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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Skunks of the Sky Islands
October 5, 2023Did you know that the Sky Island region has four different skunk species? Check out this virtual Coffee Break hosted by SIA Wildlife Specialist Meagan Bethel to learn more about…
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Year-End 2021 FotoFauna Photo Celebration with Saguaro National Park
December 16, 2021This webinar aired on December 16, 2021. As 2021 comes to a close, what better way is there to celebrate making it through another 12 months of heartache, joy, and…
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Partnering With Nature Can Heal the Land of the Jaguar
November 18, 2021 This webinar aired on NOV. 18, 2021. In places where the majestic jaguar lives, people usually see conservation as an attempt to exclude humans and their infrastructure and livelihoods…
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Living Well and Coexisting with Urban Wildlife
November 4, 2021This webinar aired on NOVEMBER 04, 2021. Did you know that humans can coexist (and live happily) with the wildlife of the Sky Island region, including coyotes, javelina, and bobcats? For…
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