Category: Newsletter
Bug Buzz: Green Fig Beetle
Green Fig Beetle, Cotinis mutabilis By: Meck Slagle As the monsoon season brings rejoicing rain to the region, insects start to emerge in booming quantities with one goal: find a mate. One of the most easily recognized insects in our desert is the Green Fig… Continue Reading “Bug Buzz: Green Fig Beetle”
Southeastern Arizona Birding Festival, August 8-11, 2019
By Jean Boris Pima Master Naturalists hosted a table at the 9th Annual SE Arizona Bird Festival, Nature Expo. on August 8 – 11th, 2019. The Bird Festival is hosted by Tucson Audubon Society, with lots of great field trips through out SE Arizona,… Continue Reading “Southeastern Arizona Birding Festival, August 8-11, 2019”
USGS/UofA Spotted Cat Monitoring Project
By Franklin Lane & Deborah Huie On Saturday August 3rd, Deb Huie (cohort 1) and I made a trip into the wild, Huachucas to retrieve SD cards from our (4) cameras placed in support of the United States Geological Survey/University of Arizona Spotted Cat… Continue Reading “USGS/UofA Spotted Cat Monitoring Project”
Spring Assessment with Franklin Lane
PCMN Spring Assessment – 31 July 2019 By Franklin Lane & Jessie Rack Taking advantage of a beautiful (cloudy) morning, a team of Pima County Master Naturalists met at the Douglas Spring trail head to complete a ‘Monsoon’ cycle spring assessment for Sky… Continue Reading “Spring Assessment with Franklin Lane”
Critter Cam Program – Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, March 2019
Critter Cam program hosted by the Coalition For Sonoran Desert Protection, Catalina State Park The Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection conducts a citizen science project in which community members maintain wildlife cameras. This has helped us obtain important information about our wildlife using linkages… Continue Reading “Critter Cam Program – Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, March 2019”
Rattlesnake Handling Class: May 4, 2019
Presenters: Cecil Schwalbe, retired Arizona State Herpetologist and Dr. Tom Biuso, physician at TMC spoke, who about snake bite treatments. Attendees: Penny Miller(C2), Diana Holmes (C2), Dan Collins(C2), Vicki Ettelman(C3), Kathe Sudano (C3), Jenna Marvin(C3), Doug Hoerr(C3), Andrea Hoerr(C3), Carrie Barcom(C2), Sharon Overstreet(C2), Jessie… Continue Reading “Rattlesnake Handling Class: May 4, 2019”
UA Tree Ring Lab Tour
Dendrochronology Lab Tour November 2018 Cameron Becker, Cohort 2 On Saturday November 17, seven Arizona Master Naturalists took a tour of the University of Arizona Bannister Tree Ring Laboratory organized by the Advanced Training Committee. The Naturalists gathered in front of the (relatively)… Continue Reading “UA Tree Ring Lab Tour”
Santa Cruz River Walk
THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER WALK Submitted by Diana Holmes, Pima County Certified Master Naturalist, Cohort 2: Nov 2018 Curious to learn more about the ambitious vision by a collaboration of partners to restore flow to the Santa Cruz River and its tributaries in Tucson,… Continue Reading “Santa Cruz River Walk”
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