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CAZCA Speaker Series

The CAZCA Speaker Series is returning this fall through spring, and will be in person! Please click the button below to view the lineup and access direct links to the events.

Featured Events

CAZCA EVENTS

Informative speaker series, fun service days and engaging partner workshops. CAZCA hosts a variety of events for our partners and the community to learn, collaborate, and participate in. Are you a partner seeking to share your event with us? Fill out the form!

CURRENT EVENTS

Maricopa County Seed Toss – Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area

Nov 7, 2025
It is time for Maricopa Count to toss their seed pellets! Join us! We will fling native seed pellets created early this year into the desert of Maricopa County’s regional parks. The initiative to spread native seeds is a proactive step towards ecological restoration. These native seeds are selected for their resilience and ability to thrive in the local environment.

Maricopa County Seed Toss – White Tank Mountain Regional Park

Nov 8, 2025
It is time for Maricopa Count to toss their seed pellets! Join us! We will fling native seed pellets created early this year into the desert of Maricopa County’s regional parks. The initiative to spread native seeds is a proactive step towards ecological restoration. These native seeds are selected for their resilience and ability to thrive in the local environment.

CAZCA Speaker Series- Nature Collaborations

Nov 13, 2025
Join us for an engaging discussion on collaborations in nature- from riparian restoration to pollinator initiatives, including information about the City of Phoenix Monarch Pledge with City of Phoenix Environmental Programs Manager, Tricia Balluff.

CAZCA Speaker Series- FotoFauna

Jan 22, 2026
Join Sky Island Alliance, in collaboration with CAZCA and McDowell Sonoran Conservancy to learn about the growing network of wildlife cameras and help observe presence, absence, and seasonal movements of species in the Sky Islands of the U.S. and Mexico and how that data is used to aid conservation efforts.

CAZCA Speaker Series- Fire as a tool for Invasive Plant Management

Mar 11, 2026
Join us for an interesting conversation about how Alan Sinclair, President of Siphon Draw Fire and Fuels, uses controlled fire application to target and manage invasive plants, like stinknet, and the impacts it may have on our Sonoran Desert Ecosystem.

Please contact our partners directly for more information about events tagged “Partner Event”.

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CAZCA is an initiative of Desert Botanical Garden. Any donations made to CAZCA must be made through Desert Botanical Garden. You will now be taken to their website to complete this transaction. Thank you!
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