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The Arizona We Want: The Decade Ahead
In this virtual Coffee Break, we're joined by Dr. Sybil Francis and Ian Dowdy from Center for the Future of Arizona. Our guest speakers review the results of their groundbreaking Gallup Arizona Project and share more on Arizonans' shared values when it comes to our air, land, water, and wildlife.
The Sonoran Desert: A Bee Diversity Hotspot
In this virtual Coffee Break, we're joined by Dr. Kim Franklin, associate director of conservation at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. She takes us on a tour of our region’s incredible bee diversity and shares some of the threats to their survival and small things each of us can do to help them thrive.
Coffee Break: Searching for the Southwest Spring Firefly
In this virtual Coffee Break, our featured topic is the Southwest spring firefly, a nocturnal species associated with permanent streams and marshy areas in the Sky Islands and surrounding foothills of southern Arizona and New Mexico.
Coffee Break: Protecting the Patagonia Mountains From Destructive Mining
In this virtual Coffee Break, SIA staff share latest updates on our work to protect southern Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains from South32's Hermosa project.
Protegiendo los origenes de agua en las Islas del Cielo
En este Coffee Break virtual, Joaquín Murrieta analiza los orígenes del agua en las Islas del Cielo y el trabajo que realiza un grupo binacional de organizaciones para proteger este preciado recurso.
Arizona Water Law 101
In this virtual Coffee Break, Tucson lawyer and SIA board co-chair Michael Van Alsburg dives into one of the most important topics in our region: water.
History of Springs in a Northern Sky Island
Did you know Arizona has over 200 native species of mollusks? Learn about several families of snails (springsnails, talussnails, mountainsnails, and woodlandsnails) that are Species of Greatest Conservation Need across the state.
Get to Know Your Slimy Neighbors — Desert Snails
Did you know Arizona has over 200 native species of mollusks? Learn about several families of snails (springsnails, talussnails, mountainsnails, and woodlandsnails) that are Species of Greatest Conservation Need across the state.
Watershed Management Group—How Local Communities Restore and Track Tucson's Flowing Rivers
Watch this webinar to learn how communities in the Tucson area have helped restore Tucson’s heritage of flowing creeks and rivers through Watershed Management Group's River Run Network. Our guest presenter also talk about the Flow365 project, a community science monitoring team who does groundwork to track the flow of nearby rivers.
Introducción a Spring Seeker en Español
¡Únase a nosotros para un Coffee Break de Sky Island en español sobre nuestro proyecto Spring Seeker! El asistente de SIA, Ángel García, le explicará cómo unirse a nosotros para aprender a recopilar datos de manantiales locales a través de nuestro proyecto Spring Seeker.
Seeking Springs in the Perimeter of the Bighorn Fire
During this webinar, we discuss how volunteers can collect information on the health of springs affected by the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains (near Tucson, Arizona) using our intuitive Spring Seeker smartphone app.
Coffee Break: Exploring Monsoon Season and Current Weather Conditions With CLIMAS
How much do you know about the summer rains we get in the Southwest U.S.? If you have questions about how monsoons work, including how to make sense of the recent weather conditions and rain events we've received across the Sky Islands, you won’t want to miss this coffee break!
Conservation in Review: What We’re Working on in Sonora, Mexico
Join us for an informative overview of our work in Sonora, Mexico! We will start with a short history of the region, talk briefly about some of the challenges and opportunities in the region, and share the latest updates on our wildlife and water programs.
Exploring High Elevation Springs at Saguaro National Park
This discussion focuses on Saguaro National Park's efforts to learn more about high elevation springs: finding previously undocumented springs and rare plants, assessments, history, and where the water comes from.
Introduction to the Aravaipa Canyon & Invasive Vinca
Join us to learn about The Nature Conservancy’s Aravaipa Canyon Preserve and the work Sky Island Alliance is doing there on invasive periwinkle (Vinca major).
Binational Conservation in the Upper San Pedro River Watershed
We’re celebrating the history of cross-border collaboration to conserve our precious Sky Island region. This binational effort spans decades. The San Pedro River watershed was the focus of one of the most important conservation moments towards the end of the 1990s. Thanks to the Parks in Peril program from the USAID, for the first time, Ajo-Bavispe Wildlife Reserve in Sonora and the broader Sonoran Sky Islands had enough resources to support a number of conservation actions-from bird monitoring, sustainable ranching workshops, and Mexican prairie dog conversation projects to the acquisition of Rancho Los Fresnos.
Evaluation of Water Sources in Sonora's Sky Islands
Join us for a conversation with UNISIERRA undergraduate and Sky Island Alliance intern, Angel Octavio Garcia Godinez, about the results of his Spring Seeker survey project in Sonora, MX this summer. Angel surveyed more than 40 springs with his family, dramatically increasing our knowledge of springs in the area and came across an inspiring array of plants and wildlife including a Sonoran mud turtle.
Wilderness Springs Training
Did you know that springs on U.S. Forest Service land might not be protected unless they are surveyed to validate the water rights? Learn more about our new Spring Seeker survey and how you can help survey wilderness spring this summer in Coronado National Forest!
Spring Seeker Training
Calling all Sky Island volunteers and hikers! During this webinar, learn how to collect valuable information on the health of springs across the Sky Island region independently. Our staff will introduce you to our new Spring Seeker survey for your smartphone and guide you through the simple steps to complete the survey during your next hike.
Seeking Sky Island Springs
Sky Island Alliance staff Emily Burns and Sami Hammer to learn about how springs bring life to the Sky Island region and what it will take to save springs for generations.
A Stroll on the San Pedro River
Executive Director, Louise, immersed us in an enchanting virtual tour of the San Pedro River during our first Coffee Break with Sky Island Alliance. During the webinar, we walked alongside Louise listening to soothing running water, birds singing in the riparian canopy overhead, saw a lively troop of coati, a swimming Sonoran mud turtle, and a host of other amazing creatures inhabiting this important river habitat at the U.S.-Mexico border
Key Messages and Comment Writing on the Border Barrier Remediation Plan
Come learn how to write comments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) about their Remediation Plan for the Tucson Sector! Submit your comments by Feb 3, 2022 and make your voice heard for the wildlife and landscapes of the Sky Island borderlands.