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Independent study of local wildlife activity and the microbiota of the San Pedro riparian area. Hello we are Cochise College's Undergraduate research team.

We are asking our community to help with data collection by sharing pictures and videos of your local wildlife encounters. Our research includes the impact that urbanization has on the movement of wildlife throughout the San Pedro River Valley. We ask that your picture and video post include time, date and location of the sighting. We also encourage you to include any other important information regarding environment, terrain, or circumstances under which the picture was taken.

09/28/2026

Last Friday, we were back out changing batteries and memory cards on acoustic recorders and characterizing plant communities on the Babocomari River.

Preliminary data indicates that beaver modified sites have higher bird diversity and activity compared to sites without beaver.

09/02/2026

On Friday, students and faculty were out on the San Pedro River resetting batteries and memory cards on camera traps and audio recorders near beaver-occupied habitats. We are attempting to understand how the bird community is impacted by beaver modified landscapes.

05/16/2026

Congrats to our graduates! 🎓
We know you’ll go off and do great things 😊

02/17/2026

In November, 13 students and 2 faculty from the club were hosted by University of Arizona Department of Environmental Science at their campus in Tucson and to a special behind the scenes tour to the Biosphere 2.

We learned about environmental pollution and monitoring and got to learn about the research taking place at Biosphere 2 and explore the rainforest, marine, desert, and savanna biomes.

02/03/2026

In November, we joined with Watershed Management Group for our annual beaver monitoring along the Upper San Pedro River. We found many areas of beaver activity and contributed to the understanding of the extent and distribution of the beaver in the San Pedro Watershed.

01/14/2026

Last semester, Cochise College students and faculty started a collaboration with Kartchner Caverns State Park to survey the microbiota living inside of the caves.

Samples were brought back to our lab where students are involved in culturing, identifying, and eventually sequencing the DNA of these microbiota.

01/12/2026

Our very own Geologist, Evan Cedor, will be presenting at the event Pie & Sky this Thursday, Jan 15th from 6-8pm at 519 West Melody Lane. The topic is about the geology of Bisbee. Come out for free pizza and learn!

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