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Center for Native and Urban Wildlife

Our Mission

To teach and advocate responsible desert living through the conservation of native and urban wildlife.

What We Do

  • Education outreach to share the value and importance of natural desert environments
  • Restore Sonoran Desert habitats
  • Promote stewardship of Sonoran Desert ecosystems through active involvement

You can call us CNUW (see-new). Read on or get in touch with us if you would like to learn more.

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Tortoise

CNUW Exhibits

Visit biodiversity past and present and explore our community gardens and greenhouse.

aerial view of propagation yard

CNUW Projects

Participate in phenology observations, solitary bee studies, plant propagation, burrowing owl nests, and bird surveys.

grade school students on biodiversity tour

Biodiversity Tours

Learn about the importance of the Sonoran Desert on our biodiversity tour.

Contact Us

Dr. John Weser
Natalie Case
Darrell Woolf
R Sean Tanner
Allistair Bergstedt
Roy Barnes