Earlier this month, TNC and partner Phoenix Revitalization Corporation (PRC) hosted a project exhibition, featuring heat mitigation projects led by Urban Heat Leadership Academy graduates from the third cohort. Academy graduates applied for and received small grants from TNC to implement nature-based solutions to reduce urban heat. A special thank you to partners Arizona Sustainability Alliance, Trees Matter, Unlimited Potential AZ and Watershed Management Group who oversaw the community greening and stormwater harvesting projects. Learn more about the program at nature.org/healthycitiesaz 🌳 📸: © Ivan Martinez Photography
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Yesterday, President Joe Biden signed the Good Samaritan Act into law. This is a policy win for nature and climate. The law allows state agencies, non-profits and others remediate damage from abandoned hardrock mines. Along with restoring waterways, this new law will help create enabling conditions for clean and renewable energy developers to build on former mines. To quote TNC CEO Jennifer Morris, “When clean energy is sited on former mines, it can help avoid converting green spaces for the clean energy transition. But the expenses of mine cleanup liability have prevented many developers from considering these sites, leaving them a largely untapped resource across the country. The passage of this act helps set the stage for reusing hardrock mines to improve the health of communities and the planet.” Learn more about how mines can be used for the clean energy transition in TNC’s Mining the Sun report: bit.ly/4b4OCuE
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Can you spot the teeny-tiny cactus in these photos? 🌵👶 The Nature Conservancy's Sabo Preserve is the sole natural population of Pediocactus knowltonii—aka the Knowlton's cactus. It can be hard to find, growing to just the size of a penny! The Knowlton's cactus is federally listed as an endangered species and TNC protects the population with partial fencing. 📸: © Steve Bassett
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“When you can get people together and be really clear, you can mitigate some of the risk and distrust. That’s when collaborations happen,” said John Ford, TNC Arizona's water projects manager for agriculture. The Water in the West Symposium was recently held in Denver, CO, bringing together more than 150 stakeholders. The 2024 theme was “Building Bridges: Collaborative Water Action.” Read 4 key takeaways at bit.ly/4f9X8u5.
4 takeaways from the 2024 Water in the West Symposium
source.colostate.edu
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Amazing news: a $1.5 million grant to help protect the San Pedro River was recently announced! Governor Katie Hobbs recently joined The Nature Conservancy, the National Audubon Society, officials from Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Fort Huachuca and the Bureau of Land Management as well as environmental advocates to secure this funding for Cochise County to complete a water recharge project. Learn more: bit.ly/3ZrNyNr
Governor Katie Hobbs Announces $1.5 Million Grant to Help Protect the San Pedro River
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Double your impact for nature! Today only, the Giving Tuesday Matching Gift Fund will double every dollar of your gift to make 2x the difference. Donate at bit.ly/49kYTDm #GivingTuesday 📸: © Zim & Rose Ella Brown, © Kelly Pape/TNC Photo Contest 2019, © Heather Spencer/TNC Photo Contest 2021
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We are thrilled to announce that TNC Arizona's State Director Daniel Stellar has been recognized as a Nonprofit Leader of the Year by AZ Business Magazine! Pick up the November/December edition of the magazine to read all of the honorees of the 2025 AZ Business Angel Awards. Congratulations Dan and we thank you for your leadership!
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Today and every day of the year, we are thankful for our incredible volunteers. We recently held the annual Volunteer Appreciation Lunch at our Tucson office (pictured), where 65 volunteers were recognized by trustee Erik Bakken, State Director Dan Stellar, 3 preserve managers and staff from the Tucson office. In our last fiscal year, 305 volunteers dedicated 14,600 hours of service—equivalent to 8 full-time employees! They volunteer from the Mexico border to map the San Pedro River, to north of Flagstaff in the 8000 ft heights of Hart Prairie Preserve. Volunteers are active at 7 TNC preserves and in our Tucson office for a range of tasks such as stewardship projects like trail maintenance, invasive plant removal and wildlife monitoring, greeting visitors and leading nature hikes, photo archiving and various administrative tasks. We are lucky to have two people who have been volunteering since 1997, several for over 20 years, and new volunteers coming to us regularly. #ThankfulThursday Interested in joining the fun? Visit nature.org/volunteeraz to see current opportunities. 📸: © Mark Ryan & Keri Dixon
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This gaggle of Gould's turkeys was spotted at Muleshoe Ranch Preserve. Their story is one of conservation success 🦃 Gould’s turkeys are the largest subspecies of wild turkeys (males weigh an average of 20-25 pounds!), but are the least researched and have the smallest population with an estimated 1,200 in the U.S. They are found in parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico. With Gould’s turkeys nearly eradicated by the 1920s, efforts to re-establish them in southeast Arizona began in the ‘80s with more than 280 birds translocated from Mexico to Arizona between 1997 and 2006. This has involved the partnership of multiple groups and organizations including Arizona Game & Fish, the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), the Comisión de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora (CEDES), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Coronado National Forest, the U.S. Army Fort Huachuca, the Arizona and Mexican governments, and volunteers and landowners. (Sources: National Wild Turkey Federation and Arizona Game & Fish) 📸: © Jeff Smith/TNC
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Exciting news from Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: we recently installed the first public electric vehicle (EV) charger in Patagonia, AZ! It costs $8 to use for up to 3 hours and comes with a free trail pass. It is a Level 2 charger that runs largely on the solar panels on the preserve, and because it was installed as an at-home EV charger, it will not show up on public EV charging site websites. Visit Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve: nature.org/PSCP
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