The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management awarded Brad Lancaster, co-founder of the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters, with the 2021 Citizen Forester of the Year. The following is Brad’s acceptance […]
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Our 25th annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain, Tree, & Food Forest Planting extended into the adjoining West University Neighborhood for a second year. But as both neighborhoods are part of/share the […]
Staghorn cholla Cholla flower buds are a delicious native food you can grow at home or in the public right-of-way (as long as you keep public walkways clear and accessible). […]
Multi-lingual plant identification signs were just installed in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Forest to help folks learn more about the rich Sonoran Desert life around them, and different ways they could […]
This is the the 25th year of our annual planting program. Get more info on the Event’s page here.
Brush & Bulky pick up starts Monday, January 11, 2021 in Dunbar/Spring and adjacent neighborhoods. For a city-wide schedule of Brush & Bulky pick ups and more info see:https://www.tucsonaz.gov/es/brush-and-bulky So […]
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Trees Help Reduce Crime
Check out the map above created by Julius Scholsburg to see for yourself. The map above is a tree cover map of Tucson, Arizona with crime report data overlaid. Where […]
by Brad Lancaster The following is a re-posting of a blog I wrote in 2016 on my blog at www.HarvestingRainwater.com A bare beginningWhen I moved to the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood in […]
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Spadefeet – The Amphibians of Dunbar/Spring
By Robert VillaTucson Herpetological Society, TucsonHerpSociety.org Our Devonian and Mesozoic Neighbors We are fortunate to live in a vibrant and diverse barrio of people, art, food, community, and urban ecology. […]
Yes, cholla cactus is thorny, but it has a caring heart, delicious flower buds, and so much more. When I learned how to harvest, process, and enjoy the tasty, calcium-rich […]