Stewardship ManagerPronouns: He/Him/Él
Bryon Lichtenhan, our stewardship manager, has been working at Sky Island Alliance since 2015. He is involved with most of our program work in one way or another. Whether he’s installing loose rock structures to help control erosion around a spring, planting native flora for the benefit of local ecosystems, removing invasive plants, or checking trail cameras in the borderlands, Bryon’s work has taken him to some of the furthest reaches of our region.
Bryon was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, and the deserts and mountains of the Sky Island Archipelago have always been his source of inspiration, beauty, and solace. Bryon’s background as a homesteader and permaculturalist, ancestral skills instructor, tree service technician, and nature guide and educator — as well as his studies of biology, ecology, and anthropology at institutions such as Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and Prescott College in Tucson — have made him keenly aware of our connection to, and dependence upon, the natural world for our lives and livelihoods.
His favorite thing about the Sky Islands is the amazing diversity of this place. From the wonderful mix of cultures in the region, to the mountains, deserts, grasslands, and riparian corridors, there is never a shortage of things to learn about or experience. In his free time, he might be found reading, enjoying desert swimming holes, birding in our borderlands, partaking in a backcountry deer hunt, or camping in some hidden Sky Island canyon.
Phone: 520-624-7080, ext. 2
Email: bryon@skyislandalliance.org