For all you bird watchers out there, spotting the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a real treat. This species is threatened in Arizona, endangered in California and disappearing in other parts of North America. In this lecture, a biologist from the Southern Sierra Research Station goes into great depth about this … Continue reading
Background: Presidio New & Old Editor’s Note. If you have an interest in Tucson’s early history, Hector Soza’s story is a special chapter about our early Presidio Period, a unique time and place in America’s legendary past. However, to appreciate this story’s full richness, it will help to have some … Continue reading
Watch this inspiring video from 2014, describing over 50 desert plants that inhabit the region around the San Pedro River and the borderland hills. Mimi Kamp talks about edible and medicinal plants as well as Desert Tobacco and its use. Did you ever wonder what a live Devil’s Claw looks … Continue reading
In this video get to know your Southern Arizona Arthropods, aka bugs, with Mike Foster and Carl Olsen of the University of Arizona. Here he describes the critters which inhabit the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. Mike Foster, San Pedro River Videos, is an ardent supporter of the Friends … Continue reading
San Pedro River Videos are important to keeping the history and culture of the Sonoran Desert alive. Mike Foster seeks to preserve the memory of endangered cultures and environment.https://vimeo.com/203354344 The Friends of the San Pedro River work tirelessly to preserve this historical and environmental treasure. Please support them by buying … Continue reading
August 2017. The lifegiving rains of the monsoon season have been plentiful this year. The summer rains are awesome indeed, but must be treated with respect. Over the years, 68 people have lost their lives at or near Carr Canyon falls and every summer more lives are lost in other … Continue reading
I found this book on the history of Mt. Lemmon at the Palisades Ranger Station on Mt. Lemmon last summer and have been trying to get time to read it ever since. The complete title is: Look to the Mountains: An in-depth look into the lives and times of the people … Continue reading
From Southeastern Arizona to Sonora, Mexico, and the Sea of Cortez, Mike Foster documents the wide variety of birds, both common and rare in his video, Faces of the Landscape. Avid birders, as well as armchair adventurers, will appreciate the large variety of birds that Mike has been able to capture … Continue reading
In the beginning, about 14 billion years before there was a City of Tucson in the State of Arizona, all the space, all the matter, and all the energy of the known universe was contained in a volume less than one-trillionth the size of the period at the end of … Continue reading
