Tucson Audubon has a downtown headquarters, owns and operates the internationally known Paton Center for hummingbirds in Patagonia, AZ and the 20-acre Mason Center in northwest Tucson. Tucson Audubon operates two nature shops and is known for its publications, the quarterly Vermilion Flycatcher, bird checklists, and Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona, in book form and as a user-friendly app. Our major annual event is the highly successful Southeast Arizona Birding Festival.
Tucson Audubon is a Founding Member of the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. We are a leader in land conservation science and implementation with our renowned Restoration and Important Bird Areas programs. Our organization and its members have been a major influence in: the creation and adoption of Pima County’s national award-winning Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan and Multi-species Habitat Conservation Plan; the expansion of the Tucson Mountain Park, the Tortolita Mountain Park, and the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument; and the establishment of the Empire Ranch, the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area and the Ironwood National Monument.
We are a leader in environmental education with our Christmas Bird Count for Children, monthly youth birding and nature outing program, weekly visits to area schools, an active Habitat at Home program and a beginning Habitat @ School program, as well as scouting programs and adult workshops.
- A successful candidate will have a proven track record of managing a substantial non-profit organization and leading it to its next level of achievement.