Working to Conserve the Sonoran Desert
FSD board members Beth Polidoro, Jan Schipper, and Andrew Smith are part of an invited panel on conservation of threatened species, with...
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Sonoran Desert Blog
Water: The Lifeblood of the Sonoran Desert
Water is crucial to the survival of all living things. We certainly cannot take for granted, however, that we always will have access to...
Science Evaluates Effects of Border Barriers on Wildlife
Two weeks ago representatives of the Friends of the Sonoran Desert attended the 5th Tri-National Symposium Celebrating the Sonoran...
Protecting Pathways for Jaguars
Jaguars, the largest cats in North and South America, have been spotted by humans (and camera traps) in the Madrean Sky Islands of...
Students learn about urban wildlife and water quality in metro-Phoenix
FSD board member, Beth Polidoro, is teaching students how to address real-life water quality and wildlife challenges in urban areas of...
We Forget
We forget. We forget while we are fighting the avaricious enemies of nature, the environment, and biodiversity. We forget that one of the...
Help us Advocate for the Sonoran Desert
Friends of the Sonoran Desert interacts with Federal and State agencies to weigh in on how to best protect the Sonoran Desert. We meet...
Fighting the wall: Knowledge is power
President Trump’s promised border wall is one of the most serious and pressing threats to the ecological sustainability of the Sonoran...
Teaching students about NEPA
In January 1, 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed into law. NEPA established a national policy to protect the...
Border Security: What Works?
Friends of the Sonoran Desert (FSD) understands and supports the concern for border security. But let’s look at the history of the U.S.’s...
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