The summer heat is no joke; each year, Arizona loses hundreds of people to heat-related deaths. To stay safe, it's important to keep up with weather updates and follow these tips: 🚰 Take small sips of water throughout the day, instead of a large amount at one time. When working in the heat, the CDC recommends drinking 1 cup (8 ounces) of water every 15–20 minutes, but no more than 48 oz (1½ quarts) per hour. ⛅ Limit outdoor activity to the morning and evening hours. When outside, protect your skin with UV-blocking clothing and high-SPF sunscreen. 🚩Check on vulnerable community members, such as older neighbors, children and pets. ⚠️ Know the signs of heat-related illness: cramps, headache, nausea, dizziness, feeling weak ➡️ get to a cool place and drink plenty of water. If you stop sweating, develop hot, dry skin, rapid heart rate, or become confused, call 911 and seek medical care immediately. 📸: “A Fire in the Sky” by Andrea Guardi; Honorable mention/2024 Student Photo Contest
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The Nature Conservancy is grateful for the Arizona Legislature and Governor Hobbs for making forest health a priority in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. TNC was proud to work with industry, forest officials, and the Arizona Commerce Authority to extend the Healthy Forest Tax Credit for certified businesses involved in harvesting and processing forest products to protect more homes from wildfire. It also improves the health of our watersheds and overgrown forests and acts as a catalyst for a growing industry in the state economy. Arizona’s forests remain in desperate need of treatment – each year tens of thousands of acres are destroyed by forest fires. Years of fire suppression, exacerbated by climate-driven drought and extreme heat, have created dense stands of small trees and the continuing threat of catastrophic mega-fires that put our communities and water supplies at risk. The extension of the Healthy Forest Tax Credit will encourage more industry to help thin our forests of dead or fallen timber, brush and other woody vegetation that make Arizona’s forests a tinderbox. Read more about The Nature Conservancy’s efforts to make our forests healthier and more resilient.
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The Urban Heat Leadership Academy, created in partnership with Phoenix Revitalization Corporation, was recently featured in German-based topos magazine as part of their “Heat” issue. Check out the magazine—a quarterly interdisciplinary review for landscape architecture and urban design/development—at toposmagazine.com. Learn more about our Healthy Cities Program and the award-winning UHLA: nature.org/healthycitiesaz
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This past June, we embarked on the 26th year of wet/dry mapping, where the San Pedro River is surveyed during the driest and hottest time of year to monitor its health. TNC and partners use this data to identify priority areas and conservation projects. More than 125 volunteers came together to map ~250 miles of the river and its tributaries, which serves as a critical source for Arizona's diverse wildlife. Thank you to the efforts of all our volunteers and partners, including Arizona Game and Fish Department, Bureau of Land Management, COMMUNITY WATERSHED ALLIANCE, CONANP -Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, National Park Service, NATURALIA ENVIRONNEMENT, Salt River Project, Pima County, Friends Of The San Pedro River, and Fort Huachuca. See the past 25 years of results at azconservation.org. 📸: Bretta Nelson & Haylee Short
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Do you have project management experience? 🔎 Looking to apply your experience to help us protect the lands and waters on which all life depends? 💧 You're in the right place - The Nature Conservancy is hiring a Conservation Project Coordinator! This Coordinator will advance the Colorado River Program’s conservation work by providing project management support on small to large-scale projects that may span multiple programs and/or project managers, as well as many other partners and stakeholders. 💡 Drawing on strong organizational skills and project management experience, the position will drive increased project completion, coordination, and collaboration. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gC4vKYdh
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There are three more Hart Prairie Preserve nature walks of the summer! Join us on Sunday 7/14, 7/28 or 8/18 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to enjoy beautiful scenery while learning about the natural and human history of the Flagstaff area. Registration required—sign up at tinyurl.com/hppwalk 📸: © edkendall
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There is a common belief that prescribed burning, thinning trees and clearing underbrush reduce risks of the severity of future fires. But is that true? Sometimes anecdotal evidence or limited observations can create doubt. Researchers from the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, The Nature Conservancy and the University of Montana examined 30 years of scientific literature for a closer look. Spoiler alert: the answer is yes—proactive ecological forest management can change how fires behave and reduce wildfire severity, under a wide range of conditions and forest types. Learn more: bit.ly/4cc1Uqf
Comprehensive Science Review Shows Fuel Treatments Reduce Future Wildfire Severity
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In 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that urbanization led to the loss of 1.9 million acres of farmland since 2015. While farms and ranches are essential for food production, some families are forced to sell their properties because they become unaffordable. Conserving our natural areas, farmland, and forests is important to the character of our communities, our quality of life, and to the future of our state. One effective approach is through voluntary land protection agreements, also known as conservation easements. TNC Arizona's Director of External Affairs, Christian Stumpf, recently represented The Nature Conservancy on a TNC-hosted panel discussion with congressional staff members in Washington D.C. to present the newest polling regarding voter’s support for this vital tool. The recent polling, commissioned by TNC and conducted by the bi-partisan research team of FM3 Research (D) and New Bridge Strategy (R) found: - An overwhelming 95% of voters nationwide embrace landowners’ rights to conserve their land through the use of these agreements. - 59% of these respondents “strongly” support the practice. - American voters believe we should be engaging in more conservation, not less. Land protection agreements empower private landowners. In exchange for preserving their lands as working farms, ranches, natural areas and wildlife habitats, they receive payment or tax incentives. In turn, they commit to not developing or selling their land for development. Landowners can then continue to farm, ranch, use their land or pass it on to their children or grandchildren. Land protection agreements serve as a powerful tool for conserving more land. Advocating for increased funding to bolster these efforts is critical as we work alongside landowners to create a legacy of stewardship for generations to come. 📸: Michele Caporali/TNC
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Have you read the latest Field Notes Magazine yet? Learn about how water connects us all and get a closer look at our water work throughout the state in this edition: bit.ly/44EyaiC 📸: (cover) © John Fielder
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The Nature Conservancy in Arizona reposted this
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As we commemorate #Juneteenth in the U.S., we are also bracing for yet another heat wave in parts of the country just as we kick off the hottest time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. And while it cannot compare to the extreme temperatures in Delhi (49+ C and 121+ F!), one thing remains the same – that exposure to daily temperature variation is extremely unequal by race and ethnicity, as well as by income. In a recent report published in PNAS Nexus by Shengjie Liu, Emily Smith-Greenaway, they find further evidence that “racial and ethnic minorities and low-income populations in the United States are disproportionately exposed to larger daily temperature variation. This inequality is driven by the built environment, including blue and green space, which is a legacy of structural racism.” I am encouraged by work being done to understand and address these inequities like The Nature Conservancy in Arizona's first-of-its-kind Urban Heat Leadership Academy that equips residents from the Phoenix Metro Area with the knowledge, resources and skills to advocate for more trees, cool walkable corridors and the use of rainwater for trees and vegetation in their communities. Nature can save us – let’s make sure that we are helping all communities gain access to the solutions. You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/e6hZSi9m and https://lnkd.in/eQg76D7E #heat #nature #equality
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