Congratulations to Our 2021 Sky Island Fellows for Graduating with Honors
April 21, 2021In 2020, Sky Island Alliance launched the binational internship program, a hands-on learning opportunity that we hoped would inspire a new generation of conservationists in the Sky Island region. We hosted six interns over…
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Las Primeras Percepciones en FotoFauna de Sky Island sobre la Fauna Silvestre de la Región
April 15, 2021Nuestra primera visión sobre la distribución de la diversidad de mamíferos y aves en la región de la Isla de Cielo ¡Está aquí! Desde que inició el proyecto FotoFauna de…
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Two More Weeks to Join the 2021 Border BioBlitz!
April 13, 2021The borderlands of Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora contain a wealth of biodiversity. White-nosed coati, Arizona gray squirrel, raven, and mule deer live and mate alongside black bear, mountain lion,…
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A Month of Good News for Large Cats in the Sky Islands
April 7, 2021We at Sky Island Alliance love this region’s large cats. After all, how many places in the world can you find bobcat, mountain lion, ocelot, and jaguar all living together in mountain and…
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Embracing a New Era—with a New Secretary of the Interior
April 5, 2021April. It’s a fresh slate with desert blooms, Covid-19 vaccines, and Deb Haaland’s first full month as the Secretary of the Interior. There’s a lot to look forward to! Haaland’s election is a historic moment. She is a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New…
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The First Sky Island FotoFauna Insights into Wildlife of the Region
April 1, 2021It’s here—our first look at how the diversity of mammals and birds is distributed across the Sky Island region! Since launching Sky Island FotoFauna in October 2020, volunteers and organizations in Mexico and the U.S. have contributed nearly 450 monthly checklists from this…
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Notes from the Field: Van Trap and Chimney Spring in the Southern Rincon Wilderness
March 29, 2021Volunteers lie at the heart of our Spring Seeker program. In 2020, 63 people helped us check over 220 springs in the U.S. and Mexico—a feat that would be impossible…
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Protecting Dark Skies Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
March 26, 2021Dark skies are a remarkable feature of the Sky Island region. When true darkness blankets the landscape at night, it provides spectacular views of the stars and high–quality nocturnal habitat for numerous migrating and resident wildlife species. Lighting along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of…
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Community’s Choice: The Best 18 FotoFauna Photos of Winter 2021
Our December FotoFauna photo contest was so much fun—with everyone cracking wildlife jokes and enjoying exciting regional photos—that we decided to do it all over again! This time, the Sky…
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We’re Rooting for Native Flora at Aravaipa Canyon Preserve!
March 22, 2021In early March, a team of six volunteers and three Sky Island Alliance staff braved the chilly spring evenings at Aravaipa Canyon Preserve to do two days of hard, earnest work: pull invasive…
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