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Donate to support young scientists protecting our Sky Islands!
Donate to support young scientists protecting our Sky Islands!
It takes many voices to protect the Path of the Jaguar. Will you join us in raising the voices of young scientists in our community!
It takes many voices to protect the Path of the Jaguar. Will you join us in raising the voices of young scientists in our community!
Sky Island Heroes
Valeria Cañedo, Sky Island Hero
Valeria Cañedo has opened our eyes to the power and importance of young professionals in conservation. Under Valeria’s leadership, Alianza Mariposa Monarca has exceeded all of our expectations! In just one year she has smoothly led the group to a whole new level of volunteerism and commitment. Alianza Mariposa Monarca now has their own projects,…
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Sky Island Blog
Volunteer Dispatch: Ecology as contemplative practice, pt. 4
March 21, 2018by 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 sense—through the offering of simple attention.” – Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author and naturalist. “…what would it mean for contemplative practice to be considered an integral…
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Too much at stake—no border wall in our Sky Islands!
March 6, 2018The Sky Islands are a Continental Crossroads, a place where cultures from two countries and multiple Native Nations mix and mingle, where black bear, coati, and jaguar meet. It is a place of transitions and extremes—extreme heat of the desert summer broken by cool mountain tops and monsoon rain and extreme diversity of plants and…
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Volunteer Dispatch: To everything a season, pt. 3
February 7, 2018by Valarie lee James, Sky Island Alliance Adopt-a-Spring volunteer “Within the recesses of the forest, even when in the midst of it (the deafening noise of the insects), a universal stillness appears to reign,” – Darwin, Brazil, 1830s. Sky Island Alliance Volunteer Log Fall 2017 Visit to the Spring In Fall of 2017, our adopted…
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In the News
Second local March for Science rally on Sunday at Reid Park
April 12, 2018: Arizona Daily StarAlong the border, 500 miles of desert species
April 3, 2018: High Country NewsThe desert, divided
March 19, 2018: High Country NewsBorder BioBlitz documents Santa Ana wildlife in binational science effort
March 10, 2018: The Monitor
