Perfect for classroom, library or homeschool!Detailed Full Color Regional Map – 36 x 24 inch30 Destinations in Texas; New Mexico; Chihuahua and Coahuila, MexicoOfficial Map of Big Bend National Park The Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition’s (CDEC) Illustrated map of protected areas in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert was created for outdoor enthusiasts looking to savor theContinue reading "Volunteers needed to help with map project"
Understanding climate change is not easy
By Rick LoBello, Board Member Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to our blog. Ever wonder why so many people are not up to date on climate change and how most of us are still hiding our heads in the sand when it comes to this topic? Yes, it’s complicated.Continue reading "Understanding climate change is not easy"
Efforts continue to bring back prairie dogs to El Paso
by Jacob R. Croft Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to our blog. Hello, I am Jacob Croft, a scientist trained in biology working with the Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition. From 2021 to 2022 I worked on a project to bring back the black-tailed prairie dog to the El Paso region.Continue reading "Efforts continue to bring back prairie dogs to El Paso"
Chihuahuan Desert Plants: Little-leaf Cordia
By Rick LoBello, Board Member Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to our blog. The fun part about writing about all the different plants that there are growing at the El Paso Zoo is how every time I do so I get to know many new forms of life thatContinue reading "Chihuahuan Desert Plants: Little-leaf Cordia"
Wildlife of our Big Backyard – Sky Islands
Green Gulch, Chisos Mountains by Betty Alex Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to our blog. The Sky Island concept originated in an Arizona Highways article in the early 1940s when the writer referred to the Chiricahua Mountains in far Southeastern Arizona as mountain islands in a desert sea. OverContinue reading "Wildlife of our Big Backyard – Sky Islands"
Why does land use in El Paso matter?
Golden Eagles are rarely seen in El Paso’s Franklin Mountains. They are dependent on lowland habitat surrounding the mountain peaks where they hunt for prey species including jackrabbits and desert cottontails. By Rick LoBello, Board Member Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to our blog. How we develop or not developContinue reading "Why does land use in El Paso matter?"
Can binational wildlife corridors be created along the border wall?
By Rick LoBello, Board Member Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to our blog. Here in El Paso a new group is forming to help come up with a plan to create a binational conservation corridor along the US Mexico border. Ever since the first sections of the border wallContinue reading "Can binational wildlife corridors be created along the border wall?"
Adopt an agave and help and endangered bat
By Dr. Kristen Lear, Agave Restoration Program Director at Bat Conservation International The El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens invites our community to give a helping hand (or in this case plant) to one of our endangered native bats! The Zoo has partnered with Bat Conservation International for the second year of our “Adopt anContinue reading "Adopt an agave and help and endangered bat"
Chihuahuan Desert Birds: Cave Swallows
By Rick LoBello, Board Member Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to our blog. As the audience awaits the rising curtain on the big bat flight show, vociferous Cave Swallows fly overhead in search of a final evening meal. These dive-bombing acrobats must know that they will be forced outContinue reading "Chihuahuan Desert Birds: Cave Swallows"
Can we learn to share El Paso with burrowing owls?
Burrowing Owl next to a drainage culvert. Owls often displaced by development projects will nest in culverts only to lose their eggs when it rains. Zoo staff came to the rescue and built a artificial burrow that the owls soon moved into. Enjoy reading about our amazing Chihuahuan Desert. Sign up for a free subscription to ourContinue reading "Can we learn to share El Paso with burrowing owls?"