I am so grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to share and reflect on the amazing wildlife that call the Sky Islands home, and I am sad to be writing my final blog! I will be pursuing new opportunities in Tucson, and will dearly miss working on the Watershed Restoration Crew and checking wildlife cameras at Borderlands Wildlife Preserve. My time at Borderlands Restoration Network has been full of opportunity, challenges, growth, and my favorite, fun. I am so lucky to have met so many...

The highly anticipated, only-talked-about-in-dark-corners-in-hushed-tones, mega monsoon season everyone has been wagering on, is finally here - and so are the toads!

We have been experiencing a true Sky Island Spring this year, and nothing is more beautiful to me than cool weather and flowers blooming. This winter was unseasonably warm, but also quite rainy, which provided perfect conditions for many awaiting seeds to germinate and buds to bloom. Prickly poppies and New Mexico thistles flank the highways like white and purple Truffula trees, and California poppies and Desert mariposa lilies cover the hillsides like a blanket of yellow snow. Hidden amongst...