Field Notes

Getting Ready for Rain in Moctezuma, Sonora
April 4, 2023Leer en español Rainwater 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…
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UN-Funded Conservation Project Takes Off in Sonora
February 22, 2023Leer en español In 2022 the United Nations Development Program, Coca-Cola Foundation, and Ayuda en Acción in México launched a call for project proposals to enhance the health of rivers…
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New Rule Sends Ripples Through Waters of the U.S.
January 11, 2023Leer en español Growing up in Tucson with the surrounding Arizona desert, any time I saw water, whether it was in the Rillito at flood stage or Sabino Canyon year-round,…
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Aravaipa Canyon: Vinca Update
October 24, 2022Leer en español Work to remove invasive Vinca major (aka periwinkle or simply vinca) in southern Arizona’s spectacular Aravaipa Canyon has been ongoing since our last update in March 2022….
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New Activity Book for Junior Spring Seekers
August 15, 2022Leer en español Earlier this year I worked with a group of students at the University of Arizona to develop a resource that’d introduce kids to the wild world of…
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Javier Noriega: Stories From Camp Week
July 27, 2022Leer en español Last week my fellow interns, Sky Island Alliance staff, and I ventured out on a week-long field trip to different ranches, an experience that I will certainly…
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Bryan Torres: Stories From Camp Week
July 26, 2022Leer en español Finally, camp week! What we had been waiting for since the beginning of the Path of the Jaguar internship. A chance to spend time with new people…
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Sergio Müller: Stories From Camp Week
July 14, 2022Leer en español “The biggest threat to the planet is believing that someone else will save it.” — Robert Swan, first person to walk both poles. I recently got back…
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Samai Bhojwani: Stories From Camp Week
July 10, 2022Leer en español Growing up in Belize’s tropical climate, I never saw myself as a person who would enjoy deserts and grasslands. But being immersed in the Sky Islands has…
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Taylor Lo: Stories From Camp Week
Leer en español Last week I went on a great adventure: the highly anticipated camp week for the Path of the Jaguar internship. As a so-called East Coast “city slicker”…
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