Field Notes
The Endangered Species Act Turns 50
May 19, 2023Leer en español In 1973, following the first Earth Day celebrations and as part of a movement toward greater environmental awareness, the Endangered Species Act was established to prevent the…
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Mujeres Fronterizas, Episode 1: Denise Moreno Ramírez
May 18, 2023Leer en español In this first installment of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews fellow…
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Photo Gallery: 2023 Earth Day Border BioBlitz
April 25, 2023Leer en español This past weekend for Earth Day, Sky Island Alliance joined the 2023 Border BioBlitz, a month-long event held each April that seeks to document the diversity of…
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Animals That Love the Night and Dark Skies
April 19, 2023Leer en español Night provides essential habitat for many wildlife species here in the Sky Islands, from bats and owls to rats and ringtails. Over time these species have evolved…
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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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Conservation Projects Underway in Spring 2023
March 31, 2023Leer en español We’ve reached an exciting point here at Sky Island Alliance where our projects in southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora are taking new shape and growing, and we…
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Spring Flowers in the Sky Islands
March 13, 2023Leer en español We’ve been enjoying a wet winter in the Sky Islands, and that always gets me excited for spring wildflowers. With the right temperatures and moisture, we can…
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Border Coalitions for Environmental Justice: Two Cases
March 9, 2023Leer en español This is the second in a series of reflections on environmental justice from Mariana Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin, a member of Sky Island Alliance’s board of directors (see…
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Gear Drive: Help Support Our Sonora Work
March 8, 2023Leer en español This March, Sky Island Alliance is hosting a gear drive to benefit our work in the rural Sky Islands of Sonora, and there are several ways to…
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This April, Join the 2023 Border BioBlitz
March 5, 2023Leer en español Since 2018, the Border BioBlitz has been an annual community science effort to record as many species as possible along the U.S.-Mexico border. This year Sky Island…
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