Partners of Tucson Audubon
Tucson Audubon works with a wide range of partners in order to acheive goals shared by our partners and ourselves. We take the lead in those areas that are of high priority, and play more of a support role in others.
Our partners include:
Arizona Game and Fish Department: Important Bird Areas program and Arizona Bird Conservation Initiative.
Arizona Heritage Alliance: conservation and economic development of Santa Cruz County
Arizona Land and Water Trust: conservation easements, conservation education
Arizona Native Plant Society: Governing Board
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum: education programing
Arizona State Parks: Natural Areas Program
Army Corps of Engineers: in-lieu fee mitigation work in southern Arizona.
Audubon Arizona: Important Bird Areas program.
Audubon Chapters nationwide: Audubon Urban Chapter Network provides mutual support in all aspects of running our chapter.
AviAtlas: birding trails in the Tucson region.
Business Community: developing sustainable economic activity through our many Birds &Business Alliance members
City of Tucson: Habitat Conservation Plan; Climate Change Advisory Committee; Wash Ordinance Revision; Gray Water and Rainwater Harvesting;
Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection: Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan; Conservation Lands System; Wildlife linkages
Cochise County:
Environmental Education Exchange: Together Green Innovation Grant, creating wildlife habitat using rainwater harvesting in an underserved neighborhood and in Tucson schools.
National Audubon: local components of national policy issues; Together Green Innovation Grant, creating wildlife habitat using rainwater harvesting in an underserved neighborhood and in Tucson schools; Christmas Bird Count; Important Bird Areas program.
Pima County: Pima Association of Governments Environmental Planning Advisory Committee; Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department Odor Control Citizen Advisory Committee; RTA Wildlife Linkages Working Group
Pinal County:
Santa Cruz County: development and implementation of the Santa Cruz County Comprehensive Plan
Sky Island Alliance: issues around the Clean Water Act and the Clean Water Restoration Act.
Sonoran Institute/Environmental Protection Agency: Upper Santa Cruz River Science Advisory Committee
Sonoran Joint Venture: Technical Committee and Advisory Board
Southern Arizona Community Foundation: investing in our community
State Chapters: birding festivals, publications
The Local Trust: tree planting in Tucson for carbon offsets
Town of Marana: habitat conservation plan
University of Arizona: Tucson Bird Count, urban wildlife; Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl research
US Fish and Wildlife Service: endangered species issues
