Water Is Life Design

03/03/2026

The Sonoran Desert is the most bio-diverse desert in the world. The Santa Cruz River Valley in southern Arizona offers a varied landscape of mountains and de...

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10/02/2024

10/02/2024

Looking for something fun and meaningful to do this weekend? Beat the heat in Tucson, and head up with us on Mt. Lemmon for a volunteer camping weekend among the pines and fall colors. We’ll be back at Spencer Canyon, restoring areas that were burned during 2020’s Bighorn Fire. Volunteers will learn how to build rock structures at priority springs and other sites. Our goal is to slow down precious water, so it can better infiltrate into the ground and make this area thrive once again. Note: Carpooling from SIA’s Tucson office is available, and day-trippers are welcome. If you’re interested in coming, make sure to sign up by tomorrow, Oct. 3, at noon. Get full details and sign up here: https://ow.ly/w6WV50Tovhg.

Photos of this past July’s rock stars courtesy SIA.

09/24/2024

Our annual Fall Plant Sale event is this Saturday, September 28, from 9AM to 2PM at Borderlands Nursery & Seed!

Come shop our excellent selection of native plants, organically grown from locally sourced seed, and get them established in your garden before winter!

You can also schedule an appointment to shop the nursery anytime by emailing us at [email protected].

🌐: View our current inventory & event info at www.borderlandsplants.org.
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Nuestra venta anual de plantas de otoño tendrá lugar este sábado 28 de septiembre de 9AM a 2PM en el vivero Borderlands Nursery & Seed.

Venga a comprar nuestra excelente selección de plantas nativas, cultivadas orgánicamente a partir de semillas de origen local, ¡y consiga que se establezcan en su jardín antes del invierno!

También puede programar una cita para comprar en el vivero enviándonos un correo a [email protected].

🌐: Vea nuestro inventario actual e información de próximos eventos en www.borderlandsplants.org.

09/22/2024

Interested in attending the 3rd annual Festival of the Sky Islands in Moctezuma, Sonora, this Oct. 11-12? Well, we'd love for you to join us in celebrating what makes this region truly unique, both ecologically and culturally. The celebration will take place a few hours south of Douglas, located in the southernmost part of the Sky Islands. The festival will have cultural performances, local music, a multitude of educational stands and activities representing organizations throughout the region, as well as presentations, field trips, and camping. It's a wonderful chance to meet folks who call the same region home. Expect to practice your Spanish, try some bacanora, eat some tacos, learn about wonderful work that’s being done throughout the Sky Islands, and of course connect further as a community in how we can continue to protect, restore, and conserve the immense biodiversity in our region.

If you're thinking about joining us from Arizona but have questions about what to expect and where to camp or stay, we've got you covered. Join us Sept. 30 at 9:30 a.m. for this short virtual Coffee Break: https://ow.ly/YQxQ50TrW3z. Our Mexico Program Manager Zach Palma will be on hand to answer your questions and to share latest details on activities planned.

09/16/2024

🎉 EXCITING NEWS: Today, the Foundation announced the launch of its new Drought Resilience Fund with a $2.4M investment to help boost drought resilience on public lands and waters in the Colorado River Basin!

The first two grants will help BLM partners in Colorado and Arizona expand innovative, community-led initiatives to combat severe drought, secure drinking water, and improve the health of our lands and waters.

To learn more about the exciting work underway, and hear from community partners, visit americaslands.org/stories.

09/16/2024

Love fireflies in the Sky Islands as much as we do? Here’s a chance to help protect their habitat and that of 100 other imperiled species that depend on scarce water sources like springs and wetlands. We have a match going right now, and all donations to support our water stewardship work will be matched up to $15,000, and all monthly donations will be matched for one year: https://ow.ly/nKNA50Tlmyb

Your gift will help us train new Spring Seekers, for instance, and get them to vital sites such as springs in the Patagonia Mountains, where rare Southwest spring fireflies live and where the Hermosa Mine is poised to pump and dump millions of gallons of groundwater each day.

Sky Island Alliance experts and volunteers have already completed 193 spring surveys in the Patagonias to establish baseline data before pumping began. We also flooded decision-makers with opposition letters during a recent comment period for the mine. A gift today will help train new volunteers, analyze data, expand our spring rescue projects, and bolster our advocacy here and throughout the Sky Islands.

Together, we can ensure there’s diligent oversight of this mine and protection for our region's water sources and wildlife.

Photo of another rare firefly in the Sky Islands (the Southwest synchronous firefly) at Tumacacori National Historical Park by Julius Schlosburg.