Field Notes
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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Nadira Mitchell: Stories From Camp Week
July 8, 2022Leer en español As someone who was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, I’ve always been aware of our proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border. I grew up in a city…
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Searching for Springsnails in Arizona
July 5, 2022Leer en español “I found one! Wait, no, that’s a pebble.” That was my refrain recently when I went out in the field to search for springsnails with Jeff Sorensen,…
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Our Favorite Ways to Track the Monsoon
June 29, 2022Leer en español The monsoon is imminent here in Tucson, Arizona, and it’s already started further south in Sonora! I grew up in Tucson, and it was an early interest…
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Sky Island Hikes: Sierra Huérfana
June 27, 2022Leer en español The following is part of a series of recommended hikes in the Sky Islands — be safe, have fun, and leave no trace. According to popular wisdom,…
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Summer Intern Stories: Spring Restoration
June 24, 2022Leer en español SIA Stewardship Specialist Bryon Lichtenhan and I recently headed out to the field, delighted to be accompanied by our three Doris Duke conservation scholars — Taylor Lo,…
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Summer Intern Stories: Setting Up a Wildlife Camera
June 23, 2022Leer en español Alejandra Tanori García — above left, on an earlier trip planting native grasses — is one of our Path of the Jaguar interns this year. A few…
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New Cohort Arrives for Path of the Jaguar Internship
June 16, 2022Leer en español We’re excited to begin another great summer of conservation work and fun with a new batch of Path of the Jaguar interns from Mexico and the United…
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