Community Riparian Monitoring Network

Under the guidance of Dr. Julie Stromberg from Arizona State University, teams of ecologists, botanists, hydrologists, and local volunteers launched a network of riparian (streamside) monitoring stations to better understand the following important factors:

• Determine where healthy cottonwood and willow forests remain within the Benson Subwatershed
• Monitor the ground water conditions associated with this vegetation over the long-term to track changes
• Better quantify how much water is actually used by riparian vegetation to better develop a regional ground water model.