Agua Caliente Trail

Caminatas en las Islas del Cielo: Agua Caliente Hill

August 12, 2022

Lo siguiente es parte de una serie de caminatas recomendadas en las Islas del Cielo. Cuídate, diviértete y no dejes rastro.  En la esquina noreste de Tucson, el sendero de Agua…
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Agua Caliente Trail

Sky Island Hikes: Agua Caliente Hill

  The following is part of a series of recommended hikes in the Sky Islands — be safe, have fun, and leave no trace. In the northeast corner of Tucson,…
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Celebrating Zoe Fullem’s Contributions to the Borderland Community

March 25, 2022

Zoe Fullem joined our staff in the very first days of Covid craziness of March 2020. She met me in Elgin, AZ for a few days of action-packed camera deployment…
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Wavy scaly cloakfern

Wavy Scaly Cloakfern

March 15, 2022

When I moved to Arizona and left the coast redwood forest behind, I sadly thought my love affair with ferns was over. I was proven wonderfully wrong almost immediately during…
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Trucos De Gestión De Fotos

March 3, 2022

Gracias MIGUEL FRANCISCO ENRIQUEZ GALAZ por su ayuda con la traducción. Sky Island FotoFauna es nuestra red regional de cámaras de vida silvestre impulsada por voluntarios que comparten listas de verificación…
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FotoFauna Photo Management Hacks

March 2, 2022

Sky Island FotoFauna is our regional wildlife camera network powered by volunteers sharing monthly species checklists in Mexico and the U.S. To submit data, FotoFauna only requires one photo per…
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Anna Sofia Embarks on Her Next Chapter

February 21, 2022

Chances are, if you have read anything about Sky Island Alliance’s work the last few years, you’ve enjoyed firsthand the amazing writing of Anna Sofia. After working on staff as…
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The Border Wall: What’s Happening One Year Later

January 20, 2022

One year ago, President Biden paused the border wall. On January 20, 2021, I remember holding my breath and hoping that when President Biden stepped into office, he’d immediately end…
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FotoFauna First Year Results—The Species in Your Neighborhood

November 24, 2021

When I first moved to Tucson and found a badger footprint outside one summer morning, I was shocked — I had no idea my neighborhood had badgers! Now with the first-year…
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FotoFauna First Year Results—Species by the Numbers

November 15, 2021

If you regularly check a wildlife camera at home, you probably have an excellent sense of which wildlife species are photographed most often at your camera site. For my home cameras, cottontails and…
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