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Puerto Peñasco part of Mexican Tourism Campaign

“We just got back from filming,” explains film director Amín Azali, pointing to his dusty sweatshirt. “We were out at the Loma all day [aka competition hill] and look how I ended up.” Azali, who is part of a crew from Pedro Torres’ El Mall Production Company out of Mexico City, was in Puerto Peñasco […]

UNESCO representative to visit Pinacate Reserve

Nuria Sanz, Mexico representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be visiting the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve this weekend. Accompanied by Luis Fuello MacDonald, Director of the National Commission on Protected Areas (CONANP), Sanz will be touring various parts of the reserve for the first time as she becomes more familiar […]

Feria del Libro in Hermosillo wraps up 10 days of activities

Excerpts from ISC Press Release 75,000 people attended 2013 Book Fair in Hermosillo 17,500 children and teens participated in workshops and other artistic activities Book sales topped 2 million pesos (more than 2000 books) Social networking sites interacted with more than 10,000 visitors. 21 education centers participated in the Fair at Schools 10 young Sonoran […]

Pinacate was once training area for NASA astronauts

By Azucena Mazón The Pinacate, which was recently recognized by UNESCO as a natural World Heritage Site, in the late 1960s was also once a training area for NASA astronauts given the area’s similarity to a moonscape. Various individuals from Puerto Peñasco recall the astronaut training at the Pinacate, many of whom hold onto photographs […]

Spectacular Meteor Shower at Schuk Toak

Upon first reading the Visitors Center at the Pinacate was going to be open [for the recent Perseid meteor shower], I immediately made a mental note. Imagine a spot in the heart of the Pinacate and Desert of Altar Biosphere Reserve with no lights nearby and everything shut off; only you, the mountains, the sky […]

Meteor shower viewing at the Pinacate 8/12

View the year’s largest number of falling stars in the most spectacular sky! This Monday, August 12th at the Schuk Toak Visitors Center of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO World Heritage Site), come out beginning at 6 p.m. to enjoy the sunset, and stay for the year’s largest meteor shower. Bring your own chair to […]

Pinacate given official certification as World Heritage Site during ceremony at Los Pinos

By Azucena Mazón This Monday, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto received the official UNESCO certificate recognizing the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve as a “New 2013 World Heritage Site”. A meeting hall at the President’s Official Residence “Los Pinos” in Mexico City was the background where Peña Nieto, accompanied by Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés and representatives from […]

Pinacate / Schuk Toak Visitors Center

Congratulations to the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve and Grand Desert of Altar in having been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 21, 2013!!! Republished from Jan. 2012 The Pinacate and Grand Desert of Altar are wonderful jewels surrounding our seaside town. In addition to a visit to the fascinating Maar craters of the Pinacate Reserve (entrance […]

Activities to celebrate World Environment Day & World Oceans Day!

By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero June 5th is World Environment Day, and right on its heels we celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8th. With these two environmentally conscientious dates in mind, the City of Puerto Peñasco along with CEDO, the Naval base, and non-governmental organizations including EcoHope, the local Association of Architects, Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, and […]