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Chihuahuan Desert

Borders and Bighorn: A Chihuahuan Desert Story

Join WWF’s Cathy Plume for an insider account of how WWF is conserving this place. Meet local people whose eco-businesses are the hope of this desert. Experience nighttime border crossings, a day on horseback and the culture of the Southwest. Learn what WWF and partners are doing to keep water flowing through the Rio Grande – while also meeting the needs of the five million people who call this desert home. 

 

Part 1: Arrival in Chihuahua | Part 2: Goals and Ghouls | Part 3: Thirsty Rivers | Part 4: Hermelinda's Story | Part 5: Señor Vallina's Vision | Part 6: Bighorn Sightings | Part 7: Starry Night | Part 8: Coffee and Congress | Part 9: Re-thinking Water | Part 10: Conserving Together

Part 1: Arrival in Chihuahua

View of Ciudad Juarez. Rapid urban expansion is threatening the Chihuahuan Desert’s fragile ecosystems
© Edward PARKER / WWF-Canon

I arrived in Chihuahua City around 9PM. I’m joining up with WWF-UK staff to visit project sites with team members and make sure the programs are on track. I’m looking forward to getting to know some of the newer team members and always relish the chance to get back to the field.

The Chihuahuan Desert is vast – covering an area equal to the size of Texas – and stretching from the Mexican plateau ever so slightly into southeast Arizona, across New Mexico and west Texas. That’s why WWF has two field offices: one in Las Cruces, New Mexico and the other in Chihuahua City, Mexico.

Part 1: Arrival in Chihuahua | Part 2: Goals and Ghouls | Part 3: Thirsty Rivers | Part 4: Hermelinda's Story | Part 5: Señor Vallina's Vision | Part 6: Bighorn Sightings | Part 7: Starry Night | Part 8: Coffee and Congress | Part 9: Re-thinking Water | Part 10: Conserving Together

 

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