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Treasured by so many, Sabino Canyon connects us to the natural world. Protect this jewel of the Sonoran Desert by joining Friends of Sabino Canyon or renewing your membership today!

     

 

What's New

Music in the Canyon

Saturday March 13 from 12 noon to 6:00 pm

Come out and enjoy a beautiful day in Sabino Canyon! Lace on your sneakers, slather on the sunscreen and bring the whole family! 

Featuring

  • An array of talented musicians performing Native American Dance and Music, Calypso, Mariachi, Jazz, Western, Blues and everything in between
  • Tasty food and drink from local vendors
  • An expanded children's area with ongoing fun activities throughout the day
  • A raffle with prizes from local businesses, including Canyon Ranch and Ventana Canyon.

Money raised at the event goes to Friends of Sabino Canyon, working to preserve, protect and enhance Sabino Canyon. 

Suggested Donation:  $5 per person or $10 per family

Food, drinks and raffle tickets will also be available for purchase

Location:  In Sabino Canyon, 1/2 a mile up the main road, you can't miss it. 

 

Check back here for more info as it becomes available

New Donor Recognition Program

Friends of Sabino Canyon unveils the new Donor Recognition Program in December.  Click below to see an advance copy of the brochure.

Donor Recognition Program 

 

From the President's Messy Desk. 10/18/09

Mission accomplished. I have crawled out from under my three week excursion in the wilderness to find the world still turning and bills still having to be paid. It started out as a pursuit for my quarry with my bow and arrow set, but I knew it would end up being far more than that. The thing with the outdoors is you have no control of you perception of the outcome. I hiked Sabino Canyon for months in preparation for the physical challenges that could lie ahead of me. Off I went, just like I often do. Alone, 8500 feet in elevation, surprisingly cold coming from the desert floor, I began to take it all in. There was the coyote pack that I ran into that set me back a bit. They would play in the woods without any knowledge of me being the inquisitive observer and I couldn't help but think how they scratch and claw to survive and yet have time for play. I ask myself if I do enough playing, or is my life tougher than theirs? At times I would almost have to reveal myself, as wildlife would almost run me over. Dave was starting to become one with nature. Then there was the mouse. It was late, after a very challenging trek, that this mouse came a squeaking. Well, I would coax him from behind the shadows and share my peanuts. Then I thought, my camp is always pretty clean but he has been coming around for the last two weeks making sure there weren't any leftovers. This, from an animal that most likely, has never seen a human being before, dang. I ate like a horse and lost 15 pounds. My point is, this is why we come to Sabino Canyon, we become one with the canyon and the wild around and in us. There has been many times in my life that I would be strolling through the canyon and wham, it hits me. Some big business issue, family issue, something, and then, clarity. The writing is on the wall. No, it may not be a three-week wilderness hike but it's the contact with nature, friends, a thought we just couldn't bring to the forefront. Yes, that's our charge as Friends of Sabino Canyon. Small, tall, old, black, white, handicapped, when you and I are dead and gone, our loved ones can feel this connection. This connection that feels so fleeting to us, and no doubt, more fleeting for future generations. That, some day in the future, our decedents will see their lives just a bit more clearly in the canyon walls.

Dave Bushell

President, Friends of Sabino Canyon

 

P.S. I miss that little mouse.

 

 

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Friends of Sabino Canyon - P.O. Box 31265 | Tucson, AZ 85751 | (520)749-1900
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Friends of Sabino Canyon is a 501(c)3 charitable organization