ASU School of Life Sciences Special Seminar – Wealth, race, and wildlife: The impacts of structural inequality on urban wildlife
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Intern Jacob Zehner shares insight into research project
Hello! I am a summer intern from Northern Arizona University working on a collaborative project between the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance (CAZCA) and the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy that aims to evaluate the current invasive species management efforts of Homeowners Associations (HOAs) across the Phoenix area. Currently, our delicate desert ecosystems are succumbing to invasive plant
What Lies Beneath
by Rob Hallagan Yes, there are amphibians (toads) in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve. Hidden. Buried in the Earth. Waiting for the rain. Stewards working under McDowell Sonoran Conservancy’s Citizen Science Program with the Parsons Field Institute have been conducting amphibian surveys over several years. The purpose is to systematically
Conservancy’s creativity featured in Scottsdale Progress Article
Published on Sunday, August 9th, on page 17 at this link: Conservancy Undaunted by Pandemic, Rain
Parson’s Field Institute Associate Director Helen Rowe featured in podcast, In Defense of Plants
The human population of the Sonoran Desert is growing quickly, developing the surrounding landscape at an alarming pace. At the same time, botanists are racing to understand the fate of this so called "green deserts flora." In this episode we learn what it takes to properly assess a region's flora for extinction risk and how
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy Reports Results of Non-Native Plant Grant Work
Author: Paul Staker, Master Steward The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy recently completed a two-year grant from the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM). The goal of this grant was to work with partners to implement a regional invasive plant removal program, based on DFFM’s interest in working with local groups within Arizona to help
Conservancy Staff alumna sights tamarisk beetles in eastern Arizona
On June 12th, Melanie Tluczek with Gila Watershed Partnership made an interesting discovery. Melanie is an alumna of the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, having served as Manager of the Field Institute until 2017. She is now Executive Directior of the Gila Watershed Partnership, which, like the Conservancy, seeks to engage the community in protecting local ecosystems
Don’t let it loose: Releasing a pet into the wild is the wrong thing to do
For immediate release, May 20, 2020 Arizona Game and Fish Department Contact: Tom Cadden, Public Information Officer (623) 236-7392, tcadden@azgfd.gov Phoenix -- Some people mistakenly believe that when their exotic pets get too difficult to manage, it is okay to release them into the wild. But that is exactly the wrong thing to do. Introduced
Arizona Game and Fish Department urges public to leave baby wildlife alone
AZGFD urges public to leave baby wildlife alone PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) reminds the public to leave baby wildlife alone. As temperatures rise and days grow longer, newborns of many species of wildlife are beginning to explore the world around them. AZGFD encourages people to resist the urge to help
Bush fire highlights the threat of invasive species
The Bush fire is currently the largest wildfire in the US, growing in six days to almost 115,000 acres. It started on Saturday (6/13/2020) when a car caught on fire along Highway 87, a popular weekend travel route through the Tonto National Forest. Sonoran Desert plants and animals are not adapted to fires, and many