A rare Arizona meadow protects the Valley's water supply

Little Green Valley fen restored

A $1.2 million restoration project in the Tonto National Forest is repairing the Little Green Valley Fen, one of only two known wet meadows of its kind in Arizona.

Key points Little Green Valley fen restored
  1. A $1.2 million restoration project in the Tonto National Forest is repairing the Little Green Valley Fen, one of only two known wet meadows of its kind in Arizona.
  2. Past road construction and peat extraction carved a 20-foot head cut that drained the meadow and its groundwater.
  3. The work, completed in April 2026, is meant to slow water in the upper watershed that feeds Tonto Creek, Roosevelt Lake and the Salt River system supplying metro Phoenix.
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