Springs Bird Watch: Following the Water and the Life It Supports
October 28, 2026Calling all birders in the Sky Islands! We’re launching a new bird-monitoring project, Springs Bird Watch, to document the region’s avian diversity and the water sources that birds and other…
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Help Restore Lewis Springs: A Rare Cienega in Southern Arizona
October 26, 2026To help protect this site, see our events calendar and volunteer dates below. When you first walk up to southern Arizona’s Lewis Springs, about 10 miles south of Tombstone, it…
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Springs of the Chiricahua Mountains
October 8, 2026Springs emerge throughout the Chiricahua Mountains, a beloved sky island on the border between southeast Arizona and New Mexico. Thanks to the efforts of dozens of Spring Seeker volunteers who…
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Beyond the Surface: Life Inside a Spring
August 26, 2026When I first got involved with SIA’s Spring Seeker program, during my early expeditions, my attention almost always focused on what I could see on the surface: whether the landscape…
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The Wonderful Birds of APFF Bavispe
August 18, 2026This summer, we had the chance to explore three sky islands in Sonora: Sierra La Madera, Sierra Los Ajos, and Sierra San Diego, which are part of the Bavispe Flora…
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A Big Summer for Spring Seeker in APFF Bavispe
August 4, 2026This summer brought Spring Seeker a new opportunity to expand and deepen our understanding of the springs found in new sections of the Bavispe Flora and Fauna Protection Area —…
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Our First Time Spring Seeking in Sierra San Diego
July 29, 2026As part of our goal to expand our Spring Seeker project into new sections of the Bavispe Flora and Fauna Protection Area, we recently had the opportunity to explore the…
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Searching for Springs in Sierra Los Ajos: A Challenging and Wonderful Experience
July 21, 2026Hi, we are Nayeli and Sofía, students of Environmental Sciences Engineering at the University of Sonora in Hermosillo, and we’re doing our professional internships with Sky Island Alliance. We just…
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Our First Encounter in Sierra La Madera
July 8, 2026Dariana Valdez and Ximena Velásquez, students of Environmental Sciences Engineering at the Universidad de Sonora and professional interns at Sky Island Alliance, tell us about their experience in Sierra La…
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A New Stage for Spring Monitoring in APFF Bavispe
July 7, 2026In recent years, water has become a very scarce resource in the region, due to several factors, including the overexploitation of aquifers, rivers, and reservoirs for mining, overgrazing, climate change,…
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