Tucson spring cleaning

‘Spring Cleaning’ Weed Removal at Tucson Springs

September 3, 2024

Join our campaign to remove invasive species at nine priority springs in the Tucson area. Together, we can restore these crucial wildlife oases! We’ll meet every Tuesday morning and be working mostly in the Sabino Canyon area on the northeast side of town and near Vail and Davidson Canyon on the southeast side. Stay as long as you like, and leave for work if you need to. This is a great way to create an impact, get in a workout, and meet other volunteers.

Tucson spring cleaning

‘Spring Cleaning’ Weed Removal at Tucson Springs

Join our campaign to remove invasive species at nine priority springs in the Tucson area. Together, we can restore these crucial wildlife oases! We’ll meet every Tuesday morning and be working mostly in the Sabino Canyon area on the northeast side of town and near Vail and Davidson Canyon on the southeast side. Stay as long as you like, and leave for work if you need to. This is a great way to create an impact, get in a workout, and meet other volunteers.

Ángel Garcia

My Sky Island Summer of Adventure and Learning

August 29, 2024

Ever since I was a biology student at the Universidad de la Sierra in Moctezuma, Sonora, I began to get involved in activities with Sky Island Alliance. In 2020, I…
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Cave Creek Canyon

Chiricahua-Peloncillo Heritage Days

August 27, 2024

Join us for this two-day festival full of food, music, and fun in the heart of the Sky Islands. Highlights include professional presentations, live music, a farmer’s market, regional field…
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Sonoran Desert bee

The Sonoran Desert: A Bee Diversity Hotspot

August 22, 2024

Did you know that the Sonoran Desert is a hotspot of bee diversity, home to more than 1,000 species!? How many of these can you name? In this virtual Coffee…
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Jaguar

From ‘Perrito’ to ‘El Jefe’: My Work With the Northern Jaguar Project

Guest Blog by Dr. Carmina E. Gutiérrez González The jaguar is such an imposing, beautiful, and important species that it’s an honor to be part of projects that support its…
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Black bear at Joaquin Tank

Huachuca Tanks Restoration Nearly Complete

August 19, 2024

In 2021 the Sierra Vista district of the Coronado National Forest approached Sky Island Alliance with a project idea to improve water sources for wildlife in the southwestern foothills of…
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Center for the Future of Arizona

The Arizona We Want: The Decade Ahead

August 15, 2024

Join SIA staff for a virtual Coffee Break as we host Dr. Sybil Francis and Ian Dowdy from Center for the Future of Arizona. Our guest speakers will review the results of their groundbreaking Gallup Arizona Project. And they’ll share more on what they learned about what an overwhelming majority of Arizonans agree on related to shared appreciation, concern, and aspirations for our air, land, water, and wildlife — plus how Arizonans’ shared public values can shape the decade ahead. Don’t miss this informational talk as we head into election season!

View from Mount Wrightson

Sky Island Hikes: Mt. Wrightson in the Santa Ritas

August 13, 2024

Guest Blog by Sofía Vargas The following is part of a series of recommended Sky Island hikes. Be safe, have fun, and leave no trace. Hiking is one of the best ways…
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Galiuros Wilderness spring seeking

Road Rewilding in the Huachucas (Test)

August 5, 2024

Background In 2019, after a years-long public process, the Coronado National Forest decided to close 160 miles of old roads within southern Arizona’s Sierra Vista District that no longer served…
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