Central Arizona Conservation Alliance

Registration for the 2026 CAZCA All Partners meeting is now live! 🎉
Register: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6mfk6ca/lp/9783c31e-2422-471e-aa67-eb65fc1475ff 
Presentation submissions: https://forms.gle/aPBjeGD4ZezEoTK18 
Breakout Submissions: https://forms.gle/aStaku5kCTveWbZGA

American Conservation Experience in partnership w/ US Fish and Wildlife Service, is seeking 3 Members to assist the USFWS with invasive plant management duties at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona
Apply: https://usaconservation.applicantpool.com/jobs/1262233

Information is crucial to conservation 🧠 🏜️ Check out these resources about fire in the Sonoran Desert provided by our friends at Southwest Fire Consortium! 🌵🔥

#Arizona #AZ #SonoranDesert #Conservation #Wildfire #WildfirePrevention

Save the Date for the CAZCA All Partners meeting! Join us to learn, share, & connect with the community on this year's theme - Survive and Thrive: Adapting to a changing environment while conserving ecosystem health & stability 🌵 Scan the QR codes to submit presentations / breakout group topic ideas

Its not too late to register for our first presentation of the '25-26 CAZCA Speaker Series! Join us this Thursday Nov 13th to learn all about what the City of Phoenix is doing to embrace nature in urban living and how you can too! 🌵🌇

Register using the QR code or at cazca.org/events

Do you want to help protect our desert? 🌵 Do you want to spend some time outdoors and get your hands dirty? 💪 CAZCA is looking for volunteers to assist with our Plant Swap Program - scan the QR code or visit https://forms.gle/aGy6xLNXUq3AsbVw5 for more information and to sign up! We appreciate you!

We are so grateful for all this rain we've been getting but, make sure to keep an eye out for invasive species that are sure to be popping up! Swipe for a few of the most common culprits - if you see these guys start to pop up: pull and bag them so their seeds can't spread 🌵💪

Join the training on 10/26 to become a Trail Ambassador with Maricopa Trails and Parks Foundation! Be a steward of the land while getting outside- what's better than that?! 🌵
 Find more information and register here: https://mtpf.ivolunteer.com/

Our social media team is out today, so we handed things off to a 6 year old. Please enjoy this drawing of a rare "sandcat" and get outside! 🌵 See you all Wednesday for our regularly scheduled programming 🫡

#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

Our 2025-2026 Speaker Series are just around the corner! Visit cazca.org/events to learn more and register- see you there! 😄


#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation #Pollinators #Wildlife #InvasiveSpecies

🚨Job Alert 🚨
🌵Boyce Thompson Arboretum is hiring a Horticulture Manager🌵 

Apply Here: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/3381068


#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation #JobPosting #ConservationJob

Join Heather Finden w/ the City of Phoenix to learn about the benefits of incorporating water harvesting techniques in your own backyard💧 You can find more techniques & resources w/ the Central Arizona Urban Desert Landscape Guide - access the guide for FREE here: https://bit.ly/desertscape

Hmmm... what does City of Phoenix's Heather Finden (aka real life Leslie Knope) have in store for us?? Tune in this Wednesday (10/8) to find out! 👀 

#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #WaterHarvesting #WaterConservation

2 bills were introduced in the House of Reps bills that would reduce protections on over 1 mil acres in the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of Grand Canyon Nat.Monument & Ironwood Forest Nat. Monument

Contact your reps to comment:  https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Join the Trail Ambassador Program 🥾 with Maricopa Parks & Rec and Maricopa Trail and Park Foundation to play a crucial role in preserving our trails and creating a safe, enjoyable environment for everyone! 

🌵If you can't make it on 10/4, you can register online at https://mtpf.ivolunteer.com/

The CAZCA Speaker Series lineup is set! Experts will discuss topics including nature as part of urban life in Phoenix, the Sky Islands FotoFauna wildlife camera network, and using fire to manage invasive plants. Register at cazca.org/events. See you there! #AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

Can sheep help save our saguaros? The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum @desertmusem set sheep to graze on "A" Mountain as part of a plan to manage invasive buffelgrass, which increases wildfire risk. See the blog about grazing at desertmuseum.org #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation 📸: ASDM/Gracie Heim

✨Star Party!✨ Tomorrow 9/20 head over to Oracle State Park (with the required park entrance fee) at 6pm to enjoy food by @labufadoratucsonaz and music by Fred Terry, then stargaze with @tucsonastronomy 7-9pm. Bring a chair and arrive early to secure a seat! #AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

Tune in for tips on picking the perfect tree for your space with Ray from Desert Botanical Garden! 🌳 You can find more info to set your desert garden up for success with the Central Arizona Urban Desert Landscape Guide - access the guide for FREE here: https://bit.ly/desertscape

Saturday, Sept. 27 from 9am-12pm join City of Phoenix and Butterfly Wonderland at their Rio Salado butterfly garden to release butterflies, help clean-up, and remove invasive species from the garden. Check our events page or the flyer for more information. #AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

Learn about Sonoran Desert native and low water use plants with Kaci from the City of Tempe! 🌵 Get more inspiration and guidance for gardening in the desert with the Central Arizona Urban Desert Landscape Guide - access the guide for FREE here: https://bit.ly/desertscape

Identify local butterflies and help scientists at a Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz! Sep. 20th, join Maricopa County Parks & Recreation and the National Recreation and Parks Association at one of 5 locations across the valley! Register at cazca.org/events #AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

The pollinators are coming! Get ready for the Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz in a free virtual butterfly workshop, then put your identification skills to the test while documenting species for science! Learn more and register at cazca.org/events #AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

The National Forests will be impacted by the USDA reorganization plan. Read the plan and make your voice heard.
Read here: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sm-1078-015.pdf ).
You are encouraged to comment by emailing reorganization@usda.gov
The comment period open through 8/31/25.

Adorable toads and frogs seem to appear out of nowhere during monsoon rain in the Sonoran desert. Check these tips for spotting them in your neighborhood:
🐸Walk slowly, they hop fast!
🐸Listen for their sounds!
🐸Look closely, they can camouflage!
📸: Ella M
#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

Saturday, August 23rd you can be part of the first Science Fair & Research Night at Desert Botanical Garden! Check out the latest in plant science, meet young researchers, see behind-the-scenes, and more! Check out @dbgphx for event and ticket info. #AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation

Friendly reminder to sign up for the upcoming Wonderful World of Composting Webinar 8/21 3:00-4:00pm 😀🪱Register to get the zoom link at cazca.org/events 🤩

#Arizona #AZ #SonoranDesert #Conservation #Compost

This past Saturday (8/9) was the beloved Smokey the Bears 81st birthday! 🎂 The iconic mascot first appeared in the USFS messaging in 1944, educating Americans on prevention of unwanted, human-caused wildfires to help project our wildlands 🐻 Always do your part to aid in wildfire prevention!

Scent Makes a Place How the desert taught me to smell

Its the first Monday of the month which means its time for another Text of the Month! Katy Kelleher poetically writes about the beautiful smells of the southwest in her essay "Scent Makes a Place" to start August out on a mindful note 👃😌 Read here:

Did you miss the first 2 installments of CAZCA's Summer Education Series? Fret not! Recordings of "Micro Pollinator Gardens" 🐝 with the City of Tempe's Kaci Fankhauser and "AZ Water Conservation" 💧 with the City of Phoenix's Heather Finden are on the @centralazconservationalliance YouTube Channel!