#MondayMemories looks back at our 25th Anniversary (Part Six)

Just five short years ago, we celebrated the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy's 25th Birthday. As a part of that celebration, we remembered some of the most significant things that happened in each of our first 25 years. We are now approaching our 30th Birthday, and we are taking this opportunity to reflect again on our past

2020 – A Successful Year of Conservancy Science

By Tiffany Sprague, Parsons Field Institute Manager, and Mary Fastiggi, Parsons Field Institute Lead Wow, what a year it has been. As with much of life, the pandemic has made McDowell Sonoran Conservancy’s science work even more challenging – from planning to implementation to analysis to reporting. But through creativity and tenacity, we managed to

2020-12-18T14:59:07-07:00December 14th, 2020|News, Science|

2020 brings change and innovation to Conservancy education efforts

By Nicole Kallman, Education Manager2020 has certainly been a year of change and innovation. The pandemic beginning in March put our teachers and students in an unprecedented and challenging situation, working to navigate virtual classrooms amidst the social and economic impact of COVID-19. Despite these challenges, teachers rose to the occasion, working closely with parents

2020-12-14T08:42:12-07:00December 14th, 2020|Education, News, Online Learning|

McDowell Sonoran Conservancy Among Featured Non-Profits Doing Good

From CityLifestyle MagazineNonprofits serve important roles in their communities. Many provide for those in need or are working toward achieving certain goals that might make the world a better place. On these pages, we’ve written about four nonprofits making an impact. Discover a playhouse that seeks to help children with Down syndrome and their families;

2020-12-09T14:35:08-07:00December 9th, 2020|Latest Mentions, News, Press|

#MondayMemories looks back at our 25th Anniversary (Part Five)

Just five short years ago, we celebrated the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy's 25th Birthday. As a part of that celebration, we remembered some of the most significant things that happened in each of our first 25 years. We are now approaching our 30th Birthday, and we are taking this opportunity to reflect again on our past

#MondayMemories looks back at our 25th Anniversary (Part Five)

Just five short years ago, we celebrated the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy's 25th Birthday. As a part of that celebration, we remembered some of the most significant things that happened in each of our first 25 years. We are now approaching our 30th Birthday, and we are taking this opportunity to reflect again on our past

#MondayMemories looks back at our 25th Anniversary (Part Four)

Just five short years ago, we celebrated the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy's 25th Birthday. As a part of that celebration, we remembered some of the most significant things that happened in each of our first 25 years. We are now approaching our 30th Birthday, and we are taking this opportunity to reflect again on our past

Scottsdale City Council agrees to Site Steward Program

The Scottsdale City Council recently approved participation in the Arizona Site Steward program, starting a process that will enable the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy to leverage the Arizona State Parks Foundation program. The Arizona Site Steward program was developed by Governor Bruce Babbitt and his Archaeological Advisory Commission in an attempt to support the protection of cultural sites

2020-11-16T15:17:01-07:00November 16th, 2020|News, Stewardship|

ASU’s State Press features Conservancy’s bat count program

The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy has been working with ASU computer science students on a capstone project directed at monitoring bat populations in Arizona. Since June, the McDowell Sonoran Preserve has worked with the students to apply software that automates the emergence counts of bats from a gated mine in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.According to its website, counting the number

2020-11-16T13:24:45-07:00November 16th, 2020|Featured News, Latest Mentions, News, Press|

Ecosystems – Everything is connected

By Nicole Kallman, Education Manager, McDowell Sonoran ConservancyWhen most of us think about ecosystems, we think of the relationships between plants and animals. But the most fundamental relationship in any ecosystem is between the environment and everything that lives there. As the environment changes, whatever lives there must adapt to the changes or be replaced

2020-11-16T12:44:30-07:00November 16th, 2020|Education, News, Online Learning|
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