Saguaro volunteers

Join the Next Saguaro Stewardship Experience

October 19, 2023

Following the success of the program’s launch this past spring, Sky Island Alliance and Saguaro National Park are teaming up again for the Saguaro Stewardship Experience — a six-part series…
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Whetstone Mountains

Springs Restoration in the Whetstones

April 18, 2023

Join us for a day removing invasive species around McGrew Spring — a lovely, shaded oasis in southern Arizona’s Whetstone Mountains. If interested, there’s also an option to camp for…
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Aravaipa Canyon vinca removal

Cañón Aravaipa: Actualización de vinca

October 24, 2022

El trabajo para eliminar la invasiva Vinca major (también conocida como bígaro o simplemente vinca) en el espectacular Cañón Aravaipa del sur de Arizona ha estado en curso desde nuestra…
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Aravaipa Canyon vinca removal

Aravaipa Canyon: Vinca Update

Work to remove invasive Vinca major (aka periwinkle or simply vinca) in southern Arizona’s spectacular Aravaipa Canyon has been ongoing since our last update in March 2022. In fact, we’ve…
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McGrew Spring

Springs Restoration in the Whetstones

September 6, 2022

McGrew Spring is a shady, secluded oasis in southern Arizona’s Whetstone Mountains. Closed to the public, the spring is more than two miles from any other water source and is…
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We’re Rooting for Native Flora at Aravaipa Canyon Preserve!

March 22, 2021

In early March, a team of six volunteers and three Sky Island Alliance staff braved the chilly spring evenings at Aravaipa Canyon Preserve to do two days of hard, earnest work: pull invasive…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: May 28 – 31 [Memorial Day Weekend]

March 17, 2021

Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us May 28th – 31st in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve!  TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: May 7 – 9

Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us May 7th – 9th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve!  TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy…
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Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal: April 16 – 18

Ready to safely get out of the house? Come join us April 16th – 18th in Aravaipa Canyon Preserve!  TO REGISTER CLICK HERE! THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping The Nature Conservancy…
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Sky Island Coffee Break: Introduction to Aravaipa Canyon & Invasive Vinca

January 20, 2021

Register Here Join us Thursday, January 28 at 9:30 a.m. MST to learn about The Nature Conservancy’s Aravaipa Canyon Preserve and the work Sky Island Alliance is doing there on…
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