Whetstone Mountains

Springs Restoration in the Whetstones

April 18, 2023

Join us for a day removing invasive species around McGrew Spring — a lovely, shaded oasis in southern Arizona’s Whetstone Mountains. If interested, there’s also an option to camp for…
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Gila topminnows

Coffee Break: The Future of Arizona’s Smallest Native Fish

April 17, 2023

Join us for a virtual Coffee Break to learn more about the biology, history, and recovery of native fish in Arizona, with an emphasis on topminnows and pupfish. The talk…
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Volunteer happy hour

Volunteer Celebration / Happy Hour

Come join us Monday, May 8, for a relaxed happy hour gathering at Tucson’s Westbound — just west of downtown in the MSA Annex. We’ll be celebrating all our volunteers,…
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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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Rancho El Cajete

Preparándonos para la lluvia en Moctezuma, Sonora

April 4, 2023

La cosecha de agua de lluvia se ha practicado durante cientos de años en todo el desierto de Sonora, por lo que no es nada nuevo. Pero en los últimos…
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Rancho El Cajete

Getting Ready for Rain in Moctezuma, Sonora

Rainwater harvesting has been practiced for hundreds of years throughout the Sonoran Desert — so it’s nothing new. But in recent times there’s been an exciting resurgence using both old…
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Map of 2023 conservation projects

Proyectos de conservación en marcha en primavera de 2023

March 31, 2023

Hemos llegado a un punto emocionante aquí en Sky Island Alliance donde nuestros proyectos en Arizona y Sonora están tomando nueva forma y creciendo, y queríamos compartir una actualización de…
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Map of 2023 conservation projects

Conservation Projects Underway in Spring 2023

  We’ve reached an exciting point here at Sky Island Alliance where our projects in southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora are taking new shape and growing, and we wanted to…
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West Fork of Arizona's Black River

Coffee Break: How Is Surface Water Quality Protected in Arizona?

March 14, 2023

Join us for a virtual Coffee Break to learn more about how surface waters are protected in Arizona and what you can do to help safeguard these precious resources. The…
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