Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

New Sign Celebrates 10 Years of Wildlife Connectivity in Oro Valley

On Monday morning, a new interpretative sign was unveiled by the Town of Oro Valley Mayor Joe Winfield at Big Wash Trailhead. The panel celebrates nearby wildlife movement areas and wildlife crossings.

Our ask this spring: invest locally

Thanks to an incredibly generous donor, we are now matching donations up to $50,000 this spring. Will you help us reach our goal of raising $100,000? The version of the […]

Transportation board challenged on the reduction to its environmental budget

A draft of the RTA Next regional transportation plan is under fire after a change to its budget resulted in a 50% reduction in funding for environmental elements, from $50 million to $25 million. After several months of pressure, the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection hopes to see that reduction reversed.

Do you have 5 minutes to support wildlife linkages?

Updated on November 20th, 2024 The RTA’s current budget for wildlife crossings just won’t cut it! The Regional Transportation Authority, or RTA, is drafting its next 20-year regional transportation plan […]

Oracle Rd Wildlife Bridge featured as 2nd stop on Wildlife Crossings Across America Tour

P-22 is a famous mountain lion that helped inspire the construction of the massive Wallis Annenberg wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles. After the passing of P-22, […]

Tucson-Tortolita Mountains Wildlife Linkage: The Latest Data and Looking Ahead

Last month we shared that we expanded this project in 2022, with cameras on either side of I-10 between the Tucson Mountains and Tortolita Mountains, and six more planned to […]

2022 Wildlife Camera Project Recap

2022 was another successful year for our Wildlife Camera Monitoring Program, and also our 10th anniversary of this community science-based project! Big thanks to ALL the volunteers that have been […]

Kit Fox: CSDP Photographs Another First

By Jessica Moreno, Conservation Science Director It’s late morning in early May when my phone buzzes with a text message from my friend and long-time Desert Monitor Josh Skattum. It’s […]

Reducing Roadkill: Safe Passages for Wildlife on Interstate-10 East

By Jessica Moreno, Conservation Science Director One of the best things about doing roadkill surveys is watching the sunrise. During the monsoons, the sun breaks across the eastern horizon and […]

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 […]