Exploring Nature Through the Camera Lens: A Photographic Adventure
April 8, 2024Guest 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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Defend Arizona’s Santa Ritas From Copper Mining
April 4, 2024We need your help defending jaguar habitat and precious groundwater in southern Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains. Canadian mining giant Hudbay Minerals is once again pushing its dystopic “Copper World” mining…
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Road Decommissioning in the Huachucas
Join SIA as we physically decommission closed roads in the southern foothills of the Huachuca Mountains. We’ll be camouflaging roads with rocks and woody debris, reseeding native plants, building erosion-control…
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Training Workshop: Annual Plant Radiocarbon Project
April 2, 2024Learn how to help study fossil fuel emissions in Tucson by sampling invasive plants! SIA Program Director Emily Burns will walk you through the steps in this free online training.
Snake Season’s Here: Get to Know Local Species
March 21, 2024It’s that time of year again: Snakes are awakening from their winter brumation (a snake version of hibernation). And one of our volunteers, Pat Cicero, who’s a snake enthusiast, put…
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Survey Springs in the Chiricahua Wilderness
March 15, 2024Join us for a weekend of car camping as we survey springs in southeast Arizona’s Chiricahua Wilderness.
Coffee Break: Mediating Wildlife-Human Relationships Through Behavioral Ecology
March 13, 2024Join us for our next virtual Coffee Break to learn more about some of the latest research being done to understand wildlife-human relationships and reduce conflict. Our presenter is Allie Burnett, Ph.D. candidate within the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment. For her research, she has focused specifically on the dynamics at play in Tucson.
Training Workshop: Annual Plant Radiocarbon Project
March 7, 2024Learn how to help study fossil fuel emissions in Tucson by sampling invasive plants!
Help Sample Tucson Plants to Study Fuel Emissions
March 6, 2024Did you know that we can identify fossil fuel emissions in the air by sampling annual plants? Knowing where greenhouse gases are and at what concentrations can help policymakers fight…
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Coffee Break: Unwinding the Regulatory Story of the Jaguar
February 29, 2024In this virtual Coffee Break from Feb. 29, 2024, we were joined by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Marit Alanen, who is the agency’s jaguar expert and liaison to…
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