• Habitat Restoration Day

    Sign up to become a part of the Desert Wildlife Crossing Crew and help us create and maintain native habitat on the Oracle Road Wildlife crossings! This project will include […]

  • Cactus Coworkers Virtual Volunteer Check In

    Join us on Zoom for new program updates with Conservation Science Director Jessica Moreno, and the chance to chat and ask questions about our volunteer projects. RSVP here.

  • Habitat Restoration Day

    Sign up to become a part of the Desert Wildlife Crossing Crew and help us create and maintain native habitat on the Oracle Road Wildlife crossings! This project will include […]

  • Habitat Restoration Day

    We're back at the wildlife crossings and more ready than ever! For this Habitat Restoration Day, we'll be splitting into teams. One team will be working to create habitat on the old access road near the wildlife crossing bridge, with native plant specialist, Carianne Funicelli from Strategic Habitat Enhancements, and the other will survey the […]

  • Habitat Restoration Days

    Join us for our first Erosion Control workshop at the Oracle Road wildlife crossings! Restoration & Invasive Species Program Manager, Kelsey Landreville, from Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources; and […]

  • Environmental Day at the Arizona Capitol

    Time to Act! Extreme Heat and Climate Justice. Environmental Day at the Capitol 2025 Please join Sierra Club, Chispa Arizona, Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, AZ AANHPI for Equity, and many other groups for our annual lobby day at the Arizona Capitol. Meet with your legislators, hear from great speakers, and connect with others who […]

  • Volunteer Appreciation Potluck Luncheon

    Join us for our Volunteer Appreciation Potluck Lunch in the Historic Y Courtyard! CSDP will be providing tamales from Tucson Tamale Company and beverages. We invite you to bring a […]

  • March 1st Highway Clean-up on Oracle Road

    Help us collect trash along Oracle Rd near the wildlife crossing structures! Gloves, safety vests, snacks and drinks, trash bags, and pick-up sticks (grabbers) are provided. You’re welcome to join us for as long as you like. Please bring a re-useable water bottle. Physical requirements: Frequent bending and kneeling, walking in the sun for prolonged […]

  • March 28th Erosion Control Rock-Work Day

    Join us for an erosion control rock-work day at the Oracle Road wildlife underpass! Take a tour with us to the wildlife crossings and learn the impacts that erosion can have on the landscape. There are areas of erosion at the underpass that we can help remediate with rock structures; we have all the rocks […]

  • Desert Fence Busters

    Get your gloves and wire cutters ready! We’ll be working on removing stretches of outdated and dangerous barbed wire fencing with the Desert Fence Busters. Organizers will provide all the […]

  • Oro Valley Wildlife Camera Monitoring Project Volunteer Celebration

    Join us for a celebration of a job well done - concluding 13 Years of the Oro Valley Wildlife Camera Project. This effort began in 2012 and has led to two iconic wildlife crossings, innovative wildlife funnel gates, an elementary school curriculum, habitat restoration, over a decade of wildlife data, and an almost total reduction in roadkill on Oracle Road.

  • Oracle Road Wildlife Fence Line Survey

    Join Kate and Jessica in surveying the condition of the wildlife funnel fence along Oracle Rd near the wildlife crossings. The wildlife funnel fencing on Oracle Road is important for […]