Name: Lecture – Past, Present, and Future: Human History of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve
Start: 2025-09-23T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-23T18:30:00-07:00
Location: Scottsdale Public Library – Mustang Library

April 2025
FotoFauna – A Community Science Wildlife Monitoring Program with Sky Island Alliance

April 4, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Desert Botanical Gardens 1201 N Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ

FotoFauna – A Community Science Wildlife Monitoring Program with Sky Island Alliance Join Sky Island Alliance, in collaboration with CAZCA and the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, to learn about the growing […]
Ride the Four Peaks – Wellness Ride

April 6, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am

Brown's Ranch Trailhead 30301 N. Alma School Road, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Bird Walk

April 13, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am

Tom's Thumb Trailhead 23015 N 128th St., Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Lecture – Talking Code with a Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers Speak (Civic Center Library)

April 22, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Scottsdale Public Library - Civic Center 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Conservancy Class – Birds – A Window into the Sonoran Desert

April 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

McDowell Sonoran Conservancy 15300 North 90th Street, Suite 400, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
Trailside Naturalist Table – Why are Lost Dog and Granite Mountain Trails So Different? – Gateway Trailhead

April 26, 2025 @ 8:30 am - 11:00 am

Gateway Trailhead 18333 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy., Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Why are Lost Dog and Granite Mountain Trails So Different? Learn why Lost Dog Trails are so rocky and Granite Mountain trails are so much easier to walk on. Ever […]
May 2025
Lecture – Listening to the History of the Preserve

May 27, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Scottsdale Public Library - Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
June 2025
Lecture – Hohokam Rock Imagery, Mountain Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley

June 24, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Scottsdale Public Library - Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
July 2025
Lecture – Thriving and Surviving in the Sonoran Desert

July 22, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Scottsdale Public Library - Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Thriving and Surviving in the Sonoran Desert with Plants The people of the Sonoran Desert not only survived but thrived in the harsh environment that surrounded them. Learn about the […]
August 2025
Lecture – The Center for Native & Urban Wildlife – 25 years of Educating and Connecting People with the Sonoran Desert

August 26, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Scottsdale Public Library - Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Cultural Resources Lecture: The Center for Native & Urban Wildlife - 25 years of Educating and Connecting People with the Sonoran Desert Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 […]
September 2025
Lecture – Arizona Native and Invasive Plants

September 13, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Scottsdale Public Library - Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Arizona Native and Invasive Plants Speaker: Jessi Szopinski, Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management The lecture will briefly outline the purpose and function of the statewide Invasive Plant Program, […]

Free
Lecture – Past, Present, and Future: Human History of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve

September 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Scottsdale Public Library - Mustang Library 10101 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Cultural Resources Lecture: Past, Present, and Future: Human History of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Location: Mustang Library, 10101 N 90th Street, […]

Free

April 2025

FotoFauna – A Community Science Wildlife Monitoring Program with Sky Island Alliance

Ride the Four Peaks – Wellness Ride

Bird Walk

Lecture – Talking Code with a Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers Speak (Civic Center Library)

Conservancy Class – Birds – A Window into the Sonoran Desert

Trailside Naturalist Table – Why are Lost Dog and Granite Mountain Trails So Different? – Gateway Trailhead

May 2025

Lecture – Listening to the History of the Preserve

June 2025

Lecture – Hohokam Rock Imagery, Mountain Ritualism, and Social Transformation in the Salt River Valley

July 2025

Lecture – Thriving and Surviving in the Sonoran Desert

August 2025

Lecture – The Center for Native & Urban Wildlife – 25 years of Educating and Connecting People with the Sonoran Desert

September 2025

Lecture – Arizona Native and Invasive Plants

Lecture – Past, Present, and Future: Human History of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve

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