CELEBRATE THE 135th ANNIVERSARY OF THE U of A HERBARIUM
Posted Mar 08, 2025
ARIZ is 135 years old! “ARIZ” is the official code for the Herbarium of the University of Arizona – and it’s celebrating its birthday! Come spend an evening under the stars celebrating this amazing legacy. All your favorite native plant and botanist friends will be there!
· For tickets, please visit this Eventbrite site.
· For more information, please click here to visit our website or email us at herbarium@cals.arizona.edu.
BioBlitz in the Santa Ritas on March 23, 2025 at 10AM
The Great Old Broads for Wilderness are planning a BioBlitz on Sunday March 23, 2025 at Barrel Canyon on the east side of the Santa Rita Mountains, close to the areas imperiled by the Copper World mine. The boundaries are directly over an aquifer that is sustaining riparian trees and other plants. The goals of the Bio-Blitz are to:
• Identify any rare, threatened, or endangered species that are adjacent to Copper World mine
• Create community awareness for people who care about our Sky Islands being destroyed
• Generate a groundswell of opposition to future gambits by Hudbay (Canadian mining company)
• Engender delight in this glorious part of our state!
Please register for this event here: https://forms.gle/CGDWXVp5QUCvkDoX8
An iNaturalist project has been created that you can join today. Please join this project https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/rosemont-barrel-canyon-bioblitz
The road to the BioBlitz site is dirt but is navigable by SUVs and trucks. Cars with a higher clearance should be fine as well. We’ve created a carpool signup sheet which you can find here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bj8dcyxWUfT85ixc8-9cfS9lMMkDgpmFVCyeHXIny8Y/edit?usp=sharing
Once we hear from you, we will send out additional details about parking and the meetup location. Please consider joining us! It’s going to be a fun day in a beautiful place!
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