Black bear

Border Wall Settlement Presents Significant Opportunity to Study Wildlife Connectivity Between the U.S. and Mexico

July 26, 2023

Last week, the Sierra Club announced its long-awaited settlement in the case Sierra Club v. Biden, which marks a monumental victory for wildlife and borderland communities impacted by illegal wall…
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Intern Stories: First Time in the Pines

July 19, 2023

My name is Estefani Moyers, and I’m from Cananea, Sonora — a mining town just south of the Arizona border. And this is a bit of what my first experience…
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Spring

Help Survey Patagonia Springs Before New Mining

July 10, 2023

July 2024 Update: The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued the discharge permit for the Hermosa Mine after an initial scoping comment period, increasing the urgency of our need…
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Christian Aguilar Murrieta

Mujeres Fronterizas #2: Christian Aguilar Murrieta

July 6, 2023

Subscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts In this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews fellow…
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Monsoon rainfall in Sky Islands

New Maps to Track Monsoon Rain in the Sky Islands

It’s fast approaching our favorite time of year again — when the desert springs to life with the onset of monsoon rains. Although the projections for 2023 are that the…
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Santa Ritas

Support Historic Bill to Reform U.S. Mining Law

June 22, 2023

A new bill has been introduced in Congress that would overhaul the 1872 Mining Law and at last bring the U.S. into the 21st century — ready to meet the…
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Mexican spotted owl

The Endangered Species Act Turns 50

May 19, 2023

In 1973, following the first Earth Day celebrations and as part of a movement toward greater environmental awareness, the Endangered Species Act was established to prevent the extinction of plants…
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Denise Moreno Ramírez

Mujeres Fronterizas #1: Denise Moreno Ramírez

May 18, 2023

Subscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts In this first installment of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews…
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BioBlitz

Photo Gallery: 2023 Earth Day Border BioBlitz

April 25, 2023

This past weekend for Earth Day, Sky Island Alliance joined the 2023 Border BioBlitz, a month-long event held each April that seeks to document the diversity of life in our…
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Mule deer

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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