watershed improvement

Community Brainstorming Workshop

Submitted by Ann-Marie Benz on May 15, 2012 - 12:50pm
Granite Creek Watershed Improvement Planning
Community Brainstorming Workshop
Who better to determine a community's future than its residents?

Venturing into the World of Ecosystem Services

Submitted by Amanda Richardson on April 26, 2012 - 3:00pm
Humankind benefits from resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems

Earlier this month, Jim Pittman, Director of Sustainability at Prescott College, led the Watershed Improvement Council in a discussion about ecosystem services in the Upper Granite Creek Watershed.

It Takes Community to Fix a Watershed

Submitted by Michael Byrd on April 8, 2011 - 8:00am

Prescott Creeks recently had the opportunity to visit with representatives from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Who pooped in Granite Creek?

Submitted by Amanda Richardson on January 18, 2011 - 11:44am
A dog using a pooper scooper in the manner of a human.

They say that in order to solve a problem, you must first admit that the problem exists. So, here it is: in Prescott, our local creeks and lakes have water quality problems. Some deny it, reasoning that talking about it might scare the tourists away. I say that is poppycock!

Water Quality Monitoring

PURPOSE

A volunteer water quality monitoring program was initiated in January, 2010 to further the WIP by identifying the main sources of nutrients and E. coli bacteria in the watershed. Creek Crew volunteers are collecting field data and water samples along Granite Creek and its main tributaries (see map of sampling sites below).

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