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Volunteers needed to map wet, dry sections of Agua Fria River

Joanna Dodder/The Daily Courier
The Agua Fria River forms pools amidst boulders on the Agua Fria National Monument.
5/23/2012 10:05:00 PM

The Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are seeking volunteers for the 5th annual wet/dry mapping of the Upper Agua Fria River on the monument.

Training for the mapping takes place from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 31 at the Black Canyon Heritage Park visitors center in Black Canyon City. Volunteers will learn how to use GPS units to map wet and dry sections of the river during one of the driest days of the year on June 16.

To register or get more information, send an email to steven@aguafria

friends.org.

The monument friends work on the project with the University of Arizona's Non-point Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO). The mission of the NEMO network is to help communities protect their natural resources while still accommodating human population growth. NEMO seeks to help land use decision makers take actions that will lessen non-point source pollution.

For more information about the monument friends, go to their website at aguafriafriends.org.

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