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Scavenger Hunt Map & Site Descriptions/Stories in Dunbar/Spring neighborhood for Cyclovia 10-26-25

Scroll down for addresses, descriptions, history, and stories for each numbered site (plus bonuses)… 1. Giant Gila monster and free library WHERE: northwest corner of 10th Avenue and 2nd Street […]

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Four different species of bats observed in our neighborhood’s Bat Walk & Talk

The four species of bats observed were: Canyon bat (Pipistrellus hesperus) – photo attached Mexican free tail bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) Arizona myotis (Myotis occultus) Western red bat (Lasirurs blossevillii) If […]

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Safer and healthier outdoor lighting that enables us to better see each other, & can reconnect us to the night sky

We have a lot of light pollution in our neighborhood as does our city.As a result, like over 80% of those living in the United States, we cannot see the […]

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Annual rain & native food forest plantings another success in 2025

Our 29th annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain, Tree, & Food Forest Planting extended into the adjoining West University Neighborhood for a sixth year here in Tucson, Arizona. But as both neighborhoods […]

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Neighbors spearhead four new water-harvesting traffic-calming chicanes where two bicycle boulevards intersect

By Brad Lancaster, DunbarSpringNeighborhoodForesters.org HarvestingRainwater.com In a continuing effort to enliven our neighborhood’s public space, and make it safer, while collaborating with the ecological systems upon which we all depend, […]

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Storm damage and public pathway prunings, pick up, and help

2024 summer rain volumes in Dunbar/Spring neighborhood 2.25″ on 6-22-24, 0.20″ on 6-23-24, 0.15″ on 6-28-24, 0.04″ on 7-2-24, 0.32″ on 7-11-24, 1.40″ on 7-14-24, 0.04″ on 7-16-24, 0.15″ on […]

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Annual rain & native food forest plantings another success in 2024

Our 28th annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain, Tree, & Food Forest Planting extended into the adjoining West University Neighborhood for a fifth year here in Tucson, Arizona. But as both neighborhoods […]

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Working with the City of Tucson to get, and improve, ADA-accessible ramps for our neighborhood’s public paths

The City of Tucson is currently installing and upgrading ADA-accessible ramps where sidewalks intersect neighborhood intersections along bicycle boulevards. (The Dunbar/Spring neighborhood has a bicycle boulevard running along University Blvd […]

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Pruning to regain access of our neighborhood’s shaded public walkways

Summer 2023 Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters volunteers spent a combined 80 hours in late May, June and early July pruning vegetation along our neighborhood’s street-side public paths in the public rights-of-ways […]

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Striving to get more water-harvesting traffic-calming planted with native food forest plantings in the neighborhood

January 2025 update:We got the permit f0r four water-harvesting, traffic-calming chicanes, and hope to start construction later this month. Brad got funding from an Inflation Reduction Act grant through the […]