Animals That Love the Night and Dark Skies
April 19, 2023 Night provides essential habitat for many wildlife species here in the Sky Islands, from bats and owls to rats and ringtails. Over time these species have evolved to see…
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Getting Ready for Rain in Moctezuma, Sonora
April 4, 2023Rainwater harvesting has been practiced for hundreds of years throughout the Sonoran Desert — so it’s nothing new. But in recent times there’s been an exciting resurgence using both old…
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Conservation Projects Underway in Spring 2023
March 31, 2023 We’ve reached an exciting point here at Sky Island Alliance where our projects in southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora are taking new shape and growing, and we wanted to…
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Spring Flowers in the Sky Islands
March 13, 2023 We’ve been enjoying a wet winter in the Sky Islands, and that always gets me excited for spring wildflowers. With the right temperatures and moisture, we can usually expect…
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Gear Drive: Help Support Our Sonora Work
March 8, 2023 This March, Sky Island Alliance is hosting a gear drive to benefit our work in the rural Sky Islands of Sonora, and there are several ways to get involved….
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This April, Join the 2023 Border BioBlitz
March 5, 2023 Since 2018, the Border BioBlitz has been an annual community science effort to record as many species as possible along the U.S.-Mexico border. This year Sky Island Alliance is…
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UN-Funded Conservation Project Takes Off in Sonora
February 22, 2023 In 2022 the United Nations Development Program, Coca-Cola Foundation, and Ayuda en Acción in México launched a call for project proposals to enhance the health of rivers in priority…
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The Great Backyard Bird Count Is Here — So Are All These Other Beauties
February 8, 2023Guest Blog by Randy Serraglio When my partner and I moved into our house about 11 years ago, we saw great potential for creating urban habitat, even though it was…
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The Forever Fund: A New Way to Leave a Sky Island Legacy
February 7, 2023I’m grateful to work for Sky Island Alliance. The work we do and the region we do it in is so special. Six biotic influences meet here, and it’s the…
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New Rule Sends Ripples Through Waters of the U.S.
January 11, 2023Growing up in Tucson with the surrounding Arizona desert, any time I saw water, whether it was in the Rillito at flood stage or Sabino Canyon year-round, I assumed it…
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