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Coordinating Team
Coordinating Team
The SCWC CT guides the Collaborative forward with hands-on planning and support.
Members
Members
ADOT - Laura Nordan
Bureau of Reclamation - Edward St Pierre, Eve Halper (alt)
City of Tucson, Water Department - Jaimie Galayda*, Joseph Cain (alt)
Local First Arizona - Moises Gomez
Pima Association of Governments - Mead Mier*, Melanie Alvarez (alt)
Pima County Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona - Stephen Spikes
Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department - Kimberly Baeza**, Matthew Woodhall (alt)
San Xavier District of the Tohono O'odham Nation - John Baskett
Sky Island Alliance - Sarah Treube, Emily Burns (alt)
Sonoran Institute - Luke Cole, Claire Zugmeyer (alt)
Tucson Bird Alliance - Tony Figueroa
U.S. Forest Service - Edgar Martinez
Watershed Management Group - Catlow Shipek**, Lisa Shipek (alt)
YWCA Southern Arizona - Victor Bowleg
* Indicates CT member is also on the SCWC Leadership Team
** Indicates CT member is also on the Leadership Team and is a Co-Lead
Working Groups
Working Groups
Restoring Flows and Floodplains
Restoring perennial and intermittent flow and native riparian habitat through holistic watershed management.
Restoring Flows and Floodplains
Restoring perennial and intermittent flow and native riparian habitat through holistic watershed management.
First Wednesday of the month | 3:30 - 5:00pm
Contacts: Lisa Shipek lisa@watershedmg.org or Luke Cole lcole@sonoraninstitute.org
One Water
Implementing one water system including green infrastructure to manage stormwater, and effluent recharge and reuse. One Water collaborates with, shares goals, and meets jointly with the Low Impact Development Working Group (LIDWG) and the Sustainable Cities Network’s Green Infrastructure Group.
One Water
Implementing one water system including green infrastructure to manage stormwater, and effluent recharge and reuse. One Water collaborates with, shares goals, and meets jointly with the Low Impact Development Working Group (LIDWG) and the Sustainable Cities Network’s Green Infrastructure Group.
Third Thursdays of the month | 1:30 - 3:00pm
More information is available here and the topics request form can be found here.
Contact: LIDWorkingGroup@gmail.com
Watershed Recreation + Education
Promoting education and recreation to drive awareness, connection, and stewardship of river's role on surrounding communities.
Watershed Recreation + Education
Promoting education and recreation to drive awareness, connection, and stewardship of river's role on surrounding communities.
Currently on hold. For now, our partners can share events with our contact list by submitting them to our newsletter or adding to our website calendar.
Staff Members
Staff Members
Watershed Coordinator + Planning Lead
Watershed Coordinator + Planning Lead
Maria Renée Johnson (she/her)
Originally from the Sonoran Desert, Maria developed a deep sense of care and curiosity about the region from an early age. She received her BA from Prescott College in environmental studies with a minor in visual arts in 2013 and her MS in marine resource management from Oregon State University in 2020. Over the years, she has worked at the intersection of people and place in many forms through an interdisciplinary lens in cross-cultural settings in the US and México. This has included studying the socio-ecological impacts of shrimp trawling in the Gulf of California, accompanying small-scale fishers at sea and documenting their work through interviews and photography in México, and working in rural coastal Oregon to understand community vulnerability, resilience, and sense of place through social science. She has also taught experiential environmental education, worked with non-profits, and collaborated with various communities on projects related to art, the environment, and social justice. She is dedicated to community-building, facilitating connection, and environmental stewardship. In her spare time, Maria creates illustrations that reflect ecology, writes, and walks in desert arroyos.
SCWC Apprentice
SCWC Apprentice
Nadira Mitchell (she/her)
Nadira Mitchell (she/her) is a member of the Navajo Nation (Diné) and was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Nadira graduated with honors from the University of Arizona in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources with an emphasis in Wildlife Conservation and Management, and a minor in American Indian Studies. Nadira is a Restoration Ecology Apprentice with Watershed Management Group where she assists with River Run Network restoration projects and the Annual Bi-national Beaver Monitoring. In her professional journey, she intends to center Indigenous knowledge, strengthen relationships to land and our responsibility to future generations. She believes that building resilient environments requires resilient communities and she is excited to assist with Santa Cruz Watershed Collaborative coordination.
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