Coffee Break: Updates From Our Border Wildlife Study
October 24, 2024Through our Border Wildlife Study, Sky Island Alliance has monitored wildlife along nearly 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border for 4.5 years, and we are excited to share some of…
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The Arizona We Want: The Decade Ahead
September 12, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break, we’re joined by Dr. Sybil Francis and Ian Dowdy from Center for the Future of Arizona. Our guest speakers review the results of their groundbreaking…
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The Sonoran Desert: A Bee Diversity Hotspot
August 22, 2024Did you know that the Sonoran Desert is a hotspot of bee diversity, home to more than 1,000 species!? How many of these can you name? In this virtual Coffee…
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Coffee Break: Searching for the Southwest Spring Firefly
July 11, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break, our featured topic is the Southwest spring firefly (Bicellonycha wickershamorum), a nocturnal species associated with permanent streams and marshy areas in the Sky Islands and…
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Coffee Break: Porcupines in the Sky Island Borderlands
June 20, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break, SIA Wildlife Specialist Meagan Bethel presents on an often overlooked species in the Sky Islands: porcupines. North American porcupines are found across Arizona, but little…
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Coffee Break: Protecting the Patagonia Mountains From Destructive Mining
May 30, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break from May 30, 2024, Sky Island Alliance staff share latest updates on our work to protect southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains from destructive mining. A company…
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Coffee Break: Mediating Wildlife-Human Relationships Through Behavioral Ecology
April 18, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break from April 18, 2024, we were joined by Allie Burnett, Ph.D. candidate within the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment, to…
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Help Sample Tucson Plants to Study Fossil Fuel Emissions
April 10, 2024Want to help study fossil fuel emissions in Tucson by sampling invasive plants? We have a community science project going for all of April 2024 and welcome folks to join…
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Coffee Break: Unwinding the Regulatory Story of the Jaguar
February 29, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break from Feb. 29, 2024, we were joined by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Marit Alanen, who is the agency’s jaguar expert and liaison to…
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Invasive Plants: The Biggest Local Threats and What We Can Do
February 8, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break from Feb. 8, 2024, Saguaro National Park botanist Dan Beckman presents on some of the most concerning invasive plants in the region, including buffelgrass, stinknet,…
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