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Recent public outreach efforts include: • The development of a biological reserve in cooperation with comuneros of the Mayo indigenous community of Masiaca, in southern Sonora; • Historic preservation projects in Sonora in collaboration with faculty and students from the University of Sonora and Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History; • Teaching and mentoring of Mexican architecture students from the Universities of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas through a University of Arizona exchange program; • A collaborative project with the City of Tucson to research and design a downtown plaza based on regional principles of urbanism;
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• A Spanish-language translation of ethnobotanical studies done with the Guarijío people; • Participation in the PBS program "The Desert Speaks"; • Plans to establish a binational book series through formal convenios with universities in northwest Mexico, a series which will be linked to our ongoing program of support for Mexican scholars.
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