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AZGFD Grand Canyon Fish Monitoring
AZGFD Grand Canyon Fish Monitoring April 25th - May 8th, 2018 Arizona Game and Fish is looking for volunteers to help with fish monitoring on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Volunteers will be using boat electrofishing, hoop nets, and angling. Volunteers help with setting and pulling hoop nets, angling, measuring fish, and general camp chores (loading boats, kitchen chores, etc.). Groups should expect to work long hours in all kinds of weather to finish capturing and measuring fish! Food,…
Find out more »AZGFD Black-footed Ferret Spotlighting (April)
Black-footed Ferret Spotlighting Event (April) April 26th - 29th, count concludes early Monday morning, April 30th. The Black-footed Ferret Project will again be hosting their spring spotlighting events in Aubrey Valley and on the Double O Ranch, and the project is going to host a 3-night event in March (see March announcement), and a 4-night event in April. Spring events are held to assess the ferret population after winter, to trap kits that were not caught in the fall, and to try and trap older…
Find out more »Arid Lands Symposium: Integrating Research into Action
Arid Lands Symposium: Integrating Research into Action When: May 4th & 5th, 2018 (Friday, Saturday) Where: Main Event: Scottsdale Community College (9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85256) Twilight Tour Cocktail Party: Desert Botanical Garden (1201 N Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85008) Share practical applications of research and monitoring results to inform adaptive management in the Southwest. Enhance collaboration for regional conservation. Inspire novel approaches to common challenges with hands-on workshops and discussion. Foster communication between land managers, researchers, and…
Find out more »Arizona Field Ornithologists – Global Big Day!
Join the Global Big Day in Arizona! May 5th, 2018 If you like to get out in the spring sunshine and count birds, you should sign up to participate in the annual Global Big Day (GBD) in Arizona on Saturday 5 May. Organized by eBird, the GBD is coordinated in Arizona by AZFO and supported by local Audubon societies, local bird clubs, and others. With hundreds of volunteers in the field we will strive to get a "snapshot" of the progress…
Find out more »SIA Watering and Weeding in Bear Canyon
Watering and Weeding in Bear Canyon May 5th, 2018 @ 8:00am - 2:00pm Join SIA staff in Bear Canyon for a day of habitat restoration! Our work will focus on watering native plants that we’ve recently installed – helping them to get established until the relief of the monsoon rains come! TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE! BACKGROUND If you’ve been working in Bear Canyon with us recently, you know that we have been working hard to remove invasive grasses from the…
Find out more »SIA: Madrean Conference 2018 (Tucson)
Madrean Conference 2018 May 14 @ 8:00 am - May 18 @ 5:00 pm Back by popular demand, this will be the fourth symposium on the biologically rich Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and adjacent Mexico. REGISTER ONLINE TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! The Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago Conference (known as the Madrean Conference), is the premier regional event for sharing science and building collaboration. The binational Madrean Archipelago, or Sky Island region, is recognized for its unique biological…
Find out more »Arizona Elk Society – Habitat Improvement at Long Valley Meadow
Long Valley Meadow Phase II May 19-20, 2018 Camp will begin Friday night. Meals will be provided Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. This project is a partnership between the Arizona Elk Society, AZGFD and the US Forest Service. For this habitat improvement project, volunteers will remove trees, lopping the limbs and stacking them so they can be burned. In the riparian creek channels we will be working to restore the functionality of the channel. In other areas we will be…
Find out more »SIA Watering and Weeding in Bear Canyon
Watering and Weeding in Bear Canyon May 19th, 2018 @ 8:00am - 2:00pm Join SIA staff in Bear Canyon for a day of habitat restoration! Our work will focus on watering native plants that we’ve recently installed – helping them to get established until the relief of the monsoon rains come! TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE! BACKGROUND If you’ve been working in Bear Canyon with us recently, you know that we have been working hard to remove invasive grasses from the…
Find out more »Desert Botanical Garden: Feathers and Fluff Workshop
SIA Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal May 21st, 2018 @ 6:30pm - 8:00pm Birds are defined by their feathers. In this interactive class, we will look closely at feather structure, color and function, and share curious feather facts. We will discuss how knowing more about feathers will make you a better birder. Instructed by Kathe Anderson. Limit 12 so book soon! Price = $34/person or $27 for members
Find out more »2018 Biology of Lizards
2018 Biology of Lizards Conference May 23 - 26, 2018 Geronimo Event Center, NM Registration is now open for the 2018 Biology of Lizards Conference! Follow the link below to submit an abstract. https://www.biologyoflizards.com/home
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