Programs & Events
Programs and Events that Educate, Celebrate, and Preserve.
Quick Peek:
Mar. 9: Living History Day: Tucson’s Irish Connection, 10am-2pm at Presidio San Augustin, in Tucson
Mar. 9 & 10: Tucson Festival of Books, at University of Arizona Mall, in Tucson
Mar. 9 and 23: Docent-led Tours, 11am at Historic Empire Ranch, in Sonoita. Registration required.
Mar. 16 & 17: Spring Plant Sale, 9am-3pm at Tohono Chul Park, in Tucson
Mar. 17: Annual Santa Cruz County Shining AZ River Clean-Up, 8am-noon behind Tumacácori Mission, in Tumacácori (SCVNHA is proud to sponsor this event).
Mar. 21: Highway Cleanup with Patagonia Museum Volunteers, 10am-noon, at Beaty Lane and Hwy. 82, in Patagonia
Mar. 23: Watershed Management Group’s River Run Network Restoration Workshop: Tanque Verde Arundo Removal, 8am-noon, at Tanque Verde Creek/Wentworth Rd., in Tucson. Register online.
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Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Walking Tours: Citywide, various dates.
Presidio San Augustín will continue offering a number of informative and fun walking tours throughout the summer and into fall. The tours include Walking the Wall of the Original Presidio, Mainly Murals Tour, and neighborhood tours that focus on Barrio Viejo, Armory Park and the Fort Lowell neighborhood. There’s even a shortened version of their popular Turquoise Trail tour. Learn more here.
Monthly Bird Walk: Mission Garden; every Second Thursday
(Tucson) From 8:00am-9:30am every second Thursday of the month, walk around Mission Garden to look for seasonal and resident birds. Learn to identify some common calls and songs of the birds here. The garden is a good place for beginning and intermediate birders to learn about many of the birds common to the greater Tucson area. Learn more here.
Tour of Historic Canoa Ranch: Jan. 6, 13, 20, and 27, morning start times vary. Cost: $5.00 plus Activenet Fees, please pre-register
Join a 90-minute walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters. Docent-led tours visit the historic buildings and corrals as well as enjoying the special exhibits of the People of Canoa. Tours meet in the Visitor Center. Bring drinking water; dress for the weather.
Preregister on the Pima County NRPR Activenet site: https://bit.ly/NRPRregistration
Address: 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, 85622
For additional programs, visit the Canoa Ranch website: https://www.pima.gov/1253/Historic-Canoa-Ranch
Anza Tour at Historic Canoa Ranch: Jan. 12, 19, and 26, 9:30am-10:30am. Cost: $5.00 plus Activenet Fees, please pre-register
Join a 60-minute tour to learn the stories of the 1775-1776 Anza Expedition members who camped at La Canoa almost 250 years ago Tours meet in the Visitor Center. Bring drinking water; dress for the weather.
Pre-register on the Pima County NRPR Activenet site: https://bit.ly/NRPRregistration
Address: 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, 85622
For additional programs, visit the Canoa Ranch website: https://www.pima.gov/1253/Historic-Canoa-Ranch
Anza Trail Hike at Historic Canoa Ranch: Jan. 19, 8:30am-10:30am. Cost: $5.00 plus Activenet Fees, please pre-register
Join a guided 3.4 mile hike on the Anza National Heritage Trail at HCR with discussion of cultural and natural history; dress for the weather conditions and bring drinking water.
Pre-register on the Pima County NRPR Activenet site: https://bit.ly/NRPRregistration
Address: 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, 85622
For additional programs, visit the Canoa Ranch website: https://www.pima.gov/1253/Historic-Canoa-Ranch
Before There Was a Canoa (And After) by Al Dart as part of the Native Peoples, Native Voices Presentation Series at Historic Canoa Ranch: Jan. 10, 1:00am-2:30am. Cost: $5.00 plus Activenet Fees, please pre-register
Join Al Dart, Executive Director of the Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, for a brief cultural history of Southern Arizona’s Middle Santa Cruz Valley, at Pima County’s Historic Canoa Ranch.
Pre-register on the Pima County NRPR Activenet site: https://bit.ly/NRPRregistration
Address: 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, 85622
For additional programs, visit the Canoa Ranch website: https://www.pima.gov/1253/Historic-Canoa-Ranch
Caretakers of the Land: History of Land and Water in the San Xavier Community by Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan as part of the Native Peoples, Native Voices Speakers Series at Canoa Ranch: Jan. 27, 1:00am-2:30am. Cost: $5.00 plus Activenet Fees, please pre-register
Join Dr. Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan, Tohono O’odham Community College, to hear her knowledge about the history and culture of her people, the Wa:k O’odham.
Pre-register on the Pima County NRPR Activenet site: https://bit.ly/NRPRregistration
Address: 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Road, Green Valley, 85622
For additional programs, visit the Canoa Ranch website: https://www.pima.gov/1253/Historic-Canoa-Ranch
Border-Area Tours: Multiple Locations; ongoing
Celebrate our U.S.-Mexico Border Culture through a variety of tours offered by Border Community Alliance. Learn more here.
Water Conservation Education: Watershed Management Group
(Tucson) Every month, you can learn how to conserve water by using gray water and harvesting rainwater. You’ll do long-term good for our water table and your budget. Learn more here.
Mariachi performers celebrate our border culture. Photo courtesy Ce Elliott.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
(Tumacácori) Tumacácori will resume its robust schedule of guided tours, special events, and cultural demonstrations such as traditional tortilla-making. Park fee required. Learn more here.