{"id":34079,"date":"2024-05-17T11:34:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/?p=34079"},"modified":"2024-05-17T13:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:17:15","slug":"celebrating-and-conserving-sonoran-desert-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/celebrating-and-conserving-sonoran-desert-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating and Conserving Sonoran Desert Species"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34079\" class=\"elementor elementor-34079\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48b9ed9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48b9ed9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d31a9b1\" data-id=\"2d31a9b1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b831f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b831f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Saguaro cactus. Agave. Monarch butterflies. These are just a few of the iconic plant and animal species of the Sonoran Desert spotlighted at one of our recent community events for biodiversity conservation, in Arivaca, Arizona. On April 20th, we celebrated and raised awareness of imperiled species, through visual art, community outreach, native plantings, science lectures, and youth activities. In partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/thearivacapollinatorpathway\">Arivaca Pollinator Pathway Project<\/a>, and with a generous donation of agaves from member organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batcon.org\/\">Bat Conservation International<\/a>, the Endangered Species Coalition installed agave and other native plants to create a night blooming garden for nighttime pollinator specialists, including pollinating bats and moths.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68daab8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68daab8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59d882c\" data-id=\"59d882c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b31c17e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b31c17e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jeanne-Dodds-ESC_Rachel-Harper-BCI_Paul-Nox-Pablo-_Emily-Bishton-APPP-771x578.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34083\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jeanne-Dodds-ESC_Rachel-Harper-BCI_Paul-Nox-Pablo-_Emily-Bishton-APPP-771x578.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jeanne-Dodds-ESC_Rachel-Harper-BCI_Paul-Nox-Pablo-_Emily-Bishton-APPP-336x252.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jeanne-Dodds-ESC_Rachel-Harper-BCI_Paul-Nox-Pablo-_Emily-Bishton-APPP-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jeanne-Dodds-ESC_Rachel-Harper-BCI_Paul-Nox-Pablo-_Emily-Bishton-APPP-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jeanne-Dodds-ESC_Rachel-Harper-BCI_Paul-Nox-Pablo-_Emily-Bishton-APPP-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c432f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c432f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ee5421\" data-id=\"0ee5421\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506025f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"506025f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While community members installed the native plants, including the agave along with night blooming yucca, datura, and others, Tohono O\u2019odham artist<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/noxamus\/\"> Paul \u2018Nox\u2019 Pablo<\/a> painted a representative mural, illustrating the nighttime garden species and the plants on which they rely. The center panel of the mural features a whirlwind design, which has significance in the Tohono O\u2019odham culture as a representation of the wind and is an important symbol of pollination and the element of air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the second mural created in Arivaca by Paul, with the first being a wrap-around mural showing daytime and nighttime native plants and pollinators, created for the <a href=\"https:\/\/esa50.org\/arts-and-culture\/arivaca-pollinator-pathway-project-mural\/\">50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act.<\/a> These murals demonstrate cultural and community connections to natural systems, and the importance of biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Arivaca Pollinator Pathway Project is having a transformative impact in the community, through the installation of eight public pollinator gardens, funded with support from Endangered Species Coalition\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/pollinator-protectors\/\">Pollinator Protectors<\/a> campaign. The newest facet of the Arivaca Pollinator Pathway Project is the registration of home gardens and free consultation for their owners, to increase the availability of plants for pollinators and increase community awareness of native species.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62a4a00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62a4a00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-489e905\" data-id=\"489e905\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df6f757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df6f757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Artist-Paul-Nox-Pablo-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34084\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Artist-Paul-Nox-Pablo-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Artist-Paul-Nox-Pablo-336x252.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Artist-Paul-Nox-Pablo-771x578.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Artist-Paul-Nox-Pablo-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Artist-Paul-Nox-Pablo-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f5e27e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f5e27e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0fabdd\" data-id=\"e0fabdd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb42069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb42069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Emily Bishton, founder of Arivaca Pollinator Pathway Project explains, \u201cThe community\u2019s whole-hearted embrace of this project, from tots to seniors, is what has given it so much life and growth over the past 15 months\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f73f6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f73f6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0883bd7\" data-id=\"0883bd7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23de210 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23de210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image0-771x578.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34093\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image0-771x578.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image0-336x252.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image0-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image0-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image0.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7663905 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7663905\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8572bb2\" data-id=\"8572bb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c17941 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c17941\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Endangered Species Coalition and our partners are working hard to create corridors for native plants and pollinators in Arivaca and across the US. You can be involved in funding the habitat creation work of ESC\u2019s Pollinator Protectors by purchasing our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonfire.com\/arizona-native-pollinators-amp-plants\/\">newest Bonfire shirt, featuring artwork by Paul \u2018Nox\u2019 Pablo.<\/a>\u00a0 In the southwestern United States, some of our most important pollinators migrate across international borders, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/press-release\/202207\/migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered-iucn-red-list\">imperiled monarch butterflies<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batcon.org\/meet-the-lesser-long-nosed-bat\/\">lesser long-nosed bat<\/a>, a bat species whose population recovered, thanks to Endangered Species Act protection.<\/p>\n<p>The shirt design features species with special meanings for the Tohono O\u2019odham, including animals and plants featuring prominently in legends and winter storytelling traditions. Tohono O\u2019odham consider saguaro cacti to be tribal members, and the saguaro fruit is an important traditional source of food and also used in traditional ceremonies. indicating the Tohono O\u2019odham new year.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cc1e39 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cc1e39\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f35f65\" data-id=\"1f35f65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dae4aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8dae4aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-336x336.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34085\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-336x336.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-771x771.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-140x140.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-448x448.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Paul-Nox-Pablo-original-artwork-for-Bonfire-design.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca8a054 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca8a054\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81be515\" data-id=\"81be515\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ed460b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ed460b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonfire.com\/arizona-native-pollinators-amp-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bonfire Campaign closes Monday, May 20th<\/a>, so be sure to get the design while you can! Thank you for your support of imperiled native plants and pollinators.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e7547d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e7547d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c75c374\" data-id=\"c75c374\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdfbe58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdfbe58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonfire.com\/arizona-native-pollinators-amp-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonfire-shirt-336x306.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-34086\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonfire-shirt-336x306.png 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonfire-shirt-771x701.png 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonfire-shirt-768x698.png 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bonfire-shirt.png 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a5bdc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a5bdc1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c48826\" data-id=\"4c48826\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c760d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c760d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Saguaro-flowers-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34089\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Saguaro-flowers-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Saguaro-flowers-336x448.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Saguaro-flowers-771x1028.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Saguaro-flowers-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/assets\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Saguaro-flowers-scaled.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSaguaro cactus. Agave. Monarch butterflies. These are just a few of the iconic plant and animal species of the Sonoran Desert spotlighted at one of our recent community events for biodiversity conservation, in Arivaca, Arizona. 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