements, organization accomplishments, staff and board members, and financials for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

WMG 2010 Annual Report

Click here to download the 2010 WMG Annual Report.

Prior years' reports can be downloaded here.

Summer 2011 Newsletter

Think Global, Drink Local

5 Reasons Not to Hit the Bottle: Tap vs. Bottled Water
Profile: Off the Grid
Mini-workshop:
Outfit Your Cistern for Potable Water
WMG India Update
Green Job Training in New Languages and Topics

WMG Tucson Home Tour - Showcase Productive Low Water use Landscapes

Mural painted on culvert cistern Looking for inspiration and ideas to green and beautify your home landscape without increasing your water bill?

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Arizona-Sonora Border Region: Green Infrastructure Demonstrations

WMG is building community capacity to reduce water contamination through green infrastructure practices in the transboundary Upper Santa Cruz River watershed. Through our work in the 3 communities we are placing green infrastructure practices into the tool belt of Arizona-Sonora border region residents, making this simple technology accessible, affordable, and practical. Click here to learn more about green infrastructure.

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Deadline Extended to Sept. 9! Technical Training in Stream Restoration with Van Clothier and Craig Sponholtz, October 6-8 in Tucson

Learn to restore desert arroyos, riparian areas, and urban washes by implementing small-scale earth- and rock-work features that promote "induced meandering" of streams. WMG's Watershed Technical Training in Stream Restoration is a hands-on training in site assessment, design, and implementation of these features from backyard to larger drainage scales.

For more information or to apply, click here or download the full course announcement and application (click here for pdf version).

Green Infrastructure for Southwestern Neighborhoods - Now available for download

Watershed Management Group has published a guide, "Green Infrastructure for Southwestern Neighborhoods." This manual provides information on designing and installing green infrastructure practices that clean air and stormwater, reduce flooding, calm traffic, and cool and beautify neighborhoods through the use of stormwater harvesting and native vegetation. The manual is meant for neighborhood residents and professionals alike. To download the guide, click here (12MB pdf).