Land of the Jaguar: 

Regenerating Nature & Community in Sonora, Mexico

Tuesday, August 25, 2-3:30pm

Join us for a BCA Borderlands Forum featuring Allison Kreis of La Tierra del Jaguar. This is a free event. Donations are welcome. The event will be held at the Border Community Alliance office (8 Burruel Street, Tubac, AZ 85646).

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Colonial settlement and the expansion of the livestock industry drove jaguars from much of their historical range. Today, jaguars occupy only about half the territory they once roamed. Their survival depends on whether communities and these cats can coexist in a shared landscape.

La Tierra del Jaguar is redefining conservation in Sonora by placing rural communities at the center of the work. Rather than treating conservation as separate from the people who live on the land, their approach recognizes that lasting ecological change must also benefit rural communities. Through regenerative systems that restore wildlife habitat while increasing productivity, learn about how they empower communities to partner with nature and build resilience for land, wildlife, and people alike.

About the Speaker: Allison Kreis (La Tierra del Jaguar, Co-Director) has lived in Sonora, Mexico since 2022 where she works alongside rural communities to protect jaguar habitat through community-driven conservation. Her work includes wildlife monitoring and habitat protection, creating murals that highlight local species, promoting animal welfare, and supporting youth and adults through environmental education and scholarship programs. Formerly a Mammalogy and Ornithology keeper at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, she has more than 15 years of experience working with native wildlife. Allison is enrolled in the Project Dragonfly Master of Arts in Biology program at Miami University, where her research focuses on landowner motivations and decision-making around land management for species conservation.