Volunteer Spotlight: Bill Thornton
January 15, 2025Please introduce yourself! Where are you from, and what do you do? My name is William C. (Bill) Thornton. I’m a second-generation Arizona native, lifelong outdoor enthusiast, and conservationist. I’m a retired…
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Mexican Wolves: A Survival Story
January 13, 2025Guest Blog by Phil Hedrick Conservation of the Mexican wolf, a unique subspecies of gray wolf, has been a qualified success, with real progress made in the United States and…
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Sending Sky Island Love to Los Angeles
January 9, 2025As frightening winds blew through the heart of the Sky Islands yesterday, our neighbors in Los Angeles suffered through raging wildfires driven by similar angry winds. My heart is heavy…
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A Look Ahead at 2025
January 7, 2025We’re entering 2025 with our biggest portfolio of projects in recent years! We’ll be out in the Sky Islands working with you — our amazing volunteers and supporters — to…
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Best of 2024: SIA Wildlife Camera Photos
December 19, 2024Every year we review hundreds of thousands of photos as part of our Border Wildlife Study, and in addition to the invaluable data we receive about the presence/absence of species…
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Creating Passage for Wildlife Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
December 9, 2024In this guest blog for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, SIA Program Director Emily Burns shares details on our newly published analysis of animal crossing rates through different types of border…
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New Project Launched to Restore Sonoran Grasslands for Neotropical Birds
November 26, 2024Fall has fully arrived in the high desert grasslands of the Sky Island region, and we’re excited to announce the launch of a new project to benefit neotropical migratory birds,…
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RMDs: Another Way to Give Back to the Sky Islands
November 14, 2024As the year draws to a close, it’s a great time to do some financial planning. In this blog post, we will specifically discuss Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) and how…
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The Path Ahead for Our Work in the Sky Islands
November 8, 2024Dear friends, It’s been a difficult couple of days as SIA staff and I absorb the election results and what it means for the ecosystems and communities in the Sky…
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Drawing Contest: Reptiles of the Sky Islands
October 24, 2024As part of the 3rd Annual Festival of the Sky Islands, recently held in Moctezuma, Sonora, we once again held a drawing contest. This year’s prompt: reptiles. This contest seeks…
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