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Rainwater Harvesting Tours
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The Nature Conservancy's Tucson Conservation Center | Show Directions
Directions
Meet at the front entrance (northeast cor-ner) of the Tucson Conservation Center at 1510 E. Ft. Lowell Road.
The Tucson Conservation Center is being developed as a rainwater harvesting demonstration site. It provides education for a wide variety of community users that include: landscape designers, commercial and residential developers, students, homeowners, and commercial business owners.
The purpose of the project is to design a variety of rainwater harvesting and planting areas that demonstrate concepts of sustainability and conservation through appropriate applications of passive and active water harvesting techniques. This educational endeavor will help others learn and use rainwater conservation practices that benefit the citizens in this region of the state. Docent-led public tours will be held weekly at the Conservancy. Download a tour schedule. (.pdf, 228 kb) For more information, email dboone@tnc.org.
Schedule of Tours
Each Month, November through April, tours will be held:
8 a.m. on the first Tuesday
8 a.m. on the second Thursday
1 p.m. on the second Saturday
4 p.m. on the third Wednesday
8 a.m. on the third Saturday
8 a.m. on the fourth Friday
Each Month, May through October, tours will be held:
8 a.m. on the first Tuesday
8 a.m. on the second Thursday
8 a.m. on the first and third Saturday
8 a.m. on the fourth Friday
The one hour tours are free to the public.
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