Border Wall Settlement Presents Significant Opportunity to Study Wildlife Connectivity Between the U.S. and Mexico
July 26, 2023Last week, the Sierra Club announced its long-awaited settlement in the case Sierra Club v. Biden, which marks a monumental victory for wildlife and borderland communities impacted by illegal wall…
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Intern Stories: First Time in the Pines
July 19, 2023My name is Estefani Moyers, and I’m from Cananea, Sonora — a mining town just south of the Arizona border. And this is a bit of what my first experience…
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Help Survey Patagonia Springs Before New Mining
July 10, 2023This summer, you’re invited to join us in southern Arizona’s scenic Patagonia Mountains for an important Spring Seeker campaign. Plans are moving forward for a new underground mine known as…
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Mujeres Fronterizas #2: Christian Aguilar Murrieta
July 6, 2023Subscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts In this episode of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews fellow…
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New Maps to Track Monsoon Rain in the Sky Islands
It’s fast approaching our favorite time of year again — when the desert springs to life with the onset of monsoon rains. Although the projections for 2023 are that the…
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Support Historic Bill to Reform U.S. Mining Law
June 22, 2023A new bill has been introduced in Congress that would overhaul the 1872 Mining Law and at last bring the U.S. into the 21st century — ready to meet the…
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The Endangered Species Act Turns 50
May 19, 2023In 1973, following the first Earth Day celebrations and as part of a movement toward greater environmental awareness, the Endangered Species Act was established to prevent the extinction of plants…
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Mujeres Fronterizas #1: Denise Moreno Ramírez
May 18, 2023Subscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts In this first installment of “Mujeres Fronterizas,” an environmental justice podcast for Sky Island Alliance featuring women in conservation in the borderlands, Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin interviews…
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Photo Gallery: 2023 Earth Day Border BioBlitz
April 25, 2023This past weekend for Earth Day, Sky Island Alliance joined the 2023 Border BioBlitz, a month-long event held each April that seeks to document the diversity of life in our…
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Animals That Love the Night and Dark Skies
April 19, 2023 Night provides essential habitat for many wildlife species here in the Sky Islands, from bats and owls to rats and ringtails. Over time these species have evolved to see…
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