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Friends of the Verde River present 2025 watershed report card; monitoring shows mixed results
Summary
Friends of the Verde River presented a 2025 watershed report card showing a modest overall score increase to about 58%, driven by improved monitoring coverage but with new water‑quality impairments identified in the Middle Verde and persistent concerns about native fish, sedimentation and limited macroinvertebrate data.
David Gresley of Friends of the Verde River presented the 2025 Verde River watershed report card to the Clarkdale Town Council on April 14, describing regional trends in water quantity, quality, habitat and community engagement.
Gresley said the report card — the second produced on a five‑year cycle — found a modest overall score increase (about 58%, up 1% from 2020). He attributed the increase primarily to better monitoring coverage: the program now includes roughly…
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