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.
CNUW Exhibits
Visit biodiversity past and present and explore our community gardens and greenhouse.
CNUW Projects
Participate in phenology observations, solitary bee studies, plant propagation, burrowing owl nests, and bird surveys.
Biodiversity Tours
Learn about the importance of the Sonoran Desert on our biodiversity tour.
Support CNUW
If you would like to support CNUW through a donation, you can easily purchase items off of our Amazon Wish List and have it shipped to the Center. Your donations help us continually improve and we greatly appreciate your support!
Contact Us
- Dr. John Weser
- Executive Director
- (480) 423-6016
- john.weser@scottsdalecc.edu
- Natalie Case
- Education Programs Developer
- (480) 423-6737
- natalie.case@scottsdalecc.edu
- Darrell Woolf
- Exhibits Curator
- (480) 423-6737
- darrell.woolf@scottsdalecc.edu
- R. Sean Tanner
- Assistant Curator
- (480) 423-6737
- robert.sean.tanner@scottsdalecc.edu
- Alistair Bergstedt
- Assistant Curator
- (480) 423-6737
- allison.bergstedt@scottsdalecc.edu
- Roy Barnes
- CNUW Founder
- Essay on Biodiversity Education