Staff Highlight: Daniel Armenta
January 13, 2020Daniel Armenta: Development Director Favorite place in Sky Islands? I love the Santa Catalina Mountains. Living in Tucson, I feel this mountain range embodies the spirit of the Sky Islands…
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Friday Creature Feature: Great Horned Owl
January 10, 2020Their name comes from the horn-like feather tufts on the tops of their heads. The tufts are darker than the rest of the head, which improves their camouflage. As masters…
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Staff Highlight: Georgina Waller
January 6, 2020Georgina Waller: Development Assistant Favorite place in Sky Islands? The area of the Sky Islands that I am most familiar with is the Patagonia Mountain range. The reason is the…
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Small Saguaros Surge Skyward! Preliminary Results from the Census
January 4, 2020In December, Sky Island Alliance volunteers took to the trails in Saguaro National Park East District to count and measure saguaros as part of the Saguaro Census. Every ten years, Saguaro National…
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Friday Creature Feature: Desert Cottontail
January 3, 2020Continuing our lagomorph series of creature features, this week we are leaving the hares and go to the other group, the rabbits! Rabbits and Jackrabbits are genetic cousins but are…
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Snow in the Sky Islands
January 1, 2020Winter is here in Southern Arizona. The mornings are frosty, and the winter rains brings needed moisture to the ground. If you’ve lived in the region for any length of time, you’ll…
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Top 10 Wildlife Photos of 2019
December 31, 2019During the course of 2019, Sky Island Alliance has collected 9600 photos of wildlife, 6645 of those came from cameras within 5 miles of the Border. This data was collected…
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Staff Highlight: Samantha Hammer
December 30, 2019Samantha “Sami” Hammer: Conservation Biologist & GIS Specialist What is your favorite place in the Sky Islands? I truly can’t pick a favorite place. But one area I’ve gotten to…
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Friday Creature Feature: Black-tailed Jackrabbit
December 27, 2019Last week we highlighted the antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni). This week we will cover the other Lepus species that we get on our cameras, the Black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus). You…
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Holiday Botany
December 25, 2019Botanical signs of the holidays abound in the Sky Island region. From mistletoe that puffs out with green sprigs in desert mesquite and palo verde trees. To the many species…
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