Friends members,
This location may be accessible by password. Newsletters, notices, meeting minutes, and/or anything else that we would like to share can be here. Please call, mail, or email your ideas and requests.
Board members:
President: Sally Lockwood has a Ph.D. in education from Loyola University and has been a teacher, media specialist, librarian, and school administrator. She lives in Rio Rico with her husband Jim and volunteers at Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and Goose Island State Park in Texas.
Treasurer: Steve Holmes has a B.S. in human resources management from the University of Washington. He was a minuteman combat crew commander in the Air Force and has worked in human resources in government and private industry. Steve and wife Diana live in Sonoita where he enjoys photography, birding, golf and travel. He has been on the Board since its inception.
Recording Secretary: Allyson Armstrong earned a B.S. in biology from the University of New Mexico and has lived in Southern Arizona since 1981. She has experience in research, occupational health and safety, and freelance writing and photography. Allyson was an Arizona State Parks ranger at Kartchner Caverns and Sonoita Creek. She is the primary author of FOSC’s web site and lives in Sonoita with her husband Dale.
Corresponding Secretary: Barbara Casimir has a background in public health and clinical research. She and her husband Joe retired to Rio Rico from Tempe and Barbara has developed a keen interest in the birds, butterflies, and plants in the area.
Elizabeth Bernays has been in southern Arizona since 1989 when she became head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arizona. She retired as Regents’ Professor and obtained a Master of Fine Arts. She is a keen naturalist and continues an interest in plants, insects, and birds, as well as writing nonfiction. She is retired from teaching and lives in Patagonia with photographer Linda Green.
Jim Lockwood is retired from teaching math education and human resource development at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. He leads bird walks at Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and Goose Island State Park, Texas. He is an avid bird photographer.
Kathy Pasierb has a B.S. in ecology/biology and a M.A. in education from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has been teaching science in the public school system for 21 years. She taught botany to adults for seven years in Wyoming for the National Audubon Society. Kathy coauthored the Healthy Water Education program for FOSC and is the author of Birds, People & the Environment, a curriculum for the National Park Service. She lives in Patagonia in a passive solar home of her design and is past president of FOSC.
Greg Scott earned degrees from University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University. He has lived in Santa Cruz Co. and taught school here for over 30 years. Greg guides history and natural history trips in Northern Mexico, presents programs for the Arizona Humanities Council, volunteers for Arizona State Parks, and is an archeology site steward. Greg lives in Nogales and Elgin.
Judy King recently joined the board. She is a volunteer for Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and has many years of managing visitor centers, including SCSNA’s. Judy presents programs on ghost towns and mining history in the Sonoita Creek watershed, leads hikes, and is an enthusiastic birder. Judy and Ron divide their time between southern Colorado and Patagonia.
Advisory Board Member:
Ronald Pulliam earned his Ph.D. in zoology at Duke University. He taught at University of Arizona and retired as Regent Professor of Ecology and Director of the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He has served as President of the Ecological Society of America, Director of the National Biological Service, Science Adviser to the Secretary of the Interior, and on boards of several national conservation organizations. Ron and his wife Janice returned to Arizona in 2008 and live in Patagonia.
Arizona State Parks volunteers,
This location will be for you and may be accessible by a different password. Input is very welcome. Tell us what you would like to see here.
The Sonoita Creek watershed is under pressure from drought, reduced government budgets, new mining activity and increased population. Please contribute your questions and what you know (with details and references if possible).
Photographs are always welcome. If you have a special moment or vantage point in the watershed please send it to FOSC with location and a description.
Scientific and research documents concerning the watershed are valuable resources. If you know of any that could be referenced send them along!
The board will guide the selection of material on the site. The goal is to provide accurate information, contacts, and references to members, volunteers and the public.