This weekend (April 24-27th) is the City Nature Challenge! We will see you outside! 🌳

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Save the date for the Greater Phoenix City Nature Challenge! A perfect earth week activity to get you outside and connecting with nature 🌵🦋 Swipe to see how you can participate 🌳

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Scottsdale is seeking community input for the Shade and Tree Plan whichoutlines practical strategies for increasing shade while maintaining Scottsdale’s commitment to desert sustainability. 

Learn more & submit comments: www.scottsdaleaz.gov/environmental-initiative...

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers who came out to the Franciscan Renewal Center to remove 67 invasive fountain grass & plant 67 native desert milkweed 🌱
Through their hard work, we helped to protect our community and our beautiful Sonoran Desert and create habitat for its wildlife 🌵🦋

Submit your taxes then come to the Desert Botanical Garden to celebrate on 4/15! Dr. Tania Hernandez will be presenting on the Saguaro Initiative 🌵 Attendees will learn how the community can help safeguard this iconic species for future generations 🤝

Entry ticket to the Garden is required for entry

If you missed our last speaker series of the 2025-2026 season, you can now watch the recording on our YouTube channel (@centralazconservationalliance) 😀🎉

🌱 Watch here: https://youtu.be/UKLMig3iduE 

#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation #Wildfire #InvasiveSpecies

Registration is open through May 5 for Confluence 2026, a national gathering focused on collaborative conservation & working across differences 

For more information and to register, please visit: collaborativeconservation.org/western-collaborative-co...

Mark your calendars for March 28th! The AZ Native Plant Society will be hosting a *free* native plant garden tour 🌵 Learn all about the very special plants of AZ from experts and maybe get some inspo for your yard 🤩

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🗣️ The Center for Plant Conservation is hiring a full-time Conservation Program Associate! Visit saveplants.org/forums/topic/job-opportu... for more information and to apply! 🌳

Help protect the Sonoran Desert *and* connect with the community by volunteering with the CAZCA Plant Swap Program 🤩🌵 (plus we could really use your help 🥲) Visit cazca.org/events to learn more and register.

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Seriously, everybody is talking about the upcoming CAZCA Speaker Series on March 11th. You're not going to want to miss it. Visit cazca.org/events to register 🔥😎

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If you missed our January Speaker Series on FotoFauna- A Wildlife Camera Tracking Project, not to worry! The recording is now posted on our CAZCA YouTube Channel (@centralazconservationalliance)😄 Learn something new this week by checking out this very interesting presentation! 🦌

Feb 7th is #ReverseTheRedDay to celebrate the work done to conserve species and reverse trends of biodiversity loss shown through the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) Red List. 🌵 You can learn more about the work the IUCN is doing to reverse the red by visiting @reverse.the.red 💪

Join us for our final Speaker Series of the season at Desert Botanical Garden or via Zoom 🌵
Alan Sinclair of Siphon Draw Fire and Fuels will be talking about how his team uses fire as a tool for invasive species management in the Sonoran Desert! Visit https://cazca.org/events/ to register! 🔥

What was that? You're looking for a way to connect with your community and help protect our Sonoran Desert? Well, perfect timing because we have just the volunteer opportunity for you! Visit https://cazca.org/events/ to learn more and sign up for our upcoming volunteer days. We need your help! 😀

Zoom registration for our Annual CAZCA All Partners Meeting closes tomorrow (2/10)! 

We hope to see you all there this Thursday Feb 12th! 🤩

Hot off the press- the 2026 CAZCA All Partners agenda! In addition to interesting presentations and breakout group discussions, there will be a great lunch and a raffle! Make sure to register and we will hopefully see lots of you at the Desert Botanical Garden on Feb 12th 🌵

Field trip to Apache Junction to learn about the fire fuel management work Siphon Draw is doing 🔥 Their innovative approach aims to restore the natural spacing of the desert while removing wildfire fuels like invasive species and dead, dry plant materials by using controlled burns. 🔥🌵

We aren't waiting around for Santa to bring the gift of restoration! The Desert Defender elves have been working around the clock at the Rio Salado Audubon Center to get rid of invasive stinknet and make space for native wildlife 🐦‍⬛ If you see stinknet- pull it, bag it, and throw it away!

One month from today is our next CAZCA Speaker Series! Visit cazca.org/events to register for an exciting talk with Sky Island Alliance and McDowell Sonoran Conservancy on FotoFauna: A Wildlife Camera Project - Wednesday Jan. 22nd 10:00-11:30 at the Desert Botanical Garden/Zoom 🐏

The Presenter Submissions deadline for the 2026 CAZCA All Partners meeting has been extended to Monday, January 5th. The deadline for breakout group topic ideas is also January 5th. 

Registration for in-person attendance closes Jan 28th 
Registration for zoom attendance closes Feb 10th

The Desert Botanical Garden is offering a Scholarship funded through The Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies to promote the study of horticulture, conservation and design in arid landscapes. 

Award: $4,000
Application Deadline: 1/15/26

Apply: https://dbg.org/join-our-team/scholarships/

Registration for the 2026 CAZCA All Partners meeting is now live! 🎉
Register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/6mfk6ca/lp/9783c3...
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/