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  • Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: May 7 – 9

    Aravaipa Canyon - East Aravaipa, AZ, United States

    Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us May 7th – 9th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve!  TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy...
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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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  • Wildlife Tracking Field Day: June 19

    Brown Mountain Trail Picnic Area and Trailhead Brown Mountain Trail, Tucson, AZ, AZ, United States

    Register Here! Calling Sky Island Alliance trackers: let's practice our skills, discuss current projects, and find cool tracks and sign. About this event Join us for a morning of looking...
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  • Wildlife Tracking Field Day: August 14

    King Canyon Trailhead King Canyon Trailhead, Tucson, AZ, AZ, United States

    Register Here! Calling Sky Island Alliance trackers: let's practice our skills, discuss current projects, and find cool tracks and sign. About this event Join us for a morning of looking...
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  • Survey a Sky Island Spring: Fall 2021

    AZ, United States

    JOIN US IN THE FIELD FOR A FUN & NATURE-FILLED SPRING SURVEY! Thanks to our amazing community of volunteers and partners, we visited over 220 springs and other water sources in the binational Sky Island region in 2020 and over 240 springs so far in 2021! With your help, we've been able to survey springs we've been...
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  • Community Talk: The Mammals Around Us & Wildlife throughout the Sky Islands

    Pima County Historic Courthouse, Turquoise Room, 115 N. Church Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701 Pima County Historic Courthouse, Turquoise Room 115 N. Church Avenue, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Register Here! This is a Sky Island Alliance talk hosted by the Pima County Historic Courthouse as part of their grand reopening. The talk will be led by Emily Burns,...
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  • Survey a Sky Island Spring: Winter 2022

    AZ, United States

    JOIN US IN THE FIELD FOR A FUN & NATURE-FILLED SPRING SURVEY! Thanks to our amazing community of volunteers and partners, we visited over 220 springs and other water sources in the binational Sky Island region in 2020 and 322 total springs in 2021! With your help, we've been able to survey springs we've been...
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  • Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: March 11 – 13

    Aravaipa Canyon - East Aravaipa, AZ, United States

    Register Here! Ready to get out of the house? Come join us March 11th – 13th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature...
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  • Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: April 1 – 3

    Aravaipa Canyon - East Aravaipa, AZ, United States

    Register Here! Ready to get out of the house? Come join us April 1st - 3rd in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature...
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  • Sky Island Volunteer Celebration

    On Saturday, April 23rd at 10am (Arizona Time) we are excited to honor and celebrate our volunteers! Via Zoom we will express our gratitude for our committed and hardworking volunteers...
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  • “American Scar” Virtual Screening and Panel Discussion

    Virtual

    Sky Island Alliance, Wildlands Network, and Cuenca Los Ojos are leading conservation organizations working across the border in southern Arizona and northern Sonora. Together we invite you to a virtual screening of The New Yorker’s short film, "American Scar," on May 4 at 5 p.m. MST. After watching the 13-minute film, listen to a moderated...
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  • Junior Spring Seeker

    Junior Spring Seeker at Agua Caliente Park

    Agua Caliente Park 12325 East Roger Road, Tucson, AZ, United States

    Bring 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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  • Wildlife tracks

    Border Wildlife Tracking Blitz

    San Rafael Valley near the U.S.-Mexico Border , United States

    There are only a few spots along the U.S.-Mexico border still open to wildlife movement between the two countries. The stretch from the Patagonia Mountains to the Huachucas, across the San Rafael Valley, is one of them. For the past few years we've been focused our Border Wildlife Study here. Now we want to document...
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  • Fireflies

    Coffee Break: Sky Island Fireflies

    Virtual

    Did you know there are more than 20 different species of fireflies in Arizona? Or that fireflies in the Sky Islands synchronize their flashes, lighting up the night in unison?...
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  • Canyon wren

    Birding With a Purpose: Help Survey Springs in the Sky Islands

    Virtual / In Collaboration With Tucson Audubon

    Join us to learn more about SIA's Spring Seeker program from Habitat Conservation Manager Sarah Truebe. Next time you go birding, you can survey a spring too! It’s easy with our smartphone app. This will help protect these precious water sources, and it'll benefit the birds and other wildlife.

  • Spring

    Training: Learn How to Become a Sky Island Spring Seeker

    Virtual

    Join us to learn more about the Spring Seeker program from SIA Habitat Conservation Manager Sarah Truebe. Spring Seeker is a community science program where volunteers can search for springs across southern Arizona and northern Mexico, documenting conditions using a simple smartphone app.

  • Spring seeking

    Spring Seeker Field Trip: Huachuca Mountains

    Meetup at Pizzeria Mimosa 4755 E. Neapolitan Way, Hereford, AZ

    Join us in the field to explore Clark Spring in southern Arizona's Huachuca Mountains. This is an approximately 2-mile round-trip hike at 6,000 feet elevation.

  • Spring seeking

    Spring Seeker Field Trip: Patagonia Mountains

    Paton Center for Hummingbirds 477 Pennsylvania Ave., Patagonia, AZ

    Join us in the field to explore a natural spring in southern Arizona's beautiful Patagonia Mountains. As a group, we’ll decide how to answer the Spring Seeker survey questions, and everyone will get a chance to submit their own surveys and pictures.

  • Colorado River toad

    Critter Night at Tucson’s Mission Garden

    Mission Garden 946 W Mission Lane, Tucson, AZ

    Every year in August, Tucson's Mission Garden invites experts from wildlife agencies, local nonprofits, and the University of Arizona to come teach about wildlife in our area. Some groups bring live animals. Join us for this fun, family-friendly night. Free with $5 suggested donation.

  • The Forgotten Botanist

    Coffee Break: The Forgotten Botanist

    Virtual

    Join us Sept. 1 for an exciting conversation with independent scholar, editor, poet, and author Wynne Brown, who will share details from Sara Lemmon’s life and work with an emphasis on Sky Island plants.

  • Aravaipa Canyon

    Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal

    Aravaipa Canyon - East / The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse Klondyke, AZ

    Want to do something fun and meaningful this Labor Day weekend? Come join us in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve. We'll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the banks of the creek.

  • Cave Creek Canyon

    Chiricahua-Peloncillo Heritage Days

    Geronimo Event Center 4 Rattlesnake Canyon Road, Rodeo, NM

    Join us for this two-day festival full of food, music, and fun in the heart of the Sky Islands. Highlights include a keynote speech from local poet-storyteller Petey Mesquitey, live music, regional field trips, farmer's market, a film screening, and more.

  • Mountain lion

    Presentation: Wildlife of the Huachucas

    Carr House 1011 E. Carr Canyon Rd., Hereford, Arizona

    Join us for this free event hosted by Friends of the Huachuca Mountains — part of a series of talks on the natural and cultural history of the region. Sky...
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  • Javelinas

    Training: Intro to Sky Island FotoFauna

    Virtual

    Do you love wildlife in the Sky Islands and have a place where you could place a backyard trail camera? This training is for you! Learn FotoFauna basics including selecting...
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  • Vinca pull in Aravaipa

    Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal

    Aravaipa Canyon - East / The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse Klondyke, AZ

    Come join us in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve this fall for a fun and meaningful weekend with other volunteers. We'll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the banks of the creek.

  • McGrew Spring

    Springs Restoration in the Whetstones

    Kartchner Caverns State Park 2980 AZ-90, Benson, AZ, United States

    McGrew Spring is a shady, secluded oasis in southern Arizona's Whetstone Mountains. Closed to the public, the spring is more than two miles from any other water source and is...
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  • Vinca pull in Aravaipa

    Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal

    Aravaipa Canyon - East / The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse Klondyke, AZ

    Come join us in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve this fall for a fun and meaningful weekend with other volunteers. We'll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the banks of the creek.

  • Festival del las Islas del Cielo

    Celebrate: Festival de las Islas del Cielo

    Plaza Principal — Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

    This Oct. 14-15 the town of Moctezuma, Sonora, will host the first Festival of the Sky Islands. Come join us and help celebrate our region’s incredible biodiversity and culture. This...
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  • Arizona Border Briefing

    Arizona Border Briefing

    Virtual

    Join us for a briefing on the state of Arizona's illegal plan to barricade more of the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers on federal land. The newest container drop site is on Coronado National Forest land in the southern Huachuca Mountains and right in the heart of our Border Wildlife Study. Our Program Director Emily...
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  • Esqueda Festival

    Festival in Esqueda, Sonora

    Esqueda, Sonora — Centro de Usos Multiples and Plaza Principal

    This Nov. 24-25 the town of Esqueda, Sonora, will host its first annual conservation festival. So come join us and help celebrate our region's biodiversity and culture in a beautiful...
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  • Happy Hour

    Sky Island Alliance Happy Hour

    Westbound 267 South Avenida del Convento #12, Tucson, AZ

    Take a break from holiday cooking and join us this Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29, for a relaxed happy hour gathering at Tucson’s Westbound — just west of downtown in the...
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  • Women Move Mountains

    Women Move Mountains

    Virtual

    On Dec. 9, Mountain Sentinels and Canadian Mountain Network are hosting a free two-hour online event called "Women Move Mountains" to celebrate diverse women leaders (including our very own Executive...
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  • White-tailed deer

    FotoFauna 2022 Photo Contest

    Virtual

    Join us for a holiday happy hour to celebrate some of the best wildlife photos from FotoFauna in 2022! Sky Island Alliance staff are busy choosing their favorite photographs in...
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  • Shipping containers at Arizona border

    Arizona Border Update

    Virtual

    Ring in the new year with us as we discuss the evolving situation with the state of Arizona's illegal shipping-container wall on the Coronado National Forest. Our Program Director Emily Burns and Dinah Bear, legal expert and co-founder of the Border Coalition, will host the virtual talk, followed by a Q&A. We’ll be celebrating the...
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  • Aravaipa Canyon

    Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal

    Aravaipa Canyon - East / The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse Klondyke, AZ

    Come join us in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve this February for a fun and meaningful weekend with other volunteers. We'll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the banks of the creek.

  • Saguaro vista

    Saguaro Stewardship Experience

    Saguaro National Park East 3693 S Old Spanish Trail, Tucson, AZ

    Join us at Saguaro National Park for a day of invasive species removal, plant and animal ID, and exploration of remote park areas! Part one of three in this spring series.

  • Crested saguaro

    Saguaro Stewardship Experience

    Saguaro National Park East 3693 S Old Spanish Trail, Tucson, AZ

    Join us at Saguaro National Park for a day of invasive species removal, plant and animal ID, and exploration of remote park areas! Part two of three in this spring series.

  • Canelo Hills tracking

    Border BioBlitz Virtual Talk

    Virtual

    Join us for a virtual talk hosted by the San Diego Natural History Museum. Our Program Director Emily Burns will be presenting as part of a panel of speakers from both sides of the border. And you can learn more about how to participate in this April's binational Border BioBlitz.

  • Mesa Tank

    Wildlife-Friendly Fence Installation in Huachucas

    Mesa Tank (Southwestern Huachuca Foothills)

    Help us put up new wildlife-friendly fencing around an old cattle tank to protect water for wildlife at the edge of the beautiful San Rafael Valley. We'll be camping too,...
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  • Sonora Gear Drive

    Sonora Gear Drive / Happy Hour

    Westbound 267 South Avenida del Convento #12, Tucson, AZ

    Come join us Friday, March 31, for a relaxed happy hour gathering at Tucson’s Westbound — just west of downtown in the MSA Annex. This is a chance to meet some...
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  • San Pedro River

    Border BioBlitz: San Pedro Cleanup

    San Pedro River

    Join us for a day on the beautiful San Pedro River, helping clean up this important wildlife corridor near the border. This event is cohosted by the Sierra Club, and BLM representatives will also be on hand. Participants will meet up in Palominas and then carpool to the cleanup site.

  • Saguaro with gilded flicker

    Saguaro Stewardship Experience

    Saguaro National Park East 3693 S Old Spanish Trail, Tucson, AZ

    Join us at Saguaro National Park for a day of invasive species removal, plant and animal ID, and exploration of remote park areas! Part three of three in this spring series.

  • San Rafael Valley

    Border BioBlitz: San Rafael Valley

    San Rafael Valley 277 McKeown Ave., Patagonia, AZ

    Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts to join us for a Borderlands BioBlitz!

  • Owl

    Sky Island FotoFauna Gathering

    La Posada Center 780 South Park Centre Avenue, Green Valley, AZ, United States

    A fun FotoFauna gathering for all who are interested. We'll gather and discuss the program and how it helped recent wins at the border.

  • Parker Canyon Lake

    Border BioBlitz: Parker Canyon Area

    Parker Canyon Lake 3200 S Sonoita Hwy, Sonoita, AZ, United States

    Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts to join us for a Borderlands BioBlitz!

  • Birding

    Border BioBlitz Weekend: Patagonia

    Borderlands Campsite (TBD) Duquesne Road, Patagonia, AZ

    Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts to join us for a Borderlands BioBlitz!

  • Huachuca Mountains

    Border BioBlitz: Huachuca Mountains

    Huachuca Mountains 4101 E Montezuma Canyon Road, Hereford, AZ

    Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts to join us for a Borderlands BioBlitz!

  • White-tailed deer

    Border BioBlitz: San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge

    San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona

    Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts to join us for a Borderlands BioBlitz!

  • Volunteer happy hour

    Volunteer Celebration / Happy Hour

    Westbound 267 South Avenida del Convento #12, Tucson, AZ

    Come join us Monday, May 8, for a relaxed happy hour gathering at Tucson’s Westbound — just west of downtown in the MSA Annex. We’ll be celebrating all our volunteers,...
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  • Vinca pull in Aravaipa

    Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal

    Aravaipa Canyon - East / The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse Klondyke, AZ

    Join us over Memorial Day weekend for another volunteer camping trip in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve. We'll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the banks of the creek.

  • New Mexico FotoFauna

    Webinar: FotoFauna in New Mexico

    Virtual

    Do you live in New Mexico or have friends who do? Then check out this webinar to learn more about joining Sky Island FotoFauna, our community wildlife-monitoring project. Since 2020,...
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  • Spring restoration

    Erosion Control in the Catalinas

    Palisades Visitor Center Mt. Lemmon, AZ, United States

    Join us for a volunteer camping weekend in the Santa Catalinas. We'll be creating loose rock structures to halt erosion, increase water absorption, and support plant growth around Caseco Spring....
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  • Agua de Enmedio

    Erosion Control in the Sierra Los Ajos

    Cañon de Evans Carretera Cananea-Aguaprieta Kilometro 2.6, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico

    Join us for a volunteer camping weekend at Sonora's Rancho Agua de Enmedio — 15 miles south of Naco, Arizona. We'll be creating loose rock structures to halt erosion, increase water absorption, and support plant growth around a creek. And we'll do a survey of new tree growth in a recently fenced riparian area designed...
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  • Spring

    Spring Seeking in the Patagonia Mountains

    Sanctuary at Sonoita Creek 376 Pennsylvania Ave., Patagonia, AZ

    Join us in the field for a day of exploring natural springs in southern Arizona's beautiful Patagonia Mountains. New Spring Seekers will be trained how to answer the survey questions, then we'll divide into small groups and carpool out to many different sites throughout the mountains.

  • Aravaipa Canyon

    Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal

    Aravaipa Canyon - East / The Nature Conservancy Guesthouse Klondyke, AZ

    Join us for another volunteer camping trip in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve. We'll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the banks of the creek.

  • Mt. Lemmon

    Native Plantings at Mint Spring & Busch Spring in the Catalinas

    Spencer Canyon Campground Mt. Lemmon, AZ

    Join us for a weekend of planting native shrubs and wildflowers at two natural springs in the Santa Catalina Mountains. We'll be getting dirty, bending, lifting, and digging with tools provided by SIA, then enjoying each other's company at the campground at night.

  • Whetstone Mountains

    Springs Restoration in the Whetstones

    Kartchner Caverns State Park 2980 AZ-90, Benson, AZ, United States

    Join us for a day removing invasive species around McGrew Spring — a lovely, shaded oasis in southern Arizona's Whetstone Mountains. If interested, there's also an option to camp for...
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  • Catalina spring restoration

    Erosion Control at Green Spring in the Catalinas

    Spencer Canyon Campground Mt. Lemmon, AZ

    Join us for a weekend of building erosion-control structures near Green Spring in the Santa Catalina Mountains. We'll be getting dirty, bending, lifting, and digging with tools provided by SIA, then enjoying each other's company at the campground at night.

  • Tarantula

    Critter Night at Tucson’s Mission Garden

    Mission Garden 946 W Mission Lane, Tucson, AZ

    Every year in August, Tucson's Mission Garden invites experts from wildlife agencies, local nonprofits, and the University of Arizona to come teach about wildlife in our area. Some groups bring live animals. Join us for this fun, family-friendly night. Free with $5 suggested donation.

  • Catalina spring restoration

    Erosion Control on North Slope of Catalinas

    Oracle Ridge Trailhead Mt. Lemmon, AZ

    Join us for a day of building erosion-control structures near a priority drainage on the north slope of the Catalinas that was damaged in the 2020 Bighorn Fire. We'll be getting dirty, bending, lifting, and digging with tools provided by SIA.

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