Join us at Borderlands Brewing Company, 119 E Toole Ave, Tucson, for a pint and presentation on the interesting things we’ve been learning about springs in our Sky Island Wilderness areas. Ever wondered what springs in the wilderness look like—or how many are out there?!

Sami will take you on a tour of springs surveyed with help from dozens of intrepid citizen science volunteers who did some serious scrambling and orienteering to bring us this new information. You’ll also get a brief introduction to the techniques used to gather information through springs surveys, and how this is helping protect our wildest waters and guide restoration and conservation of these amazing oases in the Sky islands.

Sami Hammer, Conservation Biologist and GIS Specialist at Sky Island Alliance, has been training and leading volunteers to survey and monitor spring ecosystems for the past 3 years and has personally visited at least 100 springs in the Sky islands.

This is part of our Water Roots series. Learn more about the series here.

Here’s a list of all upcoming Water Roots events