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May 9, 2022

New paid Desert Wildlife Internship!

We are excited to announce a new paid internship program with the Coalition. This August, we will be hiring our first paid Desert Wildlife Intern for the Fall 2022 semester. The Desert Wildlife Intern will actively contribute to meaningful conservation projects to protect wildlife and open space. They will be mentored by CSDP staff, both […]

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May 4, 2022

CSDP and partners sue over federal approval of Interstate 11

On April 21, 2022, four conservation groups – the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, along with our member groups Center for Biological Diversity, Tucson Audubon Society, and Friends of Ironwood Forest – filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Tucson challenging the Federal Highway Administration’s approval of Interstate 11 last year. The agency […]

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April 18, 2022

The latest news in our Spring 2022 Friends of the Desert newsletter

We hope our Spring 2022 newsletter brings some hope, joy, and positivity into your mailboxes and inboxes. Check out the following articles in the newsletter: The many pieces of a connected landscape State Route 86 wildlife bridges move to siting and design phase Volunteer Spotlight: Environmental Law Society And more! And, as always, thank you for supporting a […]

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March 7, 2022

Join us in removing old fencing and improving wildlife connectivity in Avra Valley!

Join us this week to remove old fencing and improve wildlife connectivity between the Tucson Mountains and the Tohono O’odham Nation! Background This past December, over 65 volunteers came together one morning to remove three miles of old fencing, including three tons of fence posts and wire fencing, from an area in Avra Valley west […]

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February 17, 2022

SR86 Wildlife Bridges move to siting and design phase

In January 2022, a group of people from Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arizona Department of Transportation, the Tohono O’odham Nation, and the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection conducted a scouting field trip to finalize the locations of two new wildlife bridges on SR86 near Kitt Peak. These bridges will complement two existing wildlife underpasses built […]

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February 11, 2022

Avra Valley Fence Removal Volunteer Day a Big Success!

On December 11, 2021, a group of local organizations and state/federal agencies came together to celebrate National Public Lands Day by holding a Fence Removal Volunteer Day in Avra Valley. It was a wonderfully cool day with volunteers in high spirits to accomplish something tangible and positive for wildlife. A few fun stats from this […]

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January 23, 2022

2021 Wildlife Camera Program Snapshot

In 2021, 84 active volunteers logged 1,027 hours of volunteer time towards our Wildlife Camera Program. Here is a snapshot of where we are at with our projects: Oro Valley Wildlife Crossings Project 20 active cameras divided equally east and west of the highway. 350,000 photos 65 species including mountain lion, bighorn, ringtail, coati, badger […]

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Fish and Wildlife Service propose listing the pygmy owl as a threatened species

The small but mighty cactus ferruginous pygmy owl was in the news once again recently after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed re-listing the species, this time as a threatened species. The pygmy owl was listed as an endangered species from 1997-2006. Currently, the Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting comments on the proposals […]

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November 18, 2021

2020 Annual Gratitude Report

We recently sent out our 2020 Annual Gratitude Report with our Fall 2021 Friends of the Desert Newsletter. Please check it out today and feel good about everything we accomplished together during a very challenging year! Thank you!

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November 2, 2021

Friends of the Desert Newsletter #60

We hope our Fall 2021 newsletter brings some hope, joy, and positivity into your mailboxes and inboxes. Check out the following articles in the newsletter: New project will collect wildlife data on Sopori Ranch Thank you for speaking out against the proposed I-11 route in Avra Valley Two new member groups join the Coalition! And more! […]

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