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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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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Notes from the Field: Round River Conservation Studies Sky Island Semester
February 18, 2021After spending the last few months planning for the Round River Conservation Studies (RRCS) first ever semester in the Sky Islands, I was ecstatic to finally spend time with them…
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Get to Know Our Fall 2020 Interns: Osvaldo Dorame
December 14, 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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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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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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Celebrating LGBTQ Environmentalists for LGBTQ STEM Day
November 18, 2020As a queer science writer working in environmental science and conservation, I both recognize and resonate with the profound ideas and inner strength the LGBTQ+ community brings to Science, Technology, Engineering,…
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Meet Profauna: An Organization Turning the Tables in Favor of Conservation in Northern Mexico
November 11, 2020Northern Mexico has had a tragic history of iconic wildlife extinctions due to hunting and persecution by government agencies and landowners. The Mexican Grizzly Bear or Mexican Silvery Bear (Ursus arctos nelson), for example, was a subspecies of…
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