Greetings, friends of the Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition As the last days of November come to an end and we all start making plans for Christmas and New Years, our Board of Directors will be meeting this week to make plans for the coming new year. If you missed our 18th Annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta …
Texans for mountain lions
Mountain lion at the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens. For millennia mountain lions have lived like phantoms inhabiting forbidding terrain across North and South America. To the surprise of most people these amazing apex predators receive no protection in Texas outside of protected areas like National and State Parks. They can be hunted and …
We live in the northern Chihuahuan Desert
The Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion covers nearly 250,000 square miles with over 90% of its area within the nation of Mexico. It is the largest desert in North America. Most people who live in this part of the world know that they live in a desert, but very few understand how the region’s incredible biodiversity helps …
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Terlingua Ranch | Christmas Mountains, Chihuahuan Desert, Texas
Grass belly-high on a horse, the Spaniards declared upon seeing Big Bend for the first time. And it was. Great plains with the Rio Grande running strong and true. But somewhere along the way we choked the river and mowed the grass - and already drying - the earth here never recovered. Not fully. The …
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Test your Chihuahuan Desert IQ
Mexican wolf pup at the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens The Chihuahuan is the largest desert in North America Click here to test your desert IQ The Chihuahuan Desert stretches all the way from the southwestern United States deep into the Central Mexican Highlands. Because of the region’s high altitude – 3,000 to 5,000 …
Welcome new members to the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Club
America's best example of the Chihuahuan Desert is preserved at Big Bend National Park, Texas The Chihuahuan Desert Nature Club is a collaborative effort between the Zoo, local parks and the Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition. The goal is simple, to help people connect with our desert and to encourage people to get outside and enjoy …
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Laura Rosales to lead Lower Sunset Hike
Over 80 people have signed up for the 18th Annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta Franklin Mountains Hikes on Sunday, September 25, 2022. There is still time to register for this hike and others. Some hikes are filling up fast so be sure to register soon.Elite Hiking Team Founder Laura Rosales will lead the Lower Sunset Trailhead hike. …
Wendy Diaz to lead Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta hike about the Castner Range
Wendy Diaz of Frontera Land Alliance will be leading the Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta hike at Museum of Archaeology Hike overlooking Castner Range on Sunday, September 25 at 6pm. There is still time to register for this hike and others. Some hikes are filling up fast so be sure to register soon. Wendy was born and …
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It’s hard not to stop and look when it rains in the desert.
The dog and I stand in the doorway, watching. Listening. Horses under shelter, huddled together. Flowers reach upward to collect every last drop and a distant thunder reminds us of our place in this world. The desert knows where we came from. Not our families, or their families before, but the dust of this earth …
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Zoo and Franklin Mountains State Park to host Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta
Harris Hawk 18th Annual Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta Saturday, September 24, 2022 – at the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens, 10:30am to 3:00pmSunday, September 25, 2022 – at Tom Mays section of Franklin Mountains State Park and Castner Range – Pre-registration Required Jason Ricketts who is a geologist at UTEP and studies the geologic history …
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