Alerts

Bobcat (Lynx rufus): Photo credit: Gabrielle Woodbury. At the April meeting of the Tucson Parks and Recreation Commission, Vice Chair Manon Getsi expressed concern about reports of possible wildlife baiting  . . .

Many thanks to all of you who contributed comments on the Rio Vista Welcome sign drafted by Tucson Parks and Recreation. We compiled your thoughts with ours and submitted them  . . .

Tucson Parks and Recreation staff have asked Friends of Rio Vista to invite comments from Rio Vista Natural Resource Park stakeholders on a proposed Welcome sign to be installed at park entrances.  . . .

In these uncertain and divisive times, protecting our local legacy of nature may be one of the most powerful things that we can do. Monsoon drama at Rio Vista. Photo  . . .

On September 21, Scott Olmstead and Gary Bachman led the Tucson Audubon Society birding field trip at Rio Vista. Participants and the trip leaders started at sunrise and saw 32  . . .

Here’s a chance to observe some of Rio Vista’s birds that you may never have seen before. On Saturday September 21, Tucson Audubon Society (TAS) will sponsor a birding field  . . .

All of us at Friends of Rio Vista have been very concerned to learn that a riding accident took place in the park in early May. Fortunately, the horse wasn’t  . . .

Friends of Rio Vista is honored to have received a grant from Vanguard Charitable. The grant is an unrestricted gift from a donor-advised fund that Vanguard Charitable administers. The donor  . . .

With so much of what we love about wild Rio Vista changing so rapidly, all of us at Friends of Rio Vista would like to share some news about good  . . .

Many thanks to all the park supporters who came to the meeting on Thursday April 18 at Rio Vista. And deep gratitude to Tucson Parks and Recreation Commissioners Robin McArdle,  . . .