Yavapai-Prescott • Entered by Jenny Cobb on September 29, 2024
Water Sentinels
September 23, 2024
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 9 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 18 |
Key Issue: Water-related Conservation
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Sierra Club Yavapai Group, Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter
Landscape/area: Prescott National Forest (1257005 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Monthly flow monitoring on the Upper Verde River at Perkinsville, Bear Siding, and Verde Springs
Reflection/Evaluation
River is very low. At Verde Springs Granite Creek no water, creek does not meet confluence, confluence dry and overgrown with vegetation. Jenny and Russ hike downstream in the riverbed and did not reach water. We hiked downstream where we monitor water and it was exceptionally low. Perkinsville 9.76, Bear Siding 9.25, Sediment level 30 at Perkinsville, 15 in the irrigation ditch. Clear to the bottom at Bear Siding which means in the 7 miles between sites, sediment picked up. In August 10.7 and 11.8