Creature Feature: Pinacate Beetles
July 28, 2023With monsoon season underway here in the Sky Islands, beetles are all about. Recently, it got me thinking about one of my favorites, which is in the family of darkling…
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Acuerdo de muro fronterizo presenta una oportunidad significativa para estudiar la conectividad de la vida silvestre entre los EE. UU. y México
July 26, 2023La semana pasada, el Sierra Club anunció su tan esperado acuerdo en el caso Sierra Club v. Biden, que marca una victoria monumental para las comunidades fronterizas y de vida…
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Border Wall Settlement Presents Significant Opportunity to Study Wildlife Connectivity Between the U.S. and Mexico
Last week, the Sierra Club announced its long-awaited settlement in the case Sierra Club v. Biden, which marks a monumental victory for wildlife and borderland communities impacted by illegal wall…
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Historias de pasantes: primera vez en los pinos
July 19, 2023Mi nombre es Estefani Moyers y soy de Cananea, Sonora, un pueblo minero al sur de la frontera con Arizona. Y esto es un poco de cómo fue mi primera…
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Intern Stories: First Time in the Pines
My name is Estefani Moyers, and I’m from Cananea, Sonora — a mining town just south of the Arizona border. And this is a bit of what my first experience…
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Help Survey Patagonia Springs Before New Mining Begins
July 10, 2023We need to get eyes on springs in the Patagonia Mountains before pumping for a new mining project begins, so we can establish baseline data and better advocate for these…
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Ayuda a inspeccionar manantiales en las montañas Patagonia antes de una nueva minería
Actualización de julio de 2024: El Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Arizona emitió el permiso de descarga para la mina Hermosa después de un período inicial de comentarios sobre el…
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Help Survey Patagonia Springs Before New Mining
July 2024 Update: The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has issued the discharge permit for the Hermosa Mine after an initial scoping comment period, increasing the urgency of our need…
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Mujeres Fronterizas #2: Christian Aguilar Murrieta
July 6, 2023Subscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts In this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews fellow…
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New Maps to Track Monsoon Rain in the Sky Islands
It’s fast approaching our favorite time of year again — when the desert springs to life with the onset of monsoon rains. Although the projections for 2023 are that the…
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