Please join us for events along the river in November, 2024. Click on the image to view in full-screen. History walks are back! See the second page of the calendar for history walk information.
Nature Education Event for Kids Ages 8-12!
Join us for a special event just for kids on October 18! Join FSPR education docents along with Rangers from Coronado National Memorial for a special program on the plants and animals of our area. Walk to the river, collect samples to view under a microscope, learn about animals and their adaptations. This is a free program open to all in this age range. This will be a great opportunity for home-school kids! It will last from 9 am to 12 noon. Kids should dress for the weather and bring water and a snack. The San Pedro House is located 7 miles east of Sierra Vista on Highway 90, on the south side of the highway. It is searchable in Google Maps.
Schedule of Events for October, 2024
Please join us for events along the river in October, 2024. Click on the image to view in full-screen. History walks are back! See the second page of the calendar for history walk information.
History Walk Schedule, Fall, 2024
History walks are here! Mark your calendars and join us to explore one of the many historical sites within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.
Schedule of Events for September, 2024
Please join us for events along the San Pedro River in September, Click on the image to view in full-screen.
Friends of the San Pedro River Roundup
Read all about it in the Summer, 2024 edition of the River Round Up! Click on the image to read the document.
Schedule of Events for August, 2024
Please join us for events along the San Pedro River in August, 2024. Click on the image to view in full-screen.
Bureau of Land Management Volunteer Position Descriptions and Risk Management Worksheets
FSPR Volunteers, please review the Volunteer Position Descriptions applicable to the volunteer duties you will be performing for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023, as well as the Risk Management Worksheets.
FSPR PD Clean up and trash removal
FSPR FD Landscaping maintenance
FSPR PD Lead educational or interpretive events
FSPR PD Lead school groups or programs
FSPR PD Recreation use monitoring
FSPR PD Restoration repair of historic properties
FSPR PD Sign maintenance installation
FSPR PD Special events festivals or programs
FSPR PD Vegetation surveys and monitoring
FSPR PD Visitor center public contact
FSPR PD Wells and hydrological monitoring
FSPR PD Wildlife surveys and monitoring
Risk Management Worksheet Office Work
Risk Managment Worksheet Field Work
Free! SEAZ Birds: The Missing Tracks
With spring approaching, birders will want to consult a free resource before heading outdoors locally: a digital audio collection called SEAZ Birds: The Missing Tracks. This collection of the unique songs and calls of our regional specialties (missing from most birding apps) is now archived by the American Birding Association and available for online listening or for offline download into a smartphone music library:
https://www.aba.org/seaz-tracks/
The project was created by local birder Diana Doyle, who moved to Southeast Arizona to enjoy the unique birding region of the Madrean Sky Islands. Logging hours in the field, she noticed that many of the region’s unique borderland calls were missing in the popular national birding apps, whether it was a common species like Bewick’s Wren with its very different Mexican song, or a hoped-for rarity such as Eared Quetzal. SEAZ Birds: The Missing Tracks ultimately became a 117-track, 75-species, five-disc digital collection.
For additional information, read the liner notes.
Info on former defense sites in SPRNCA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been investigating an area of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area that was used during World War II by Fort Huachuca for military training. This area is identified as the Fort Huachuca Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS). The Army Corps of Engineers is implementing a Community Education Program that informs visitors about the history of the area, the potential to encounter old military munitions in this area, and the 3Rs of Explosives Safety they can follow to protect themselves and the land.
As part of the Community Education Program, the Army Corps of Engineers has placed informational fact sheets or brochures at the San Pedro House and Fairbank School House for visitors. They have also provided the Friends of San Pedro River with information that is available on the FSPR website, including the updated fact sheet, brochure on the 3Rs of Explosives Safety and the 3Rs logo, and the link to the Fort Huachuca FUDS website (https://www.spl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Formerly-Used-Defense-Sites/Former-Fort-Huachuca/).
