Field Notes
Summer Intern Stories: G’ashdla a cho o aa
August 20, 2021Written by Cassandra Villegas, a 2021 Sky Island Alliance Binational Internship Program participant. Aravaipa Canyon is one of the Sky Island region’s treasured memories that will always be etched in my heart. The “Camp Grant Massacre” was the name given to the massacre of Apaches at Aravaipa in the historical books. With the implicit awareness of…
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Summer Intern Stories: The Writing in the Sand—Wildlife Tracking in Aravaipa Canyon
August 16, 2021Written by Aleidys Lopez Romero, a 2021 Sky Island Alliance Binational Internship Program participant. While exploring the extravagant views offered within Aravaipa Canyon [this summer], Sky Island Alliance staff along with the Round River Conservation Studies group decided to go on a short wildlife tracking expedition. After a little bushwhacking, a rattlesnake sighting, and greeting several…
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Thank You for Making a Difference in Aravaipa Canyon
June 25, 2021Photo Caption: Volunteers removing vinca under the beautiful fall colors of Aravaipa Canyon. Years have passed since we first partnered with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to remove invasive periwinkle (vinca) from the creek that flows through Aravaipa Canyon. The canyon was full of vinca when we started—so thick in some places that it had choked out the canyon’s native plants, so widespread that it covered miles of creek bed and understory,…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: May 28 – 31 [Memorial Day Weekend]
May 28, 2021Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us May 28th – 31st in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. Recently we’ve been working on…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: May 7 – 9
May 7, 2021Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us May 7th – 9th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. Recently we’ve been working on…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: April 16 – 18
April 16, 2021Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us April 16th – 18th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. Recently we’ve been working on…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: March 19 – 21
March 19, 2021Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us March 19th – 21st in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. Recently we’ve been working on…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: March 5 – 7
March 5, 2021Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us March 5th – 7th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. Recently we’ve been working on…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: Feb 19 – 21
February 19, 2021Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us February 19th – 21st in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. Recently we’ve been working on…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: Dec 18 – 20
December 18, 2020Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us December 18th – 20th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve! TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. Recently we’ve been working on…
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