AZGFD Black-footed Ferret Spotlighting December 7th - 9th, 2017    The Black-footed Ferret Project will be a 3-night event December 7-9.  For each event, spotlighting will begin on Thursday night.  Because ferrets are being seen in areas where we normally do not spotlight, we will have some teams go out and spotlight these new areas to try and...

Native Plantings at Southern Galiuro Ponds December 8, 2017 - December 9, 2017 Carianne Campbell: carianne@skyislandalliance.org   BACKGROUND SIA has partnered with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Tom Biebighauser of Wetland Restoration and Training LLC to install ponds near the Muleshoe Ranch in the southern Galiuros to provide habitat for lowland leopard frogs,...

  Christmas Bird Counts Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Oak Flat & Queen Valley Saturday, December 23 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. How did Christmas Bird Counts begin? The Audubon Society reports: "prior to the turn of the 20th century, hunters engaged in a holiday tradition known as the 'Christmas Side Hunt.' They would choose...

Count Cormorants with the Arizona Game & Fish Dept. The AZGFD needs your help in conducting research statewide to characterize cormorant populations and their distributions and impacts on fish. Three options for helping out: Assist with a one-day cormorant count at assigned water bodies or within a specific area that may contain multiple waters. You...