580lbs total

2 more bags of garbage off the field station today. Loaded that up with the others from previous weeks and hauled an entire truckload out to the dump.

Today, I spotted the first saguaro blooms of the year. Looks like they popped overnight #flowers #saguaro #bloom

We pulled 4 bags of garbage out of the wash this weekend. It’s a never ending process…

#loveyourlandscape #cleanup #cleanwaterways #brawleywash

Cleaning up the flood plain today… pissed this dude off so bad! he was NOT having it.

#grouchyneighbors #scorpion #trashpickup #sonorandesert #arizona

cow supremacy costs us

‘Rights of nature’ laws take root in the West  - High Country News Thanks to voters in Everett, Washington, the Snohomish River watershed now has legal standing.

An inspiring win and food for thought here in the Sky Islands: Everett, Washington, recently became the first U.S. city in the West to grant “rights of nature” to its watershed. Learn more in this article from High Country News: ow.ly/WLlA50VqKjr.

plastic refuse under the shade of a struggling mesquite. needle caps and other bits of dangerous trash are scattered about. a tiny scorpion sits at the base of the tree.

Step 1: clean up the garbage.

The field station has been trashed by folks since the 80’s. Unoccupied here means dumping ground to the folks that dump trash and shoot things. And the dumping continues…

Picking up trash is the thing we do most. 1 contractor bag on Sunday - just from our DRIVEWAY.

❤️❤️❤️ plant those seeds (literal and figurative)

a gaggle of folks in the Mission Garden planting agave. One person is kneeling on the ground over a young agave surrounded by rocks for protection. Other people are watching, milling about, and bent over planting.

At the Mission Garden:

Help us plant agaves as part of Mission Garden’s new ‘Tomorrow’s Garden,’ where we consider what foods might be grown sustainably in the Sonoran Desert.

Thurs. April 10, 8am - 11am

#events #learning #handson #desertfood #desertlandscape

this weekend the palo verde blossoms popped! it is officially spring. #cycles #nature #outside

spring = wind here in the floodplain

💨 🌵 🐍

another beautiful evening at the field station.

#arizona #sunset

it’s a hazy day in the tucson bowl. not sure on the status of the redington fire over the weekend, but judging by the air quality, it’s still going.

rise and shine my friends ❤️

this morning, i’m thanking a few of my creature witnesses. want to join me?

Thank you to the gila monster and the kangaroo rat, the vulture and the crow. I hear you quail, thank you for your presence. May you be fed today.

Went out scouting today and found this gem … cross streets and no streets!

#sonorandesert #desertlandscape #development

Looking to dispose of green waste? Yard clippings, tree trimmings, etc? We have space available in the Picture Rocks area for clean drop offs. No cost to you.

took a jaunt past my favorite mountain today. it’s been a minute since i went up there. i’ll have to do that as soon as lambing season is over…

📍 ironwood forest national monument

moved some tires and picked some bits out of the landscape today before it got warm.

It’s a beautiful Sonoran sunset ❤️

this is one of our many rattlesnake residents. we live peacefully together, believe it or not.

#desertecology #sharedspace #floodplain #sonorandesert