A vital desert waterway and ecological corridor flowing through the heart of Avra Valley.

Help us restore, protect, and reimagine this often-overlooked lifeline of the Sonoran Desert.

The Brawley Wash is a desert waterway running through Avra Valley, just west of Tucson. Most of the year, it moves quietly. Sometimes dry, sometimes underground… but when the rains come, it roars to life. This ephemeral river winds through mesquite thickets, washes past old cattle trails, and carves deep channels into the clay. It is not officially celebrated. It has no interpretive signs. But it is very much alive.

“The desert is not empty – it’s a container for memory, movement, and slow miracles.”

To some, it looks like an empty ditch. To us, it’s a corridor for wildlife, a carrier of seed and sediment, and a sacred passageway of desert resilience.

We call this project the Brawley Wash Field Station—not because we’re researchers in the academic sense, but because we’re learning. We’re listening. We’re watching what this land wants to become. And we’re inviting others to join us.