Living Desert Alliance
Keep our Desert and Community Livable and Thriving
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Living Desert Alliance
Donation Opportunity
Dear Living Desert Alliance (LDA) Members,
As a dedicated 501(c)(3) environmental organization, LDA works tirelessly to safeguard our beautiful Sonoran Desert and natural resources. Your contribution, no matter the size, will directly support critical initiatives like cleaning the banks of the Santa Cruz River, fighting unnecessary new cell phone towers and ensuring mining operations follow strict air and water quality regulations. We also work closely with other local environmental nonprofits in fighting major disruptors such as the proposed I-11 highway.
Together, we can make a difference. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today. DONATE HERE!
Thank you for your continued support and involvement!
With gratitude,
Living Desert Alliance Board of Directors
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Save the Santa Ritas
Important Events & Major Rally Planned
The fight to Save the Scenic Santa Rita Mountains and surrounding communities from being devastated by the Hudbay/Copperworld mining conglomerate continues with multiple events. They include:
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Downtown Tucson Rally
Saturday, May 3rd, 2pm - 4pm
Save the Scenic Santa Ritas (SSSR) asks you to join them, and other opponents of the Copper World Mine from around the region on May 3rd from 2-4 pm at the Congress/Granada area of downtown Tucson. Signs, media coverage, and short speeches will raise public awareness.
Many southern Arizona environmental organizations and community leaders are joining to create this loud, clear, unified outcry against Hudbay’s Copper World Mine.
Visit the SSSR Facebook Page to learn more and stay up to date on this important event.
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Reserve these dates & show up!
Your participation in any of these events sends a strong message of support to those who oppose this mine. It also sends a loud protest to Hudbay/ Copperworld mining conglomerate, telling them we are watching and are aware of their underhanded tactics and outright deceit.
We can’t let this happen!
The trees, plants, animals and people living in this area need your support. Attend these events! There is power in numbers. Contact Governor Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). Ask them to stop this operation from moving forward and to protect and preserve the beautiful Santa Rita Mountains and its inhabitants.
Please forward this newsletter to anyone you feel would like to participate in these events.A direct and compelling headline
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Marana Spring 2025 Recycle Event
Saturday, March 8th 9:00am -1:00 pm
Join Marana’s Spring Recycle Event this Saturday, March 8th 9:00am -1:00 pm (shredding will conclude early if truck fills before 1:00pm) at Coyote Trail Elementary 8000 n. Silverbell Rd.
- Free electronic recycle • Accepting most working and non-working electronics. • Hard drive and solid-state drive destruction, completed off-site.
- Free paper shred • Non-commercial type documents shredding will occur on-site • Limit 5 boxes per person.
- Paint collection • Accepting latex, water-based, and oil-based paints only.
- No glass containers, No large appliances, No empty/dry containers
Marana Food Bank will be on site to collect donations of non-perishable, canned, or packaged foods!
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Bean Tree Farm
Desert Foods and Inspiration
Bean Tree Farm is located in Dancing Rocks Community, a residential development nested in 20-acres of lush Sonoran Desert food forest featuring Saguaro, Ironwood, Foothills Palo Verde, Mesquite, Prickly Pear, Cholla, Ocotillo, Acacia, perennial and annual herbs, vines and more.
They blend desert foods, earth care, rainwater harvesting, natural building and education in a hands-on artisan way. They explore and share a way of living that honors the nature and culture of our desert environment, inspiring the "rewilding" of urban and suburban communities to build resilience and food security, and empower folks with creative pathways to do so.
They offer what they have learned through:
- hands-on workshops feature seasonal desert foods & herbs, natural building, earth-care, and creative arts
- farmstands and tastings
- desert walks, tours, and harvests
- public demos and talks in and around Tucson in collaboration with like-minded organizations
Bean Trees also provide nutritious, tasty seeds and pods, and thrive on seasonal rainfall.
Click here to learn more. Click here to sign up for their newsletter.
Bean Tree Farm is a United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary.
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Wildlife Cameras
Providing Valuable
Information to Scientists
A recent KGUN9 online 9Newsnavigator article explains that in an effort to provide park leaders with information on wildlife, 60 cameras were set up by the National Park Service’s Sonoran Desert Network across Saguaro National Park West. “Using this kind of information, we can inform park managers about what the changes are that we’re seeing over time,” Scientist and Program Manager Andy Hubbard said.
The article, written by Madison Thomas, explains that "the program was first piloted in 2016. Now, almost a decade later, cameras are set up at three locations throughout the year: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Chiricahua National Monument and Saguaro National Park West."
Click here to read this informative and educational article.
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Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum
Beat Back Buffalo Grass
Join the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum and volunteer to combat invasive plants such as buffelgrass, stinknet and arundo.
Buffelgrass out-competes saguaros for space, nutrients and water. It also poses a serious fire risk both in the desert and in our city. Join others in their efforts to combat this weed. There will be live Desert Museum animals, tasty pastries and more…
Click here for links to multiple events.
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