Field Notes

Aravaipa Creek

Arizona Water Law 101

September 14, 2023

In this virtual Coffee Break from Sept. 14, 2023, presenter Michael Van Alsburg, a Tucson lawyer who grew up in southern Arizona and who’s currently co-chair of Sky Island Alliance’s…
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Alejandro Aguilar Zeleny

Primeros guardianes: Una charla sobre los pueblos originarios de Sonora

June 29, 2023

El 29 de junio, Sky Island Alliance organizó un Coffee Break virtual con el Dr. Alejandro Aguilar Zeleny del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia de México. Hizo una presentación…
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Gila topminnows

The Future of Arizona’s Smallest Native Fish

May 4, 2023

In this virtual Coffee Break from May 4, 2023, biologist Betsy Grube with the Arizona Fish and Game Department presents on the future of the state’s smallest native fish. She…
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Black River

How Is Surface Water Quality Protected in Arizona?

April 13, 2023

In this virtual Coffee Break from April 13, 2023, Dr. Erin Jordan from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality shares how surface waters are protected in the state and what…
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White-tailed deer and fawn

Border Wildlife Study 3rd Anniversary

April 6, 2023

In this virtual Coffee Break, Sky Island Alliance staff share an update on our Border Wildlife Study and the last three years of wildlife activity along 30 miles of the…
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Mexico interns

Sky Island Alliance y la cultura de conservación en Sonora

February 16, 2023

On Feb. 16, 2023, Sky Island Alliance program staff shared more about the range of upcoming projects we have planned in Sonora and ways supporters can volunteer. Learn more in…
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Aravaipa

Spring Into Stewardship

February 9, 2023

On 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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The Forgotten Botanist

Coffee Break: “The Forgotten Botanist”

September 1, 2022

On Sept. 1, 2022, Sky Island Alliance hosted an exciting conversation with independent scholar, editor, poet, and author Wynne Brown, who shared details from Sara Plummer Lemmon’s life and work,…
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The Forgotten Botanist

Coffee Break: The Forgotten Botanist

July 30, 2022

Join us Sept. 1 for an exciting conversation with independent scholar, editor, poet, and author Wynne Brown, who will share details from Sara Lemmon’s life and work with an emphasis…
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Fireflies

Coffee Break: Test

July 8, 2022

Did you know there are more than 20 different species of fireflies in Arizona? Or that fireflies in our Sky Islands synchronize their flashes, lighting up the night in unison?…
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