[Wildlife_society] Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve / May 10

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Sky Island Alliance and the Nature Conservancy Patagonia-Sonoita Creek =
Preserve Workday

Saturday, May 10 starting at 9:00am

Join the Sky Island Alliance and the Nature Conservancy for a workday at
beautiful Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve just outside the town of
Patagonia. We will be working on a variety of grounds improvements =
projects.
Please wear your work clothes, and bring work gloves, a water bottle,
sunscreen, and a hat. We'll have some snacks and drinks, but feel free =
to
bring a lunch.  We'll work for about 4 hours.

This preserve protects a magnificent example of the cottonwood-willow
riparian forest. Some of these trees are among the largest (over 100 =
feet
tall) and oldest (130 years old) Fremont cottonwood trees in this =
country.
This is one of the few remaining sites in Arizona where this once-common
forest type still persists. Arizona black walnut, velvet mesquite, =
velvet
ash, canyon hackberry, and various willows are found in slightly =
different
habitats throughout the preserve. Here are remnant wetlands or cienegas, =
a
once-common feature of Sonoita Creek floodplain and the most endangered
natural community in Arizona. A significant number of rare and sensitive
plant species are found in the Sonoita Creek watershed, including =
Huachuca
water umbel, Santa Cruz stripped agave, and the Santa Cruz beehive =
cactus.

The Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve is best known for the 300 bird =
species
observed here. Several unusual, rare, or unique species such as the gray
hawk, green kingfisher, thick-billed kingbird, northern
beardless-tyrannulet, violet-crowned hummingbird, and rose-throated =
becard,
attract birdwatchers from around the world. Other animals inhabiting the
preserve include mountain lion, bobcat, whitetail deer, javelina,
coatimundi, coyote, desert tortoise, occasional rattlesnakes and several
toads and frogs. The Patagonia-Sonoita Creek is a perennial stream fed =
by
surface and underground springs. It is one of the very few remaining =
such
streams that supports four native fish species, one of which, the Gila
topminnow, is among the most endangered in the Southwest.

When: Saturday, May 10 at 9 AM

Where: Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve

Directions: From Tucson, take I-10 East to Hwy 83.  Head south on Hwy 83
until the junction with Hwy 82 in Sonoita.  Turn right on Hwy 82 and =
travel
for about 12 miles to the town of Patagonia.  Turn right on 4th Avenue =
right
before the Wagon Wheel Saloon on the right side of the road.  Go a few
blocks on 4th Ave. until it dead ends and you see a preserve sign =
telling
you to turn left.  Turn left and travel approximately 1.5 miles until =
you
see the visitor center and parking area on your left.

For more information and to arrange rides please contact Trevor at 520
624-7080 or at trevor@skyislandalliance.org

Trevor Hare
Conservation Biologist
Sky Island Alliance
PO Box 41165, Tucson
Arizona 85717-1165
738 N 5th Avenue Suite 201
O - 520.624.7080 ext.205
F - 520.791.7709
E - trevor@skyislandalliance.org
I - www.skyislandalliance.org

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