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SIA: Pollinator Planting @ Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Pollinator Planting @ Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument September 21st -24th @ 10AM - 8PM Bryon: 520-624-7080 ext. 27 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRIP IS STILL TENTATIVE, AND DATES MAY YET CHANGE. HOWEVER, DO KEEP IT ON YOUR RADAR, ‘CAUSE THESE GILA CLIFF TRIPS ARE AWESOME! Registration will open soon… THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance is teaming up with the National Park Service and Borderlands Restoration to restore a recently-burned slope near the main ruin loop at the monument. Volunteers will be installing…
Find out more »SIA: Pollinator Planting at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Pollinator Planting at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument September 21 @ 10:00 AM - September 24 @ 8:00 PM Bryon Lichtenhan, Field Coordinator: bryon@skyislandalliance.org THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance is teaming up with the National Park Service and Borderlands Restoration to restore a recently-burned slope near the main ruin loop at the monument. Volunteers will be installing native pollinator plants like milkweeds. The slope sits just above the riparian zone of the scenic Gila River and our efforts are essential…
Find out more »McDowell Sonoran Conservancy: Butterfly Counts
Join the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy in their annual butterfly counts. Be part of a team of butterfly experts and citizen scientists who identify the butterflies of the Preserve. For more information on this event, email citizen_science@mcdowellsonoran.org
Find out more »Friends of Verde River Greenway – Birding 101 w/ Dena Greenwood
Birding 101 Workshop Where: Camp Verde Community Library 130 Black Bridge Road, Camp Verde, AZ 86322 When: September 23 & 24, 2017 Cost: $50 (includes 2 days) This workshop is being coordinated by Friends of Verde River Greenway and is co-sponsored by Jay's Bird Barn of Sedona and, Northern Arizona Audubon Society (NAAS) to introduce the hobby of birding to the beginner who is curious to find out what birding is all about. Join instructor, Dena Greenwood, manager of Jay's Bird Barn in Sedona for…
Find out more »7th Annual Jackrabbit Survey
Survey blacktail and antelope jackrabbits while strolling through beautiful semi desert grasslands.
Find out more »AZGFD Native Nursery Plotting
Native Nursery Plotting AZGFD is looking for volunteers to help plant a 10-acre plot of cottonwoods and willows on the Lower San Pedro River. Volunteers are needed September 27th - 29th. For more information, contact: Shawn Lowery @ SLowery@azgfd.gov
Find out more »AZGFD – Yvonne A Betts Tortoise Adoption Facility
AZGFD Yvonne A Betts Tortoise Adoption Facility is MOVING The Department is moving the tortoise adoption facility to a new location adjacent to the AGFD headquarters. We are seeking volunteers who can provide manual labor (2-3 day process). Day 1: Seeking 10-15 people who can assist with constructing shelters (they will be dug with a backhoe). Day 2 & 3: Seeking 20 people to assist with removing the panels installed at the Wildlife Center in 2014, repairing panels,…
Find out more »Arizona Antelope Foundation Habitat Project Bonita
Arizona Antelope Foundation Habitat Project: Bonita September 30th, 2017 Project Location: We will be working on private lands approximately 31 miles North of Wilcox and 1 mile West of Bonita, AZ off the High Creek Road. Project Begins: Saturday, September 30th. Please meet at camp at 8:00AM. This is a one day project. If you arrive after 8:00AM, someone in camp will direct you to the project worksite. Project Activity: We will be modifying 3 miles of existing boundary fence…
Find out more »Wildlife Tracking and Bird Language Expedition
Spend five days in the beautiful and diverse Sky Islands learning wildlife track and sign identification, camera monitoring, and how to decipher the language of birds. Designated as conservation lands in Sonora, Mexico just across the border from Arizona, Cuenca Los Ojos is comprised of desert grasslands, rugged canyons, and “sky islands” that rise from the surrounding terrain and afford habitat to an amazing diversity of plants and animals from both colder climates to the north, and warmer, sub-tropical environments down south. You will go out each day with expert guides to look for signs of magnificent mammals like black bears, mountain lions, coyotes, foxes, coatis, bobcats, Coues deer, javelinas, ocelots (and possibly even jaguars!).
Find out more »National Public Lands Day Activities
Get outside and make a difference on National Public Lands Day! Check out these public events and volunteer opportunities:
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