By José Antonio Pérez As awareness increases across Puerto Peñasco to report sightings of wildlife found in town to 911, this Friday marked the first attempts this year to rescue wounded animals in the area. These rescue attempts included efforts to tend to an injured owl, as well as a beached sea lion. Erick Francisco […]
By José Antonio Pérez The desert volcanic landscape of the Pinacate and Grand Desert of Altar Biosphere Reserve, encompassing 7,146 square kilometers in northwestern Sonora, will once again serve as out of this world training grounds much as it did over 50 years ago when NASA trained Apollo astronauts here for lunar landings. With sights […]
By José Antonio Pérez With 724 sea turtle eggs collected along the beaches of Puerto Peñasco, leading to nearly 400 baby turtles released back into the Sea of Cortez, 2017 was certainly historic for the area given the number of sea turtle nestings. Marcia Ortega Morales of the Clean Beaches Committee detailed turtle nests in […]
By José Antonio Pérez Tourists from abroad, frequently known as “snow birds” or rather those fleeing colder temps further North, are making their way back to Puerto Peñasco. This is extremely important as winter is generally considered to be a “low season” for tourism in town, expressed Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, President of the local […]
By José Antonio Pérez Along with cooler temperatures in Puerto Peñasco comes the beginning of whalewatching season, with whales having been spotted as early as the first week of December about six miles from shore. Harbor Master Luis Castro Galán noted while whale sightings, as well as spottings of whale sharks, attract people to the […]
By José Antonio Pérez & Shandra Keesecker-Rivero Thanks to recycling efforts to collect plastic tops from across Puerto Peñasco, children undergoing cancer treatment in Sonora will receive welcome support following the delivery of over 352,000 tops to the Fundación Un Día Especial Fonsi, A.C. (A Special Day Foundation). The November delivery of plastic tops to […]
Together with Arizona Fish and Game, the Sonora Commission of Ecology and Sustainable Development (CEDES), and the National Commission on Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), researchers have been conducting an aerial census of the endangered Sonoran pronghorn (berrendo), are conducting flyovers across the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve (Nov 27-29) and Quitovac (Dec 11-15). The census flight, which […]
The 17th edition of the annul Rocky Point Rally roared through Puerto Peñasco Nov. 9th – 12th, surpassing expectations and drawing more than 8500 bikes to the city, along with at least 20,000 tourists! Over the years, the Rocky Point Rally has transformed the second weekend of November into a must do event for “bikers” […]
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing, and Feed (SAGARPA), the Sonoran shrimp fleet has already produced over 13,000 tons of shrimp this season, surpassing last year’s yield to this point by 41% for smaller boats and 9% for deep sea vessels. Juan Pablo Miranda Verduzco, Deputy […]
By José Antonio Pérez During removal of prohibited totoaba fishing gear from the Upper Gulf of California, PROFEPA staff along with the Navy, Federal Police Division, and National Commission of Aquaculture and Fishing (CONAPESCA) rescued a Pacific Green sea turtle, also known as the Galapagos green turtle (Chelonia agassizii), stuck in one of the nets. […]
By José Antonio Pérez On Sunday, a fox found near the Sonoran Sun Resort on Sandy Beach was captured and removed before being released unharmed back into the desert, reported Animal Control of the Municipal Health Office. Animal Control Director Erick Francisco Gastélum Pacheco detailed after receiving reports of the wildlife sighting at the resort, […]
Renewed flights anticipated for 2018 By José Antonio Pérez Dec. 1, 2017. Fernando Antillón Valenzuela, Director of the Mar de Cortés International Airport in Puerto Peñasco, states work persists to renew air connectivity to the city in 2018, at least with flights to Tijuana. He furthered there has also been important progress on measures to […]
By José Antonio Pérez & Shandra Keesecker-Rivero CSA / AZMC record breaking numbers aim to strengthen ties between Sonora and Arizona The Annual Sonora-Arizona and Arizona-Mexico Commission surpassed expectations by drawing a record number of over 700 attendees to the two-day conference, held Nov. 30th-Dec. 1st in Puerto Peñasco. The gathering, which included roundtable discussions […]
The YANZU Robotic team of the Puerto Peñasco COBACH high school recently placed 4th at the World Educational Robot Contest (WER) held in late November in Shanghai, China, and 28th overall among 300 participating teams. Along with competing on an international level, YANZU team members Felipe Alarcón Arreola, Rafael Espinoza Navarro, Sofía Meléndez Tiznado and […]
By José Antonio Pérez As of last year, Puerto Peñasco was added to the list of priority destination spots for Mexico, ranking in at 45th. This, affirmed María Teresa Solís Trejo, Deputy Secretary of Tourism Planning and Policy for the Ministry of Tourism, allows for the alignment of local, municipal, and federal efforts in developing […]
The City reported that on Friday over Thanksgiving weekend, the local administration via the Municipal Health Office and its veterinarian Erik Gastélum, responded to calls to rescue and tend to a wounded sea lion in La Cholla. The sea lion had been caught in an old fishing net. That’s a pretty great Thanksgiving story! Photo […]