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Arizona Master Watershed Steward Program

Arizona Master Watershed Steward Program. The MWS Program educates and trains citizens across the state of Arizona to serve as volunteers in the protection, restoration, monitoring, and conservation of their water and watersheds. What is a watershed?. Watershed

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Arizona Master Watershed Steward Program

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  1. Arizona Master Watershed Steward Program The MWS Program educates and trains citizens across the state of Arizona to serve as volunteers in the protection, restoration, monitoring, and conservation of their water and watersheds.

  2. What is a watershed? Watershed The area that produces runoff and collects water to a downstream point or outlet (Handbook of Hydrology) Drainage Divide The line, ridge, or summit of high ground separating two drainage basins (Glossary of Geology, 3rd Ed.,1987)

  3. Pima Canyon Drainage

  4. Santa Cruz Watershed Pima Canyon Drainage

  5. AZ Watersheds Santa Cruz Watershed ADEQ, 2007.

  6. Colorado River Basin Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program, http://www.gcdamp.gov/aboutamp/crb.html USGS, water.usgs.gov

  7. The MWS Program focuses on… • Non-point source pollution issues • Stewardship • Citizen Science • Locally-based, relevant education and • Opportunities to address/engage citizens By providing…

  8. MWS across Arizona • 25 classes • Held in 14 cities • Serving 10 major watersheds

  9. MWS Structure & Organization • Each participant gives 40 service hours to become a Master Watershed Steward, a.k.a. “Steward” • 50 classroom & field hours • Topics include: • Climate • Geology • Soils • Hydrology • Ecology • Water Quality • Water Management • GPS Mapping • Working Together

  10. MWS Watershed Issues • Water Quality Impairments • Nutrients • Sediment • Water Quantity • Drought • Flooding • Invasive Species

  11. Water Quality High nitrate levels High sediment levels • Volunteer activities • Re-vegetate bare soil • Re-contour slopes • Build berms, gabions and small rock dams • Volunteer activities • Initial lake recon (depth & turbidity) • Buffer strip plantings • Bi-weekly water quality monitoring

  12. Water Quantity Drought Flooding • Volunteer Activities • AZDroughtWatch.org • Rainlog.org • Volunteer activities • Re-vegetate bare soil • Re-contour slopes • Build berms, gabions and small rock dams

  13. Invasive Species Arundo invading riparian areas, reduces wildlife habitat & increases flood risk • Volunteer Activities • GPS mapping • Arundo removal

  14. Contact Information Candice RupprechtStatewide Coordinator Arizona Cooperative Extension Water Resources Research Center350 N. CampbellTucson, AZ 85719(520) 792-9591 x.24candicer@cals.arizona.edu http://ag.arizona.edu/watershedsteward/index.html

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