Sonoran
ISSUE NO. 3, JUNE 2001

News
A SPECIAL ISSUE ABOUT THE
SONORAN DESERT KIDS
WEBSITE!

SONORAN DESERT CONSERVATION
PLAN FOR KIDS
Fun Facts:
Did You
Know?
Bullfrogs are
an exotic
species and
can kill native
frogs and fish.
Peregrine
Falcons can
dive at thier
prey at almost
200 miles
per hour.
The Lesser
Long-nosed
Bat eats
only nectar
from Saguaro
and other
cactus.

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ducators in Pima County
are joining forces to
include young people in
the discussion of the Sonoran
Desert Conservation Plan. The
Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
for Kids outreach and education
process will facilitate outdoor experiences and encourage participation and community action with
activities and events where children can communicate their visions, goals, and impressions
about nature and the Sonoran
Desert Conservation Plan.
Initiated last month with
the new Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Kids Website, the
Educators Coalition is growing
by the day. Organizations that
have been involved in the early
stages include: the Arizona Game
and Fish Department, Arizona
Historical Society, ArizonaSonora Desert Museum, Tohono
Chul Park, Tucson Audubon Society, and Tucson Botanical
Gardens.These education professionals are working with County
staff and Ms. Wendy Burroughs,
an Environmental Educator and
Wildlife Rehabilitator who is
helping to coordinate the Kids
Sonoran Desert Conservation
Plan Outreach and Public Education effort, to develop curriculum for elementary, middle, and
high school students. We will offer teacher-training workshops
and distribute curriculum packets. Youth activities and events

The Sonoran Desert Kids page can be found at: www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/
sdcp/kids/. The site is designed to be an easily navigated source of
information for kids of all ages. At this site you will find:Coloring Pages to
print and color; Fact Sheets on all Threatened and Endangered, and
Priority Vulnerable Species; Games & Quizzes; Activities - How you can
help page; Things to see and do in the Sonoran Desert - links to other sites
of interest; Glossary

Fact Sheets on all Threatened and Endangered, and Priority Vulnerable
Species (Keystone & Exotic species coming soon). These contain a full color
species illustration and basic facts about Habitat, Range, Diet, Reproduction,
Status, and Concern in Pima County.

Pima County, Arizona
Board of Supervisors
Ann Day, District 1
Dan Eckstrom, District 2
Sharon Bronson,
District 3
Raymond J. Carroll,
District 4
Raúl M. Grijalva,
Chairman, District 5
County Administrator
Chuck Huckelberry

such as hikes, nature crafts, and
environmental service projects
will take place at recreation centers, after school programs, and
youth groups.
People of all ages who are
willing to listen, learn and lend a
hand are invited to join the process for involving kids in the development of the Sonoran Desert
Conservation Plan. To support
this effort the Sonoran Desert
Conservation Plan team created
an interactive Sonoran Desert Kids
Website that you can visit at
www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/
kids/ to see the progress and participate in the wide range of activities, contests, and projects.
The website features species fact
sheets, coloring pages, games,
We have Coloring Pages to print and color of all the Threatened and
quizzes and stories. As the process
Endangered species in Pima County. The Priority Vulnerable Species
develops kids in the community
will be added soon. What a great way for children to learn about native
will be able to express their prefer- species.
ences for the conservation plan.
Enthusiastic youth will join together, creating a Sonoran Desert
For more information about
Kids Club that will meet at local recreation cenhow
to join the Sonoran Desert
ters and other locations. The whole community
will benefit from the creative excitement of
Conservation Plan for Kids, call
Pima County's young citizens through exhibits
(520)
740-8800 or (520) 740-2690
of drawings, stories, posters, and photographs
or visit our website now!
displayed at museums, galleries, websites, and a
variety of places people gather.

Games & Quizzes section has all sorts of info-tainment - from memory games to map puzzles, from quizzes to
sliding tiles games

Visit the Sonoran Desert Kids website at www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/kids/

Newsleter design and layout by Peter Corrao, Sonoran Desert Kids web design by Bill Singleton, illustrations by Bill Singleton and George Malesky, Pima County Graphic Services.