Community Education: Flora and Water Quality of the Santa Cruz River

AMOUNT: $15,000 US

PROJECT LEADERS: Gilberto Solís G. and Joaquín Murrieta-Saldivar

INSTITUTIONS: Universidad de Sonora and the Sonoran Institute

The Santa Cruz River is the principal water source for both towns of Nogales (Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora). The riverside ecosystems of the Santa Cruz have been disturbed by many causes over the past few years. For this reason, it is urgent that we generate documention about the existing flora and begin initiating projects to restore the ecosystem to its original state. It’s equality important to determine the quality of the microbiology in the river and the quantity of water it contains by involving the town of Miguel Hidalgo and researchers of the Universidad de Sonora (UNISON) y el Sonoran Institute (SI).