Border BioBlitz in the San Rafael Valley
April 3, 2025Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts! Join us this May 3 in the San Rafael Valley of Arizona for a day of surveying as part of this year’s annual border bioblitz. Using the iNaturalist app, our goal will be to identify as many species as possible to document the amazing diversity of life in our borderlands.
Comment Workshop for Mammoth Mine
March 20, 2025The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period until April 14 for Faraday Copper’s continued exploratory drilling in the Galiuro Mountains. Join the Lower San Pedro Watershed Alliance and Center for Biological Diversity for a workshop, in person or on Zoom, to learn how to submit effective comments ahead of the deadline.
Arizona Rally for Public Lands
Arizonans from across the state are gathering to call on elected officials to protect our public lands and waters. That means maintaining full access, protecting wildlife, and supporting parks staff in their stewardship work.
The Arizona We Want: The Decade Ahead
September 12, 2024In 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…
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The Arizona We Want: The Decade Ahead
August 15, 2024Join SIA staff for a virtual Coffee Break as we host Dr. Sybil Francis and Ian Dowdy from Center for the Future of Arizona. Our guest speakers will review the results of their groundbreaking Gallup Arizona Project. And they’ll share more on what they learned about what an overwhelming majority of Arizonans agree on related to shared appreciation, concern, and aspirations for our air, land, water, and wildlife — plus how Arizonans’ shared public values can shape the decade ahead. Don’t miss this informational talk as we head into election season!
Spring Into Stewardship
February 9, 2023On Feb. 9, 2023, Sky Island Alliance program staff shared more about the range of upcoming projects we have planned specifically in Arizona and ways supporters can volunteer. Learn more…
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In Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains, plans for the giant Rosemont mine have unleashed a battle.
May 16, 2019The Trump administration approved a new copper mine in Arizona. Opponents say it would destroy creeks and damage wildlife habitat where jaguars roam.
Melissa’s intern photo essay: canyons, cliffs, and grasslands
July 19, 2018by Melissa Galindo, 2018 Doris Duke Conservation Scholar Halfway through my internship with Sky Island Alliance, and I’ve seen so much already! Is it hot out here? My attempt to…
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Tasia’s intern photo essay: 4 weeks, 2 countries, countless memories
by Tasia North, 2018 Doris Duke Conservation Scholar Four weeks in, four weeks to go, in my internship with Sky Island Alliance. The sun sets on a hard day’s work…
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Mythical River: Water in the Southwest
June 22, 20152015 Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award winner Melissa Sevigny will speak about her upcoming book Mythical River, which weaves together the geology, ecology, history and politics of the American Southwest into a narrative about water that considers what it means to make a home in a dry place.