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Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands (permit required)
Coordinates: 33.389402, -112.2597653 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

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From Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands (Birding in Maricopa County) webpage

About Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands
​In 2000 the Corps of Engineers received approval from Congress for the Tres Rios Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Control Project. This project will improve and enhance a 7-mile long, 1500 acre section of the Salt and Gila Rivers in southwestern Phoenix. The project consists of a flood protection levee, effluent pump station, emergent wetlands, and riparian corridors and open water marsh areas to replace existing non-native salt cedar in the river. Construction of the levees and emergent wetlands has been completed, with the construction of the pump station and riparian and river areas currently underway. The Tres Rios Full Scale Project is being 65% funded by the Corps, with 35% coming from the local sponsor, SROG. Technical and financial assistance has also been provided by the Flood Control District of Maricopa County.

The full-scale Tres Rios project is owned and operated by the City of Phoenix Water Services Department and consists of approximately 480 acres of emergent wetlands along the Salt River. The water source of this restored ecosystem is the highly treated effluent from the adjacent 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant. The primary goals are flood protection for the local residents and habitat restoration for the native animals.

Until the construction of the recreational features is complete, access can only be obtained by requesting a parking and access permit. Permitted visitors can explore the open water, riparian and marsh habitats via access roads and unmaintained trails from dawn to dusk, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. Please note that there are no restroom facilities, ramadas, or drinking fountains on the site. Due to these constraints, school field trips or other public tours will not be conducted. From Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands webpage

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