In partnership with Town of Marana Parks & Recreation, Arizona Master Naturalists, the Tortolita Alliance, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and others, CSDP  is hosting the first annual BIOBLITZ for Tortolita Preserve. Help us photograph and record as many plant and animal observations in iNaturalist in one day as we can! How many species will […]

Get your work gloves and wire cutters ready! After a summer hiatus, we’ve again joined with a variety of community partners to plan a new slate of Desert Fence Busters events for the fall and winter months. Join us out in the desert to remove legacy fencing and improve wildlife connectivity across the landscape!  For this […]

Get your work gloves and wire cutters ready! After a summer hiatus, we’ve again joined with a variety of community partners to plan a new slate of Desert Fence Busters events for the fall and winter months. Join us out in the desert to remove legacy fencing and improve wildlife connectivity across the landscape!  For this […]

Saturday, January 21, 8am-2pm West Tucker Road, Avra Valley Get your work gloves and wire cutters ready! We'll be working on removing stretches of fence that are no longer required on City of Tucson Water Department and Pima County Flood Control District property in Avra Valley. HOW TO SIGN UP: Head over to the event sign-up page. You will need to […]

Are you interested in making a difference and helping to protect Arizona’s air, land, and water? Promote environmental justice? Help address climate change?  Please join Coalition member group Sierra Club-Grand Canyon Chapter on Thursday, January 26th for this virtual meeting with Chapter Director Sandy Bahr. Sandy will lead a lobby workshop to help volunteers prepare […]

On Tuesday, February 7th, come join the Coalition, Tucson Audubon Society, and over 20 other organizations for Environmental Day at the Capitol 2023! Click on this link to register. This annual environmental lobby day, organized by the Sierra Club, will include information tables, speakers, and meetings with legislators. No previous advocacy experience needed! GETTING TO PHOENIX: Tucson Audubon, […]

Join us for our March Desert Fence Busters event! WHEN: 7:30am-2pm WHERE: Three Points area – more detailed directions will be given after you register NOTES: Organizers will provide coffee and donuts/bagels in the morning and snacks, water, and Gatorade during break. No lunch will be provided. There will also not be a portable outhouse […]

SAVE THE DATE After many years, the wildlife gates to the neighborhood west of the Oracle Road wildlife underpass are finished! Join us for a celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony. More details to come!  WHEN: Tuesday, April 19, 9am WHERE: Wildlife Gate at E. Scenic Overlook Place off N. Oracle Road

Our Desert Roadies surveys are returning in "BioBlitz" style with a kick-off on Earth Day! Desert Roadie volunteers walk or bike an assigned 1-2 mile route and photograph roadkill and wildlife tracks they find using the iNaturalist app. Surveys are repeated for the same route every day for one week, starting at 6am (sunrise) each […]