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Fall 2005 Sky Island Alliance 1 photo by Noel Snyder Fall 2005 Thick-billed parrots nesting in aspensSky within Island Chihuahua’s Allianc Sierra de la Maderae 1 Many Thanks to Our Contributors! Huge kudos go to Dennis Caldwell for de- signing our gorgeous new logo, and for put- ting up with all our divergent opinions in the process! Thanks also to Dana Backer, the mere mention of whose name makes invasive spe- cies’ roots quake; Angela Barclay, our great Welcome, Nicole! Farewell, Gita! hope for solving the remaining mysteries of Sky Island Alliance is a non-profit what we should and shouldn’t plant after fires; Nicole Urban-Lopez was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, and Carolyn Campbell, the mere mention of whose membership organization dedicated as a native, she shares a special relationship with our surrounding to the protection and restoration of name makes politicians’ and unscrupulous landscapes. Nicole is a recent graduate from the University of Ari- the rich natural heritage of native developers’ roots quake; Erika Geiger, grass- zona, where she earned a B.A. in political science and focused on species and habitats in the Sky land research guru, whose name will hope- environmental policy. She recently returned from Washington, DC, Island region of the southwestern fully never again be misspelled by careless United States and northwestern where she spent the summer working with environmental legislation editors; Chris Hass, PhD, tracking expert Mexico. Sky Island Alliance works as an intern for Congressman Raúl Grijalva. extraordinaire who was recently voted “Most with volunteers, scientists, land Nicole enjoys spending time outdoors, reading and being involved Likely to See Coati Scratches Where No- owners, public officials and in the local music scene. Her favorite area of the Sky Islands is the body Else Has Bothered to Look;” James government agencies to establish Chiricahua Mountains, and she has spent many weekends there Leckie, who is as keen on Saguaro National protected areas, restore healthy hiking, cooking and enjoying the scenery. Nicole joins Sky Island Park’s fauna as he is on its flames; Ellis landscapes and promote public Alliance as the Membership and Outreach Coordinator and looks Margolis, intellectual Johnny Aspen Seed appreciation of the region’s unique forward to meeting our wonderful members and volunteers! who uses any excuse he can get to explore biological diversity. …and a farewell to Gita as our newsletter editor-in-chief. Follow- the mountain West; Guy McPherson, a rare ing her biology research roots, Gita has taken a job with The Nature 520/624-7080 • fax 520/791-7709 breed of scientist who can see clear to ad- Conservancy at the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, and vocate for protecting the natural world while [email protected] she has extra tan lines and bug bites to prove it. She’s helping boost www.skyislandalliance.org he works to understand it; Jeneiene monitoring and adaptive management practices––fancy terms for Schaeffer, loyal friend of Saguaro National PO Box 41165 knowing enough about the effects of our actions (or inactions) to Tucson, AZ 85717 Park; Ceal Smith, most astute observer of wild change them before they cause real damage. Gita is delighted to be creatures and all their marvels, be they fig Staff working alongside Janice and Trevor and the rest of the Sky Island wasps or children; Noel Snyder, who flies off Matt Skroch Alliance crew on this jewel of the Sky Islands, and she is equally to study and protect birds more often than Executive Director pleased to connect with a whole new branch of the Las Cienegas anyone else we know; Mills Tandy, whose un- [email protected] family. She’ll miss the creative side of crafting a newsletter out of assuming manners and large, fuzzy dog belie Acasia Berry such naturally fabulous raw material, but will reluctantly hand over Associate Director one of the region’s brightest botanists; and, [email protected] the deadline whip to some other hardy soul. of course, the Sky Island Alliance staff. David Hodges Policy Director [email protected] Trevor Hare Conservation Biologist Table of Contents [email protected] Janice Przybyl Wildlife Monitoring Program Ecological Souffle; SIA Receives Conservation Award......................................3 [email protected] A Celebration for Manning Cabin; Seasonality.......................................................4 Mike Quigley Wilderness Campaign Coordinator Contemplating a Future of Lost Opportunities.......................................................5 [email protected] Road Rattlings; The Seasonal Ecology of Fire...........................................................6 Cory Jones GIS Specialist Coatis and Fire; Face to Face with a Cat-Face Scar.........................................................7 [email protected] Quaking Aspen: The “Phoenix” Tree of the Sky Islands....................................8 Sergio Avila Wildlife Biologist Grassland Fires Past and Present...............................................................10 [email protected] Effects of Seeding Ryegrass on Vegetation Recovery...................................11 Nicole Urban-Lopez Membership and Outreach Coordinator Who Goes Where? A Review of Wildlife Monitoring Techniques..........................12 [email protected] SDCP: Countdown to Completion; Critical Connections for Wildlife..........................14 Sky Jacobs Office Assistant Alliance Notes, Field Schedule............................................................. ........15 [email protected] Newsletter Gita Bodner, Editor Turtle, Production Editor Board of Directors Seeking SIA newsletter submissions Paul Hirt, President Send us your poetry, your words of wisdom, your art! Steve Marlatt, Vice President We want to keep this newsletter filled with inspirational, informative material, and we’d like your help! Do you Nancy Zierenberg, Secretary Dale Turner, Treasurer write poetry? Draw, sketch, paint, or photograph? Like to address regional conservation issues? Review books or Brooke Gebow websites? Anything that relates to the Sky Islands region is fair game! You can respond to items in our recent Lainie Levick newsletter, comment on your experiences as a volunteer or conference-goer, etc. Also, let us know if you’d like to be Rurik List a regular contributor, e.g. with a column each issue. The deadline for our next newsletter is January 15, 2006. Carlos Lopez Gonzalez Material submitted after that date may be saved for subsequent issues. Please email submissions to Rod Mondt Angel Montoya [email protected], or mail them to Sky Island Alliance, PO Box 41165, Tucson, AZ 85717. Resolu- Chris Roll tion of digital images should be at least 300 dpi if possible. Give your favorite small-town restaurant a boost by Todd Schulke writing a review and letting us promote it! 2 Fall 2005 Fall 2005 Ecological Souffle By Matt Skroch, Executive Director s I extended my arm toward the orange coals and flame the complex, costly and varied suc- managed improperly, for fire. In ad- of our campfire, I fully recognized that as my perfectly cesses of dealing with fire during and dition, let’s remember that just be- white marshmallow dangled off the end of my stick, it after its arrival to a landscape that cause the marshmallow is black, it’s A previously had been unmanaged, or not all bad. would burst into flames at any moment. I just couldn’t wait for that perfectly toasted, lightly browned variety of campfire marshmallows that some more patient folk subscribe to. I High-intensity fires provide stark, wanted to see it burn and sizzle before devouring the black mess of charred sugar. blackened landscapes that inherently Staring with great respect at my have combined to create explosive convey disaster to most of those who burning sphere of goo, I felt a sense of conditions in recent years. Wildland excitement and wonder in the flame, fires generally burn hotter now, pro- see these images on television, in the so close to my eyes. Knowing I would viding unique challenges to public soon put it out with a quick puff, I sat safety and ecosystem integrity. newspaper or directly in the field. Yet entranced by the sugar flame for sev- These high-intensity fires provide eral seconds. I reckon you may know stark, blackened landscapes that inher- disaster is not always the case. what I’m talking about. If you don’t… ently convey disaster to most of those well, try it sometime. who see these images on television, in Later that evening, as we’ve done the newspaper or directly in the field. so many times on Sky Island Alliance Disaster is not always the case, how- field trips, we all stared into the small ever, and we must resist the emotional circle of our campfire, refusing to take response invoked from seeing the ef- Sky Island Alliance our eyes away—even while engaged fects of these big burns. Instead, more in conversation with fellow volun- concern may be placed on where the teers. There’s just something about a high-intensity fires occurred on the Receives the campfire that captures your eyes and landscape and what may be done on won’t let go. As a pastime of our hu- our part to reduce the risk of long-term man race, the campfire is about the ecological damage. Joseph Wood Krutch only thing that will compete with the Active restoration of burned areas ubiquitous television for our unbend- can give nature a kick-start toward Conservation Award ing attention these days. That’s say- regrowth. This issue of Restoring ing a lot. Connections provides some great his fall, Sky Island Alliance was thrilled to re- Fire has been an integral part of our insight into dealing with the af- ceive the Joseph Wood Krutch Conservation lives for millennia. Just as it ignites our ter effects of fire on landscapes. TAward, which is given annually to an individual marshmallows over an open flame, it People spend millions of dollars or group that has demonstrated a sincere and sustained also heats our houses, cooks our food, every year seeding, planting and commitment to conservation in Arizona. Sky Island and propels our vehicles and aircraft stabilizing soils after fires.
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