Signs of Life – Forest Recovery After Fire
September 17, 2020Join us for this Coffee Break to find hope in the ashes after wildfire. Across the west, fires are burning in a multitude of forests this year. We will discuss…
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Youngsters on the Wildlife Cameras
September 9, 2020 This is my favorite season for wildlife cameras, baby season! This year’s young are finally large enough to follow their mothers around and show up on camera. With the…
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Setting Up Your Own Backyard Wildlife Camera
September 3, 2020If you want to see animals roam through your own corner of the Sky Islands 24/7, learn how to set up a wildlife camera in your own backyard. Join us…
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Rock Squirrel or Gray Squirrel?
August 27, 2020Many squirrel species are native to the Sky Island region and appear on our wildlife cameras. The two we see most often are the rock squirrel (Otospermophilus variegatus) and the Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis)—these two species can look very similar, but once…
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Conservation in the Patagonia Mountains
August 20, 2020Join a discussion with Patagonia Area Resource Alliance (PARA)—one of Sky Island Alliance’s Border Wildlife Study partners—to learn about wildlife conservation efforts in Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains. For nearly a decade,…
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Conservation in Mexico 101
August 14, 2020Join a discussion with our new Conservation Director, Paulo Quadri Barba, as he tells the story of land tenure and conservation in Mexico and describes the conservation tools used to…
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World Lizard Day: Lizards of the Border Wildlife Study
August 13, 2020Today is World Lizard Day! The Southwest is famous for its high diversity of lizards and is a hot bed of herpetological research. If you’ve been outside at all during the summer in the Sky Islands, there…
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Friday Fauna Feature: Pronghorn
July 31, 2020The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is the last living member of the Family Antilocapridae, that roamed North American during the Pleistocene. While the pronghorn might look like antelope, their closest living…
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Introduction to Zooniverse
July 30, 2020Are you an expert birder? Amateur mammal enthusiast? Excited to learn more about the diverse wildlife species of the Sky Islands? Join us to hear about our new community science…
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Border Wildlife Study: 90-Day Results
July 24, 2020Learn about the new results from the first 90 days of our Border Wildlife Study documenting species in the path of the border wall. Since March 9, 2020, our 60-camera…
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