Sky Island Alliance is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
We work with volunteers, scientists, land owners, public officials, and government agencies to establish protected areas, restore healthy landscapes, and promote public appreciation of the region's unique biological diversity.
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Sky Island Alliance Annual Report Out
Thank you to everyone who contributed in many ways to Sky Island Alliance's important work and making 2007 a great success!
Sky Island Alliance's 2007 annual report is now available. > Download PDF (2.4m)
Sergio Avila checking camera trap in the wildlands of Sonora
Sky Island Alliance Wildlife Biologist, Sergio Avila, Honored by National Conservation Group, The Wilderness Society
Tucson, Arizona - Sergio Avila, a Wildlife Biologist and Program Coordinator for Sky Island Alliance, has been selected by The Wilderness Society for placement on its “Faces of Conservation” wall at its Washington, D.C. headquarters. The “Faces of Conservation” wall honors people who have made “great contributions to American land conservation, and particularly those people who are passionate about conservation, have overcome significant obstacles or taken huge risks in furtherance of conservation, have deployed creative methods to protect wild lands or strengthen the conservation movement.” Avila was chosen for his years of research on various wildlife species, for his work tracking and monitoring jaguars and mountain lions, and for his community outreach efforts in the Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness campaign. > Read full press release (small PDF)
Lowland Leopard Frog at Rancho El Aribabi
Donate Now and Help us Celebrate the Year of the Frog!
2008 is the Year of the Frog and here in the Sky Island region there's no better time to celebrate the Year of the Frog than now, on the cusp of the monsoon season.
Frogs are indicative of the health of their habitat and by protecting our frog populations we can help ensure the health of our important riparian areas upon which the entire Sky Island region depends.
Please donate today and help us preserve and protect our frogs, wetlands, and the biodiversity of our entire Sky Island region. Sky Island Alliance is working hard to protect habitat for our amphibian friends, donate or click here to read more about our work protecting wetland habitat in our region.
Tumacacori Highlands -Bob Van Deven
One spring weekend, a group of artists and conservationists gathered in the Coronado National Forest to camp and hike, learn and experience. The idea was to come together, learn and share with each other, and then teach and share with others the value of a special place in our own backyard... The idea became Art in Wilderness...
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Art in Wilderness is a project of the Sky Island Alliance to connect people with their wild public lands and to showcase the Tumacacori Highlands of southern Arizona, for which we are advocating designation by Congress as a Wilderness Area. See www.TumacacoriWild.org for more information, or contact Mike Quigley at 520/624-7080 ext 11, email - mike@skyislandalliance.org
The culmination of Art in Wilderness is a magical collection from 19 artists, poets, writers, photographers... over 100 pages of beautiful, full-color reproductions of original art, essays and poems. Includes 2 CDs with music and readings. > Order form here (PDF)