Workshop: Springs Trip Planning and Navigation
May 4, 2026Join SIA staff for an evening at our Tucson office getting ready for upcoming volunteer trips to visit springs within the Sky Islands. Topics covered will include: reading maps and satellite images, navigation aids on desktop computers and smartphones, making tracks and reading elevations and contours on maps, planning backcountry vs. trail walks, etc. With these skills, you’ll be ready to volunteer with confidence.
Spring Restoration in Bear Canyon
April 9, 2026Help us restore a wildlife oasis by removing invasive grasses and oleander along the Bear Canyon drainage around Rancho Fundoshi Spring. We’ll be working in the soil, bending, kneeling, and using hand tools, picks, and lots of elbow grease.
Binational Border BioBlitz
April 2, 2026Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts! Join SIA and partners for a special binational event, starting at San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. Groups will be surveying on both sides and will eventually meet at the wall. If you’d like to join from Sonora instead, see the event on April 23-26.
Binational Border BioBlitz
Calling birders, botanists, bug lovers, trackers, herpers, fungi folk, and naturalists of all sorts! Join SIA and partners for a special binational event, starting at Cuenca Los Ojos ranch in Sonora. Groups will be surveying on both sides and will eventually meet at the wall. If you’d like to join from Arizona instead, see the event on April 25.
Trail Building in the Sierra San José
March 12, 2026Join us for a volunteer day trip just south of Bisbee in Naco, Sonora. We’ll be helping build a trail in the Sierra San José, an area that’s part of Ejido Naco and soon to be voluntarily designated for conservation.
Trail Building in the Sierra San José
Join us for a volunteer day trip just south of Bisbee in Naco, Sonora. We’ll be helping build a trail in the Sierra San José, an area that’s part of Ejido Naco and soon to be voluntarily designated for conservation.
Trail Building in the Sierra San José
Join us for a volunteer day trip just south of Bisbee in Naco, Sonora. We’ll be helping build a trail in the Sierra San José, an area that’s part of Ejido Naco and soon to be voluntarily designated for conservation.
Grassland Restoration at Rancho Agua de Enmedio
Join us for a volunteer camping weekend at the beautiful Rancho Agua de Enmedio near Cananea, Sonora. As part of our larger Ranchos Regenerativos program, we will be working with the landowners on restoration activities including erosion control, work in the tree nursery, and making seed bombs.
Erosion Control at Rancho El Sahuaro
Join us for a volunteer camping weekend at the picturesque Rancho El Sahuaro, just 15 minutes south of the U.S.-Mexico border town of Naco, Sonora. As part of our larger Ranchos Regenerativos program, which aims to integrate traditional ranching practices with land stewardship, we will be working with the landowners on restoration activities at this mixed grassland ranch.
FotoFauna Two-Part Class in Tucson
March 8, 2026This April 11 and May 2, Sky Island Alliance is hosting a two-part class at the Tucson Botanical Garden for folks interested in joining FotoFauna and learning how to set up a wildlife camera in their yard as part of our community science project. We’d love for you to join us!
Course fee: $60 ($48 for Tucson Botanical Garden members)
Optional fee: $100 for a camera kit