We’ve Detected Over 100 Species in the Borderlands!
December 11, 2020In March 2020, Sky Island Alliance partnered with Mexican nonprofit Naturalia, A.C. to document the wildlife that lives in or migrates through the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, one of the last remaining…
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Your Holiday Guide to Sky Island Gifts
December 9, 2020What should you get that special wildlife enthusiast or environmentalist in your life? Maybe you want to give the perfect gift this year but aren’t the best at coming up with ideas. Or…
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Get to Know Our Fall 2020 Interns: Miguel Francisco Enriquez Galaz
December 8, 2020We launched our first binational internship program at Sky Island Alliance this year! Despite the many challenges we’ve faced during a global pandemic, the internship program has been an incredible…
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Notes from the Field: Spring Seeking with Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows
December 7, 2020Since the most memorable years of my life were spent in the Peace Corps, I’m always excited to meet another returned Peace Corps Volunteer (“RPCV”), which happens quite often in…
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Friday Flora Feature: Arizona Walnut
December 4, 2020When searching for water in the Sky Islands, finding a walnut tree can be a great indicator that you’re getting close to a spring, stream, or other water source! These…
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Get to Know Our Fall 2020 Interns: Elizabeth Solis Pereida
December 3, 2020We launched our first binational internship program at Sky Island Alliance this year! Despite the many challenges we’ve faced during a global pandemic, the internship program has been an incredible…
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Seven Reasons Why We’re Thankful for Our Incredible Volunteers
December 1, 2020Never underestimate the power we have when we come together to serve the Sky Islands—to monitor water, eradicate invasive species, and restore the health of all flora, fauna, and people….
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Get to Know Our Fall 2020 Interns: Ángel Octavio Garcia Godinez
November 25, 2020We launched our first binational internship program at Sky Island Alliance this year! Despite the many challenges we’ve faced during a global pandemic, the internship program has been an incredible…
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Microscopic View of a Hedgehog Cactus Fruit
November 23, 2020Hedgehog cacti of the Echinocereus genus are relatively small-stature cactus plants with multiple cylindrical stems. In eastern Arizona, Fendler hedgehog (Echinocereus fendleri) may go unnoticed for much of the year until its brilliant pink…
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Creature Feature: Gould’s Turkey
November 20, 2020For today’s Creature Feature, we’re highlighting the Gould’s turkey, a subspecies of wild turkey that’s native to Arizona and slowly returning to our mountain ecosystems after being overhunted. So instead of eating this turkey for…
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