Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection

Do you have 5 minutes to support wildlife linkages?

Updated on November 20th, 2024 The RTA’s current budget for wildlife crossings just won’t cut it! The Regional Transportation Authority, or RTA, is drafting its next 20-year regional transportation plan […]

Oracle Rd Wildlife Bridge featured as 2nd stop on Wildlife Crossings Across America Tour

P-22 is a famous mountain lion that helped inspire the construction of the massive Wallis Annenberg wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles. After the passing of P-22, […]

Tucson-Tortolita Mountains Wildlife Linkage: The Latest Data and Looking Ahead

Last month we shared that we expanded this project in 2022, with cameras on either side of I-10 between the Tucson Mountains and Tortolita Mountains, and six more planned to […]

2022 Wildlife Camera Project Recap

2022 was another successful year for our Wildlife Camera Monitoring Program, and also our 10th anniversary of this community science-based project! Big thanks to ALL the volunteers that have been […]

Kit Fox: CSDP Photographs Another First

By Jessica Moreno, Conservation Science Director It’s late morning in early May when my phone buzzes with a text message from my friend and long-time Desert Monitor Josh Skattum. It’s […]

Reducing Roadkill: Safe Passages for Wildlife on Interstate-10 East

By Jessica Moreno, Conservation Science Director One of the best things about doing roadkill surveys is watching the sunrise. During the monsoons, the sun breaks across the eastern horizon and […]

SR86 Wildlife Bridges move to siting and design phase

In January 2022, a group of people from Arizona Game and Fish Department, Arizona Department of Transportation, the Tohono O’odham Nation, and the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection conducted a […]

Crossing Through Your Neighborhood: A Presentation

Want to learn more about what’s happening around the Oracle Road wildlife crossings? Check out this recent presentation given by our Conservation Science Director Jessica Moreno:     You can […]

Closing the Gap: Fencing gaps near the SR77 wildlife crossings are coming to a close

by Jessica Moreno, Conservation Science Director The last time I took a stroll down Big Wash, which runs along the west side of Oracle Road, the chill air pressed against […]

New data from the Tangerine Road wildlife underpasses

Did you know that there are five wildlife underpasses that traverse Tangerine Road? These wildlife underpasses were finished in 2018 and the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) is now […]