Sonoran desert

Tracking Urban Emissions Through Plant Radiocarbon and Traffic Modeling

February 12, 2025

We’re back this spring with another community science project that builds on last year’s efforts and brings two volunteer opportunities to the Tucson area. In this virtual talk, we share…
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Monitoring traffic

Test Delete

February 11, 2025

Did you know that we can identify fossil fuel emissions in the air by sampling annual plants and counting cars? Knowing where greenhouse gases are and at what concentrations can…
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SIA staff, partners, and United Nations staff scout a conservation project at Rancho Agua de en Medio in Sonora.

Realities of the Federal Funding Freeze — Q&A

February 6, 2025

Sky Island Alliance receives federal funding through multiple land management agencies to implement conservation science, restoration, and community programs both in the U.S. and Mexico. The Trump administration’s unprecedented/illegal pause…
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes

Support Arizona’s Attorney General in Standing Up to Feds’ Illegal Funding Freeze

January 31, 2025

Just two weeks into the Trump administration’s second term, an onslaught of executive orders and a federal funding freeze have brought confusion and chaos, affecting more than 25,000 nonprofits across…
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Sky Island grassland

Update: Our Work Amid the Federal Funding Freeze

Dear friends, I’m touching base with an update and actions to take below. It has been a long and tumultuous 10 days for me and Sky Island Alliance, and I’m…
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Monitoring traffic

Help Study Tucson’s Fossil Fuel Emissions by Counting Traffic and Collecting Invasive Plants

January 30, 2025

Did you know that we can identify fossil fuel emissions in the air by sampling annual plants and counting cars? Knowing where greenhouse gases are and at what concentrations can…
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Bill Thornton

Volunteer Spotlight: Bill Thornton

January 15, 2025

Please introduce yourself! Where are you from, and what do you do? My name is William C. (Bill) Thornton. I’m a second-generation Arizona native, lifelong outdoor enthusiast, and conservationist. I’m a retired…
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Mexican wolf

Mexican Wolves: A Survival Story

January 13, 2025

Guest Blog by Phil Hedrick Conservation of the Mexican wolf, a unique subspecies of gray wolf, has been a qualified success, with real progress made in the United States and…
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Oak woodland in the Sky Islands

Sending Sky Island Love to Los Angeles

January 9, 2025

As frightening winds blew through the heart of the Sky Islands yesterday, our neighbors in Los Angeles suffered through raging wildfires driven by similar angry winds. My heart is heavy…
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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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