Sonoran Broadband • Entered by Emily Matyas on December 20, 2024
Spring Seeker Hike
December 17, 2024
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 1 |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 5 |
| Participants | 7 |
| Total Hours | 36 |
Key Issue: Water-related Conservation
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Sonoran BB members, Sky Island Alliance, Spring Stewardship Institute
Landscape/area: Superstition Wilderness (160236 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Hiked (4.5 miles)
Outcome 2: Event Attendees (7 people)
Short Description of Activity
Spring seeking scouting hike for Carney Springs. We knew it was dry this time of year, but want to define one spring to “adopt” and monitor regularly.
Reflection/Evaluation
We found the waterfall pour-over place – a cave, and noted that probably the source of the spring is not there.
We plan to do more research with maps to determine if we can access the source or not. Even so, we plan another hike in the spring to see if the waterfall is flowing. We also found evidence of ancient people’s activities in another cave on the way to the waterfall area. We did not monitor anything at this point.
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Photo Captions
1. Rita and Jo Ellen being hugged by a saguaro
2. The Carney springs waterfall cave
3. Ancient grinding hole and stone mano
4. Becky relaxing in the Shaka cave