Sierra Huerfana

Sky Island Hikes: Sierra Huérfana

June 27, 2022

The following is part of a series of recommended hikes in the Sky Islands — be safe, have fun, and leave no trace. According to popular wisdom, the Sierra Huérfana…
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McGrew Spring restoration

Summer Intern Stories: Spring Restoration

June 24, 2022

SIA Stewardship Specialist Bryon Lichtenhan and I recently headed out to the field, delighted to be accompanied by our three Doris Duke conservation scholars — Taylor Lo, Samai Bhojwani, and…
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Alejandra Tanori García

Summer Intern Stories: Setting Up a Wildlife Camera

June 23, 2022

Alejandra Tanori García — above left, on an earlier trip planting native grasses — is one of our Path of the Jaguar interns this year. A few days ago she…
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Camino del Jaguar

New Cohort Arrives for Path of the Jaguar Internship

June 16, 2022

We’re excited to begin another great summer of conservation work and fun with a new batch of Path of the Jaguar interns from Mexico and the United States. Our paid internship…
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Colecta de peces en redes

In Search of a Threatened Sonoran Minnow

June 15, 2022

In May 2022 three Sky Island Alliance staff members from Sonora — Angel García, Miguel Enríquez, and Mónica Montaño — joined a group of native fish researchers and conservationists in…
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Great horned owl

The Benefits of Moving Quietly Through Nature

June 7, 2022

Whenever I go check remote cameras near Agua Prieta, Sonora, I get excited about what I might see during the trip. Normally, to get to the places where the cameras…
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Monica Montaño

Meet an SIA Staff Member: Mónica Montaño

June 3, 2022

Mónica Montaño started with Sky Island Alliance as a summer intern in 2021 and is now a Sky Island fellow working to advance our conservation projects in Sonora. Read this…
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Looking for wildlife tracks

Wildlife Tracking in the Borderlands

June 1, 2022

Two weeks ago, five SIA trackers went down to the border along the western foothills of Arizona’s Patagonia Mountains to document wildlife use of the borderlands. We tracked along the…
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Rio Cocospera in Sonora

Environmental Groups Look Forward at Gathering in Sonora

May 31, 2022

In May 2022, Sky Island Alliance staff joined five other environmental organizations in Sonora, Mexico, for a weekend at the stunningly beautiful Aribabi Conservation Ranch, nestled among cottonwood trees near…
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Santa Cruz River

Santa Cruz Watershed Gets New Restoration Plan

May 24, 2022

In March 2022 the Santa Cruz Watershed Collaborative voted to adopt a new restoration plan. This is an exciting step forward in restoring formerly perennial rivers throughout Tucson and the…
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