One project is assisting Hauser and Hauser Farms, the largest multi-generational farm in the
Verde River Valley, in its switch from the cultivation of alfalfa to barley, which utilizes water primarily when the river's level is naturally at its highest and limits water withdrawal during dry months.
REI also invested in an innovative restoration project at the
Verde River, high in the Phoenix watershed.
Collections were performed in the following areas: the
Verde River (municipality of Sorriso), which is categorized as having a low density of cevas with approximately one ceva for each 1000 m stretch of river; the Celeste River (municipality of Vera), categorized as having a medium density of cevas with approximately one ceva for every 500 m stretch of river; the Teles Pires River (municipality of Sinop), classified as having a high density of cevas, with approximately one ceva for every 100 m stretch of river; the Tapaiuna River (municipality of Nova Canaa do Norte), which does not currently have cevas, although it is close to the cevas system; and the Cristalino River (municipality of Novo Mundo), which is the control treatment as it lies within a conservation unit.
Most of these fish species, found in the
Verde River Basin, already are threatened or endangered.
Located 40 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, Rio Verde was built between the
Verde River, the Tonto National Forest, and McDowell Mountain Regional Park.
The desert landscape is contrasted by the
Verde River, which flows north to south through the reservation.
Camp Verde itself is surrounded by the towering Red Rocks, tumbling down to a fertile valley with the
Verde river snaking through.
I finally took on the wilderness to kayak for 1.5 miles between spectacular limestone cliffs down the peaceful
Verde river - with the promise of wine at the finish driving me on through the gentle rapids.
I finally took on the wilderness to kayak for 1.5 miles between limestone cliffs down the peaceful
Verde river - with the promise of wine at the finish driving me on through the gentle rapids.
The train meandered along the side of the mountain, following the path of the upper
Verde River. Built in just one year (1911-1912) and financed by Senator William A.
Much of the protected area did not require additional clearing since it was in close proximity to the already-cleared path of the El Paso line; however, a unique crossing was required at the protected
Verde River in the Prescott National Forest.
(57) Following several years of fighting, the Apache and later some Yavapai were confined to the eight-hundred-square-mile Rio Verde Reservation along the upper
Verde River. However, in 1875, approximately fifteen hundred Yavapai and Apache were forcibly marched southeast to the San Carlos Reservation, where they were held in a "concentration camp." (58) An executive order eradicated the Rio Verde Reservation the same year.