Month: June 2024
Pima Master Naturalists Happenings
By Dana Hook It is wonderful to be celebrating the monsoons in Tucson with an early rain on June 21st. The smell of greenness and sighs of relief show that moisture is in the air. I hope that all of you have a chance to… Continue Reading “Pima Master Naturalists Happenings”
Master Naturalist goes on the road with “Secrets of the Santa Rita Mountains”
A Cohort 2 Master Naturalist, Dave DeGroot, is gathering stories from years of hiking the Santa Rita Mountains. He will share them in fast-moving presentations in local libraries under the title “Secrets of the Santa Rita Mountains.” Libraries are booking his pesentation for dates… Continue Reading “Master Naturalist goes on the road with “Secrets of the Santa Rita Mountains””
Tucson air quality may be affected by huge new mine
By Dave Degroot A new open pit mine is being planned in the northern Santa Rita Mountains by the multinational Hudbay Minerals Corporation of Toronto, Canada. A final step in the approval process for the huge mine will probably begin in August, 2024. The… Continue Reading “Tucson air quality may be affected by huge new mine”
MN Book Club seeks more members!
The PC Master Naturalist Book Club is seeking more members. We meet 5 x per year, the 3rd Thursday evening of the month, at club member’s homes. We read non-fiction books about the Sonoran desert, and national and international issues that effect it, such as… Continue Reading “MN Book Club seeks more members!”
Learn how to catch and tag migrating monarch butterflies!!
Penny Miller presented a program at the April meeting, on her February trip to the high oyamel fir forests of Mexico to witness the over-wintering monarchs, which numbered in the hundreds of thousands! Key take-aways are that monarchs are found in AZ year round,… Continue Reading “Learn how to catch and tag migrating monarch butterflies!!”
Crested Saguaros: A Sonoran Desert Treasure
By Jane Hunter In 2012, during a productive exploration of the Tortolita Mountains, Joe Orman, Crested Saguaro Society member, and a small group of dedicated trekkers, spotted a saguaro that was in its early stages of cresting. It wasn’t a particularly impressive crested saguaro,… Continue Reading “Crested Saguaros: A Sonoran Desert Treasure “
Why I Wanted to Become a Master Naturalist
By Suzanne Wright I first fell in love with the Sonoran Desert when my then-employer held a national sales meeting at the Boulders Resort & Spa in Carefree, Arizona. I was 24 and I was blown away. Walking amid soaring saguaros, encountering a rattlesnake,… Continue Reading “Why I Wanted to Become a Master Naturalist”
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