AZ Elk Society: IDA Grassland/Slate Lakes Habitat Restoration
IDA GRASSLANDS/SLATE LAKES ALLOTMENT July 13-15, 2018 The Arizona Elk Society is looking for volunteers to help restore habitat on the IDA Grasslands and Slate Lakes allotment. Historic overgrazing and fire exclusion have allowed junipers and pines to encroach upon hundreds of thousands of acres of historically open grasslands on Kaibab National Forest. These...
SIA: Wilderness Waters: Chiricahuas – Turkey Creek Springs
SIA Wilderness Waters: Chiricahuas - Turkey Creek Springs July 21, 2018 @ 7:00am - July 22, 2018 @ 8:00pm This will be a car camping trip to assess some springs in the Chiricahua Wilderness. SIA has taken on a project to help the Coronado National Forest inventory and assess water resources in the Galiuro, Miller...
2018 BioBlitz & BBQ
Chiricahua Desert Museum & Geronimo Event Center Highway 80 and Portal Road, Rodeo, NM, United StatesThe CHARLIE W. PAINTER BIOBLITZ & BBQ is an annual event to honor the life and work of Charlie and as a fundraiser to support research through the CHARLES W. PAINTER GRANT in HERPETOLOGY Where?: The Chiricahua Desert Museum, NM 80 & Portal Road; Rodeo, NM 88056 When?: July 27-28, 2018 A BioBlitz is an intense period of biological surveying...
SIA: Native Plantings at Ramsey Canyon Ponds
SIA Native Plantings at Ramsey Canyon Ponds July 30, 2018 @ 3:00pm - August 1, 2018 @ 6:00pm SIA is partnering with The Nature Conservancy’s Ramsey Canyon Preserve to install native plants around some newly created ponds. Many native animals are sure to benefit from this new habitat, and we want to jump start...
SIA: Water Roots: Exclusive screening of Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers & Tides
Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ, United StatesSIA Water Roots: Exclusive screening of Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers & Tides July 31, 2018 @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm Join us for a special screening and panel discussion, hosted by the Loft Cinema in partnership with Sky Island Alliance and University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center. Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers and Tides is a truly beautiful,...
SIA Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal
Aravaipa Canyon Vinca Removal August 9th, 2018 @ 2:30pm - August 12th, 2018 @ 6:00pm THE WORK: Sky Island Alliance has been helping TNC and the BLM in Aravaipa Canyon for several years on a variety of projects to increase watershed health along this perennial riparian area. During this trip we are continuing our...