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Coordinating Team
Coordinating Team
The SCWC CT guides the Collaborative forward with hands-on planning and support.
Members
Members
ADOT - Laura Nordan
Bureau of Reclamation - Edward St Pierre, Eve Halper (alt)
City of Tucson, Water Department - Jaimie Galayda*, Joseph Cain (alt)
Local First Arizona - Moises Gomez
Pima Association of Governments - Melanie Alvarez (alt)
Pima County Conservation Lands & Resources - Melissa Van Kleeck-Hann
Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department - Kimberly Baeza**, Matthew Woodhall (alt)
San Xavier District of the Tohono O'odham Nation - Camden Walsh, John Baskett (alt)
Sky Island Alliance - Sarah Treube, Emily Burns (alt)
Sonoran Institute - Luke Cole, Claire Zugmeyer (alt)
Tucson Bird Alliance - Tony Figueroa
U of A Pima County Cooperative Extension - Stephen Spikes
U.S. Forest Service - Edgar Martinez
Watershed Management Group - Catlow Shipek**, Lisa Shipek (alt)
YWCA Southern Arizona - Victor Bowleg*
* Indicates CT member is also on the SCWC Leadership Team
** Indicates CT member is also on the Leadership Team and is a Co-Lead
Working Groups
Working Groups
Restoring Flows and Floodplains
Restoring perennial and intermittent flow and native riparian habitat through holistic watershed management.
Restoring Flows and Floodplains
Restoring perennial and intermittent flow and native riparian habitat through holistic watershed management.
First Wednesday of the month | 3:30 - 5:00pm
Contacts: Lisa Shipek lisa@watershedmg.org or Luke Cole lcole@sonoraninstitute.org
One Water
Implementing one water system including green infrastructure to manage stormwater, and effluent recharge and reuse. One Water collaborates with, shares goals, and meets jointly with the Low Impact Development Working Group (LIDWG) and the Sustainable Cities Network’s Green Infrastructure Group.
One Water
Implementing one water system including green infrastructure to manage stormwater, and effluent recharge and reuse. One Water collaborates with, shares goals, and meets jointly with the Low Impact Development Working Group (LIDWG) and the Sustainable Cities Network’s Green Infrastructure Group.
Third Thursdays of the month | 1:30 - 3:00pm
More information is available here and the topics request form can be found here.
Contact: LIDWorkingGroup@gmail.com
Watershed Recreation + Education
Promoting education and recreation to drive awareness, connection, and stewardship of river's role on surrounding communities.
Watershed Recreation + Education
Promoting education and recreation to drive awareness, connection, and stewardship of river's role on surrounding communities.
Currently on hold. For now, our partners can share events with our contact list by submitting them to our newsletter or adding to our website calendar.
Staff Members
Staff Members
Watershed Coordinator
Watershed Coordinator
Open position
SCWC Assistant
SCWC Assistant
Nadira Mitchell (she/her)
Nadira Mitchell (she/her) is a member of the Navajo Nation (Diné) and was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Nadira graduated with honors from the University of Arizona in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources with an emphasis in Wildlife Conservation and Management, and a minor in American Indian Studies. Nadira is the Restoration Ecology Coordinator with Watershed Management Group where she assists with River Run Network restoration projects and the Annual Bi-national Beaver Monitoring. In her professional journey, she intends to center Indigenous knowledge, strengthen relationships to land and our responsibility to future generations. She believes that building resilient environments requires resilient communities and she is excited to assist with Santa Cruz Watershed Collaborative coordination.
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