Though access to the Schuk Toak Visitors Center remains unresolved as the new year begins, visitors can indeed explore the tremendous maar craters of the Pinacate and Grand Desert of Altar Biosphere Reserve via the main entrance located at KM 52 along the Puerto Peñasco – Sonoyta Highway Mex 8. The road toward the Schuk […]
Brazilian documentarian Cristian Dimitrius and his team toured areas of Caborca and the Pinacate Reserve for over a week recently, capturing wondrous images of this desert’s tremendous ecosystem. Filming, done both in Caborca as well as the Pinacate, will be part of a documentary on the World’s Desert Ecosystems to be aired on National Geographic […]
By José Antonio Pérez El Pinacate Reserve and Grand Desert of Altar Desert will be projected across the country and the globe as featured on the new 200 peso currency bill, which entered circulation on Sept. 2nd. The revamped 200 peso bill comes after a new 500 peso bill went into circulation in August last […]
Puerto Peñasco lends spectacular landscapes for film opportunities.
Roads to Pinacate craters temporarily closed – Schuk Toak Visitors Center remains open By Azucena Mazon Access to the craters of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve remain closed following heavy rains in the area at the beginning of October, which led to waterlogged and damaged roads. Yet, you can still experience the wonders of the Desert […]
By José Antonio Pérez As part of work to protect and conserve endangered species endemic to the region, staff at the Pinacate and Grand Desert of Altar Biosphere Reserve are taking part in intense monitoring efforts of the “casquito” (Kinosternon) turtle, which is unique to the Sonoyta River. Horacio Ortega Morales, Deputy Director at the […]
Monitorean la tortuga “casquito”; quedan de 400 a 500 ejemplares de esa especie endémica del río Sonoyta Por José Antonio Pérez Como parte de los trabajos de protección y conservación de especies endémicas en peligro de extinción, actualmente se desarrolla un trabajo intensivo de monitoreo de la tortuga “Casquito”, que es exclusiva del Río Sonoyta, […]
Por José Antonio Pérez Desde que el área del El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar fue decretada patrimonio de la humanidad, en 2013, la visita a la misma ha crecido al menos un 80% y continúa con una tendencia a la alza en este 2018, informó Horacio Ortega Morales. El Subdirector de esa Reserva […]
By José Antonio Perez Horacio Ortega Morales, Deputy Director at the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve reports since the Pinacate and Grand Desert of Alter was named a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site in 2013, visits to the area of increased by at least 80% and continue to rise. Ortega Morales detailed the last four years have […]
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 […]
Entrenarán de nuevo en El Pinacate a astronautas estadounidenses; prepara NASA misión a Marte Por José Antonio Pérez El Campo Volcánico de la Reserva de la Biósfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, con una extensión de 7 mil 146 kilómetros cuadrados, se vestirá de Marte, para servir a la NASA en su futura […]
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 […]
In honor of World Environment Day, cyclists are invited to participate in the XVI Pinacate road & mountain bike race on June 11th, from City Hall to spots of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve. The race, organized by the Cimarrones Cycling Club in coordination with CONANP at the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, will wind its way along […]
Todo se alineaba para que ese viaje pudiera ser, la onceava edición de Los Caminos de Kino, regresar al corazón de la Reserva del Pinacate. La ruta seria pasar por Sonoyta , dejar ahí a las hijas y luego avanzar más de 30 kilómetros por la carretera de San Luis y adentrarse al desierto. Cinco […]
Pancho, a red tailed hawk residing at the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve who has become a friend to Pinacate staff, is a visiting “intruder” that may be spotted roaming the skies of the Desert of Altar as easily as entering the office to pull at computer cables. Rescued two years ago by the Puerto Peñasco Fire […]