Payson hike: East Verde River Length: 3.6 miles to the river and back. Rating: Moderate. Elevation: 3,717-4,058 feet (781 feet of accumulated elevation change).

Seeing the birthplace, or headwaters, of the Verde River from the air may be the best view of how the river is truly a green ...

Sediment reduces water storage Backed-up sediments accumulating behind the Bartlett and Horseshoe dams have eaten away 15% of the overall reservoir storage capacity on the Verde River according to ...

Claudia Hauser (center, Hauser and Hauser Farms) and Bill Bertolino (right, TNC S+C communications) kayak the Verde River, Oct. 3, 2022, near Camp Verde, Arizona.© Mark Henle/The Republic ...

While the conservation groups have given the Verde River watershed a C-plus for now, they hope to update the report card in 2022. And they’re using the result to make a push for bringing up the ...

Friends of the Verde pays them $200 per acre-foot (about 326,000 gallons) of water saved, which translates into a "water offset credit" and more water remaining in the river.

Get ready for some educational fun and wrap up the day at our culminating event, entitled “The Big Chino Pipeline and the Verde River: Your River, Your Water, Your Future.” Enjoy educational displays ...