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Fact sheets
The Arizona Riparian Council has developed fact sheets to provide educational information. Support for these sheets was through the U.S. Forest Service and the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation (formerly the Center for Environmental Studies) at Arizona State University.

The riparian fact sheet explains what riparian means.

The functions and values fact sheet explains what riparian areas do and why they are important.

The water fact sheet explains the water cycle and riparian areas role.
Fun things
Download and print out. Have fun finding the words in the word search puzzle or folding up the cootie catcher (fortune teller) and quizzing each other about riparian areas.