Video: Wildlife and the Wall in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands
May 19, 2026Border wall construction in southern Arizona’s wild and scenic San Rafael Valley continues, with 12 of 27 miles completed and new wall going up each day. As you can see…
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Malpai Borderlands Conference
September 26, 2025Join us in person or virtually at this free annual conference, led by ranchers in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. There are several guest speakers who will present as part of the day’s conference, including SIA’s Eamon Harrity, who will give a talk on the border wall’s impacts on wildlife. Other talks will feature tarantulas, spotted cats, ranching strategies, and rewilding landscapes.
Wildlife and Walls: How Barriers on the U.S.-Mexico Border Impact Wildlife
September 25, 2025Border walls are spreading around the world, including right here in Arizona. Since 2020, Sky Island Alliance has used motion-activated cameras to study the impacts of border barriers on wildlife movements. Join Eamon Harrity for this in-person talk to learn about these monitoring efforts and how different species respond to border barriers.
Wildlife and the Wall: How Animals Navigate Barriers on the U.S.-Mexico Border
September 8, 2025Border walls are spreading around the world, including right here in Arizona. Since 2020, Sky Island Alliance has used motion-activated cameras to study the impacts of border barriers on wildlife movements. Join Eamon Harrity to learn about these monitoring efforts and how different species respond to border barriers.
New Border Wall Is Underway; Our Sonoran Neighbors Offer Help
August 29, 2025Dear friends, I’m touching base with an update on border wall construction in the Sky Islands, impacts to our Border Wildlife Study, and actions to take below. For the past…
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Can the Border Wall Be Less Harmful to Wildlife?
August 21, 2025With new border wall construction starting this month in the Tucson Sector, wildlife will undergo further habitat fragmentation across the San Rafael Valley and Huachuca Mountains. Our research shows that border wall,…
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An Unforgettable Sunset at Montezuma Pass
June 30, 2025Hi, all! I’m Becca Thompson, the new field coordinator for Sky Island Alliance. You’ll see me helping Sarah and Bryon with fieldwork and volunteer support. I wanted to introduce myself by…
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Help Survey Springs in the San Rafael Valley Ahead of Plans for 27 Miles of New Border Wall
June 17, 2025Water sources like springs are imperiled along the border in the San Rafael Valley, due to impending construction of the Trump administration’s 30-foot-high border wall. It is estimated that 500,000…
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Arizona Border Update
January 6, 2023Ring in the new year with us as we discuss the evolving situation with the state of Arizona’s illegal shipping-container wall on the Coronado National Forest. Our Program Director Emily…
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Reflexionando sobre nuestro trabajo en la frontera en 2022
December 21, 2022Fue todo un año en la frontera entre Sonora y Arizona. Desde las enormes lluvias de verano que reverdecieron los pastizales de la zona hasta un muro ilegal de contenedores…
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