Tucson spring cleaning

A Look Ahead at 2025

January 7, 2025

We’re entering 2025 with our biggest portfolio of projects in recent years! We’ll be out in the Sky Islands working with you — our amazing volunteers and supporters — to…
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Sky Island FotoFauna class

Sky Island FotoFauna Class in Green Valley

December 5, 2024

This Jan. 7 and Jan. 21, we’re hosting a two-part class in Green Valley for folks interested in joining Sky Island FotoFauna and learning how to set up a wildlife camera in their backyard as part of our community science project. Registration for Green Valley Recreation members opens Dec. 9, and for the rest of the public, it opens Dec. 24.

Ángel Garcia

My Sky Island Summer of Adventure and Learning

August 29, 2024

Ever since I was a biology student at the Universidad de la Sierra in Moctezuma, Sonora, I began to get involved in activities with Sky Island Alliance. In 2020, I…
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Turkey

FotoFauna Lending Library Kickoff in Douglas

June 26, 2024

During this presentation, participants will learn about SIA’s FotoFauna program and how they can participate in this community science project through the Douglas Public Library. Patrons can check out a wildlife camera kit from the library and submit an online monthly checklist of species they observe. This data will help SIA and partners study when and where wildlife is present so we can better protect their habitats and pathways.

Copper Queen Library kickoff event for FotoFauna

FotoFauna Lending Library Kickoff in Bisbee

April 29, 2024

During this presentation, participants will learn about SIA’s FotoFauna program and how they can participate in this community science project through the Copper Queen Library. Patrons can check out a…
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UniSierra student road trip in Sonora.

Exploring Nature Through the Camera Lens: A Photographic Adventure

April 8, 2024

Guest Blog by Jeny Fernanda Ramos Rascón This blog was made possible thanks to a camera donation during SIA’s 2023 Sonora gear drive. Denia Valencia, Jeny Fernanda Ramos Rascón, and…
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Black bear

Sky Island FotoFauna in New Mexico

June 6, 2023

In this webinar from June 6, 2023, Sky Island Alliance staff were joined by residents from New Mexico interested in joining our FotoFauna network. Since 2020, our volunteers have established…
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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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White-tailed deer

Highlights From Our 3rd Annual FotoFauna Contest

December 15, 2022

On Dec. 15, 2022, we hosted our 3rd annual FotoFauna Contest, in which Sky Island Alliance supporters voted on best photos captured by our volunteers’ remote cameras. Watch the recording…
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Sonoran Desert Nutcracker

Cascanueces del desierto de Sonora 2022

December 13, 2022

Cada año, nuestra directora de programas Emily Burns hace un video de momentos destacados de la vida silvestre en su patio trasero y luego le pone música de “Cascanueces” de…
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