| Watershed Issues: |
- Copper and Selenium in Salt River and tributaries
- High sediment yield in Salt and Gila Rivers
- Increased erosion and water pollution due to forest fires
- Low dissolved oxygen levels in many streams
- Salt-cedar (tamarisk) invasion
- High nutrient and E.coli levels in Tonto & Christopher Creeks
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| Classes: |
Contact Gila Extension or MWS State Coordinator for upcoming class schedule & program details. MWS will be partnering with the Little Colorado Coordinating Council to offer a MWS Program for Coyote Creek in 2011. |
| Projects: |
- Involvement with the Tonto Creek project funded by ADEQ
- Construction of a Shade & Serenity Demonstration Garden and Rainwater Harvesting Project
- Collection, identification and display of a Noxious Weeds Specimen Teaching Kit
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| Contact: |
Chris Jones
Associate Agent
Gila County Cooperative Extension
(928) 402-8586
ckjones@cals.arizona.edu
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