Workshops and Trainings
Collect Seeds at Saguaro National Park
Red Hills Visitor Center 2700 N Kinney Rd, Tucson, United StatesJoin us at Saguaro National Park (west) for a morning of seed collection to support a new native plant pollinator garden!
Collect Seeds at Saguaro National Park
Join us for a pleasant morning of seed collection at Saguaro National Park! Seeds will be used to support new native plant pollinator gardens.
Collect Seeds at Saguaro National Park
Rincon Visitor Center 3693 S. Old Spanish Trail, Tucson, United StatesSpend the morning in the beautiful Rincon Mountains collecting seeds with us! The seeds will be supporting new native plant gardens for pollinators at Saguaro National Park!
Collect Seeds at Saguaro National Park
Red Hills Visitor Center 2700 N Kinney Rd, Tucson, United StatesNative plant seeds will help us plant pollinator gardens at Saguaro National Park. Come learn how we do it!
Collect Seeds at Saguaro National Park
Red Hills Visitor Center 2700 N Kinney Rd, Tucson, United StatesSpend a gorgeous Tucson winter day learning how to collect native plant seeds with an expert crew!
iNaturalist Training Workshop – FULL!
Sky Island Alliance Office 3127 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ, United StatesJoin SIA staff as we learn the ins and outs of the citizen science tool, iNaturalist. Learn how and why we use it, and get a chance to practice uploading observations, and exploring data once it is on the web.
Aravaipa Wildlife Tracking Workshop
The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse 40926-40928 Aravaipa Canal, Willcox, United StatesJoin us for a four-day get-away in a spectacular Sky Island setting with Sky Island Alliance staff and regional guest experts. Participants gain hands-on field instruction and theory in a variety of tracking skills and techniques.
Los Fresnos Tracking Workshop
Rancho Los Fresnos Cananea, Sonora, MexicoWe're running a tracking workshop for a group of students from Hermosillo, and we have space for just a few American participants to join us. If you've been wanting to take our tracking workshop, and you can't wait for our next one in October, this could be your opportunity!
Wildlife Tracking Workshop-Fall 2017-Aravaipa Canyon
The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse 40926-40928 Aravaipa Canal, Willcox, United StatesJoin us for a four-day get-away in a spectacular Sky Island setting with Sky Island Alliance staff and regional guest experts. Participants gain hands-on field instruction, training in a variety of tracking skills and techniques, and are prepared to join our wildlife monitoring projects.
Tracking Tuesday
Sky Island Alliance Office 3127 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ, United StatesOur inaugural Tracking Tuesday volunteer get-together will be a chance for our current wildlife trackers to get questions answered, to review best practices for gathering data in the field, and to learn how they can use iNaturalist to improve our data set.
Madrean Conference 2018
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tucson - Reid Park 445 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ, United StatesBack by popular demand, this will be the fourth symposium on the biologically rich Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and adjacent Mexico. REGISTER ONLINE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! The Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago Conference (known as the Madrean Conference), is the premier regional event for sharing science and building...
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Fall Wildlife Tracking Workshop 2018
Aravaipa Canyon - East Aravaipa, AZ, United StatesJoin us for a four-day get-away in a spectacular Sky Island setting with Sky Island Alliance staff for our renowned wildlife tracking workshop! Participants gain hands-on field instruction and theory in a variety of skills and techniques for monitoring wildlife in a non-invasive manner.
Fall Wildlife Tracking Workshop: 2019
The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse 40926-40928 Aravaipa Canal, Willcox, United StatesJoin us for a four-day get-away in a spectacular Sky Island setting with Sky Island Alliance staff and regional guest experts. Participants gain hands-on field instruction and theory in a variety of wildlife tracking skills and techniques.
Wilderness Springs Training
Register Here Did you know that springs on U.S. Forest Service land might not be protected unless they are surveyed to validate the water rights? Come learn more about our new Spring Seeker survey and how you can help survey wilderness spring this summer in Coronado National Forest! We'll cover topics including which wilderness areas...
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Sky Island Coffee Break: Border Wildlife Study 90-Day Report
Register for the Zoom Link Here Join us as we share 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 array along 34 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border recorded a huge diversity of mammals, birds, reptiles, and...
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Learn to Measure the Darkness of Sky Island Skies
Register Here Join Globe at Night leader Connie Walker to learn how to measure night sky darkness around you by counting the number of stars visible to the unaided eye in easily recognizable constellations! By contributing these simple Globe at Night community science data, you can help identify where the best dark corridors are for migrating wildlife. Then, once trained in the Globe at Night method, Sky Island Alliance invites you to help document...
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Introduction to Tracking Large Cat Species in the Sky Island Region
Register Here Feline habitat has become increasingly fragmented. To advocate for a better future where iconic wild cats thrive across unbroken habitat in Northern Mexico and Southern Arizona, Sky Island Alliance is launching the 1,000 Cats project, a community-driven network that will allow us to collect wild cat data and take meaningful actions to protect...
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Sky Island Coffee Break: How to Identify Wildlife on Your Trail Cameras
Register Here Do you have a wildlife camera at home? Want to learn how to better identify the species detected in your backyard? Species identification is a great skill to have, especially if you enjoy getting involved in citizen science projects like Sky Island FotoFauna or local BioBlitz events. In this online workshop, you’ll join...
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Sky Island Workshop: Key Messages and Comment Writing on the Border Barrier Remediation Plan
Register Here! Outraged by the wall in southeastern Arizona? Right now, we have the chance to do something about it. Come learn how to write comments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) about their Remediation Plan for the Tucson Sector! Submit your comments by Feb 3, 2022 and make your voice heard for...
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Junior Spring Seeker at Agua Caliente Park
Agua Caliente Park 12325 East Roger Road, Tucson, AZ, United StatesBring the whole family to Agua Caliente Park on Saturday, May 14 between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Families will be able to pick up a free kids activity booklet to learn about springs, nature, plants, and animals — and why we want to protect our Sky Island springs. Kids can also pledge to be...
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