Help Document Dark Skies in the Sky Islands, Oct. 17-26
October 19, 2022In this short talk, Sky Island Alliance staff discuss how artificial lighting threatens the region’s spectacular dark skies, as well as the diversity of life here that needs the dark…
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Join the Challenge: Help Document Our Dark Skies
October 3, 2022Join us for this special event in appreciation of the spectacular dark skies of the Sky Islands. We’ll explain how artificial lighting threatens the nocturnal environment that wildlife need to…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal
September 26, 2022Come join us in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve this fall for a fun and meaningful weekend with other volunteers. We’ll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the…
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Nuevos nombres para nuestros viejos amigos los mezquites
September 25, 2022Si vives en las Islas del Cielo, es probable que hayas visto entre una y tres de nuestras especies locales de árboles de mezquite: mezquite de terciopelo, mezquite de miel…
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New Names for Our Old Friends the Mesquites
If you live in the Sky Islands, you’ve likely seen anywhere from one to three of our local mesquite tree species — velvet mesquite, honey mesquite, and screwbean mesquite. They’re…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal
September 23, 2022Come join us in the beautiful Aravaipa Canyon Preserve this fall for a fun and meaningful weekend with other volunteers. We’ll be continuing work to remove invasive vinca along the…
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Celebrate: Festival de las Islas del Cielo
September 22, 2022This Oct. 14-15 the town of Moctezuma, Sonora, will host the first Festival of the Sky Islands. Come join us and help celebrate our region’s incredible biodiversity and culture. This…
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Training: Intro to Sky Island FotoFauna
September 21, 2022Do you love wildlife in the Sky Islands and have a place where you could place a backyard trail camera? Then this training is for you. In this talk we…
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An Unforgettable Encounter With Arizona Fireflies
September 19, 2022Guest Blog and Photos by Julius Schlosburg On the East Coast many of us grew up catching fireflies or “lightning bugs.” We’d contain them in jars or in our hands,…
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Marvelous Monsoon Hawkmoths
September 7, 2022Guest Blog by Justin Schmidt and Jillian Cowles We take for granted in the Sky Islands that the summer monsoons bring flowers. But beautiful flowers as we know them today…
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