Vinca in Aravaipa Canyon

November 7, 2019

Periwinkle (Vinca major) Greater periwinkle (Vinca major) is a flowering vine native to the Mediterranean and is popular in homes and gardens for its attractive purple flowers. While it looks…
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Call for Volunteers- 2020 Saguaro Census

October 18, 2019

Join Sky Island Alliance in helping Saguaro National Park with their 2020 saguaro census!  Saguaro National Park conducts their saguaro census every 10 years using citizen science. This effort is…
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Saguaro Census Survey: 3-mile Hike January 11th @ Saguaro West

October 15, 2019

Join Sky Island Alliance in helping Saguaro National Park with their 2020 saguaro census! This will be a longer hike in Saguaro West Click Here Register on our Eventbrite Page…
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Saguaro Census Survey: 1-mile Hike January 10th @ Saguaro West

Join Sky Island Alliance in helping Saguaro National Park with their 2020 saguaro census! This will be a shorter hike in Saguaro West Click Here Register on our Eventbrite Page…
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Saguaro Census Survey: 1-mile Hike December 10th @ Saguaro East

Join Sky Island Alliance in helping Saguaro National Park with their 2020 saguaro census! This will be a shorter hike in Saguaro East Please Register on our Eventbrite Page About…
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Saguaro Census Survey: 3-mile Hike December 7th @ Saguaro East

Join Sky Island Alliance in helping Saguaro National Park with their 2020 saguaro census! This will be a longer hike in Saguaro East Please Register on our Eventbrite Page About…
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The Success of National Public Lands Day!

October 1, 2019

Fifteen hard working Sky Island Alliance volunteers celebrated National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday. They helped remove fountain grass and other invasive plants from the Bear Canyon and Sabino…
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Volunteer Appreciation Party-Friday, April 12

March 15, 2019

Join us as we celebrate YOU, our amazing volunteers!

Volunteer Dispatch: Sourcing Devotion: The art of nature, a sublime Sky Island natural spring, pt. 5

June 11, 2018

by Valarie lee James, Sky Island Alliance Adopt-a-Spring volunteer Sky Island Alliance Volunteer Log Springtime 2018 Visit to the Spring “Nature is the Art of God.” – Dante Had we…
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Volunteer Dispatch: Ecology as contemplative practice, pt. 4

March 21, 2018

by Valarie lee James, Sky Island Alliance Adopt-a-Spring volunteer “Darwin’s manner of deep watchfulness allowed the ordinary ground of life to become sanctified, to be brought into Sensus plenoir—a fuller…
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