Last month, I wrote about a Watershed Management Group project that’s transforming a steep slope on a private property west of Downtown Tucson.
I’m pleased to report that this project is now done. A small, but mighty band of WMG volunteers applied the finishing touches this past Sunday.

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This past Saturday, the Watershed Management Group ran a workshop to install earthworks on an undeveloped urban lot in central Tucson. Participants working with an excavator (shown above) to create large broad basins, raised pathways, and swales.
The goal is to transform this lot into a green space where wildlife can thrive and people can experience […]

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Spring is in the air, and that means that Tucson’s Watershed Management Group volunteers are back in action. Here, two shovel-wielding volunteers are helping a local family solve a steep problem
Seems that the west side of their property has a steep slope that does a convincing imitation of a waterfall when there’s a heavy downpour. […]

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Was pedaling over to a Saturday afternoon class, and what should I encounter but the massive Interstate 10 widening project. This construction project is causing all sorts of headaches for the motoring public, and it’s supposed to continue until 2010.
I-10’s Downtown Tucson worksite was chock-full of barricades, mud, heavy equipment, and other obstacles that […]

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I get around by bicycle. Most of my riding is utilitarian, ’round town stuff, but when I was younger, I biked all over the United States.
While I was out on the road, my carrying space was limited. So was my strength. Which meant that I was forced to take a minimalist approach to photography. I […]

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On Saturday, December 1, Tucson’s Watershed Management Group (WMG) will have an open house at the Ward 3 City Council office. The open house will showcase WMG’s latest water harvesting demonstration site. Here are the specifics:
Water Harvesting Open House
Saturday, December 1
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ward 3 City Council office
1510 East Grant Road, Tucson
This will include a site tour, […]

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Event photography can be as predictable as the schedule that the opening ceremony will follow, and as unpredictable as how people will react to your camera.
I prefer to do candid shots, but there are times when people simply insist on posing. In these cases, I just let ‘em pose and take the photo. Or, as […]

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