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Former Desert Wildlife Interns
Zoey Feldman (Spring 2026)
Zoey contributed to the project report for our Oro Valley wildlife monitoring project, helped manage our wildlife camera photo database, and participated in outreach and partner events. Read more here.
Mireya Ballesteros (Spring 2025 – Summer 2025)
Mireya processed the wildlife camera data from our Oro Valley wildlife monitoring project area and contributed to the final project report. Read more here.
Aster Schaefer (Spring 2024 – Spring 2025)
Aster helped train the Wildlife Insights species identification AI, helped manage our wildlife camera photo database, and participated with our community outreach events. Read more here.
Lilly Elena Esperanza Ramirez
(Spring 2024)
Lilly wrote the narratives for new interpretive signage at the Oracle Road wildlife crossings.
Woods Nystedt (Spring 2024)
Woods analyzed data from our I-10 East wildlife monitoring study. See the results here.
Andrew Grusenmeyer (Fall 2023)
Andrew led CSDP’s Snapshot USA project for 2023, where we contributed camera monitoring data for a nation-wide wildlife camera trap survey.
Jeremiah Powers (Fall 2023)
Jeremiah focused on helping us implement our new monthly Habitat Restoration Day events on the Oracle Road wildlife crossing structures.
Josh Skattum
Josh focused on science communications through social media, and organizing the 2022 Tortolita Preserve BioBlitz.
Please visit our memorial blog post for more information about Josh and the legacy he left at the Coalition.
Photo Credits: (L) A hooded oriole on saguaro cactus blooms. Photo courtesy Sheryl Hester. (C) Volunteers with the UA Environmental Law Society place a new wildlife camera in the field in Winter 2022. (R) Sunrise on Redington Pass from the Tucson Mountains. Photo courtesy David Wrench.