Meet Profauna: An Organization Turning the Tables in Favor of Conservation in Northern Mexico
November 11, 2020Northern Mexico has had a tragic history of iconic wildlife extinctions due to hunting and persecution by government agencies and landowners. The Mexican Grizzly Bear or Mexican Silvery Bear (Ursus arctos nelson), for example, was a subspecies of…
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Friday Flora Feature: Agave
August 21, 2020It is Friday, so let’s celebrate one of the most conspicuous, ecologically and culturally important plant species of the arid regions of North America—agave. It’s iconic for the Sky Island…
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Rescuing Springs at the Border
July 15, 2020Rancho Los Fresnos is vital protected Mexican land directly south of Coronado Memorial and Coronado National Forest in the southern Huachuca Mountains. Managed by our partners, Naturalia, this ranch is part of…
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¡Las Primeras Imágenes del Estudio de Fauna Fronteriza en México!
July 7, 2020Naturalia, nuestro socio en México, está colaborando con nosotros en el estudio binacional de fauna fronteriza. Desde marzo de este año, hemos capturado fotos y video las 24 horas, los…
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First Border Wildlife Study Photos from Mexico
Naturalia, our partner in Mexico, is collaborating with us on our binational Border Wildlife Study (BWS). Since early March of this year, we have captured photos and video 24/7 of…
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¡Conoce a Naturalia! Nuestro Socio en las Islas del Cielo de México
July 2, 2020La conservación de las Islas del Cielo es un esfuerzo binacional que requiere de una multitud de dueños y manejadores de la tierra, científicos, voluntarios, y especialistas en conservación en…
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Meet Naturalia! Our partners in the Sky Islands of Mexico
Sky Island conservation is a binational effort that requires a multitude of land managers, scientists, volunteers, and conservation practitioners on both sides of the border. We proudly collaborate with Naturalia. A.C.,…
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Mexico Abandons its Protected Areas
June 5, 2020Ignored for many decades, Protected Areas (PAs) in Mexico finally got the attention of the federal government in the mid ‘90s thanks to the demands of civil society and prominent environmental groups. Between 1996 and 1999, a series of new PAs were…
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Charting the Waters of the Mexican Sky Islands
May 13, 2020“The drainage that comes out of a rock, a crack in the rock, does not give you the option to look for the largest source of water, or for a…
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