New Maps to Track Monsoon Rain in the Sky Islands
July 6, 2023It’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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Support Historic Bill to Reform U.S. Mining Law
June 22, 2023A 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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The Endangered Species Act Turns 50
May 19, 2023In 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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Mujeres Fronterizas #1: Denise Moreno Ramírez
May 18, 2023Subscribe: 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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Photo Gallery: 2023 Earth Day Border BioBlitz
April 25, 2023This 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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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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Border Coalitions for Environmental Justice: Two Cases
March 9, 2023 This is the second in a series of reflections on environmental justice from Mariana Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin, a member of Sky Island Alliance’s board of directors (see Part 1)….
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