An Approach to Ensenada Native Bees
Did you know that there are approximately 500 species of bees in Ensenada? By Diego de Pedro Ensenada has a high richness bee diversity. This is because it is placed in the California Floristic Province, one of the most bee diverse regions in the world. Unlike honey bees (Apis mellifera), which are originally from Europe […]
The Work of the Forest Brigade
By Charlotte Vizzuett and Antonieta Valenzuela The Forest Brigade is group of firefighters and park rangers working together to manage and fight wildfires in Baja California. During 2020, 141 wildfires were registered in Baja California, affecting more than 79,000 hectares and 7,717 days per person were dedicated to fighting the fires in the state. In […]
Sixth San Quintin Bay Bird Festival
The sixth edition of the San Quintin Bay Bird Festival was possible thanks to 200 people. This year we launched a virtual and in-person schedule to celebrate migratory shorebirds that come to the bay every year. More than 35,000 migratory shorebirds rest and feed in this natural sanctuary that we protect every day. The pillars […]
10 Benefits of the Natural Protected Areas in San Quintin
By Vitza Cabrera, Mirna Borrego and Antonieta Valenzuela San Quintin is a unique place surrounded by wetlands, dunes, sandy beaches and volcanoes, many of these sites are within protected natural areas, which are spaces of great natural beauty that provide many benefits, such as: Contribute to productive activities Help purify the air we breathe Improve […]
Thank You Home Depot Mexico
ThThis year we received paint buckets and tools as a donation from Home Depot Mexico. These materials will be used to maintain the facilities of the nature reserves that we protect, so that these facilities will be in the best conditions to receive visitors. And the tools (shovels, chainsaws, picks, rakes, machetes, axes, helmets and […]
Branta Negra Beer Takes Flight
Hace algunos años con la jovialidad y emoción de nuestro 15 aniversario emprendimos un proyecto que no hubiera sido posible sin nuestros amigos de Cerveceria Escafandra y A few years ago, with the joy and excitement of our 15th anniversary, we undertook a project that would not have been possible without our friends from Escafandra […]
Connecting Beyond the Migratory Route: My Experience in Alaska
By Mirna Borrego This trip begins at the end of a festival and a farewell to shorebirds. On Saturday March 10, 2018, we organized the 2nd. Bahía de Todos Santos Bird Festival in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. A couple of days later and after a successful festival, I took a plane to Cordova, Alaska, following […]
One Week as a Park Ranger
By Charlotte Vizzuett The work of the park rangers is one of those tasks that we imagine as a constant walk through trails with spectacular views in paradisiacal places. Although part of their activities are carried out in natural areas that they help protect, there is also the other part of the work, the one […]
The Migratory Shorebird Project
By Eduardo Palacios and Lucía Alfaro For the past 10 years, shorebirds and their habitats have been monitored in northwestern Mexico through the Migratory Shorebird Project. Monitoring is a critical component of any conservation project as it allows us to measure changes in the number and status of waterfowl at each site, the habitat status, […]
In Search of Bumblebees With Hands, Feet and Computers
By Eulogio López Reyes and Fadia Sara Ceccarelli After returning from a long stay on an island where I worked as a field biologist, I was pleasantly surprised to find many women friends of the family at my house, among them, a little girl. Immediately, I started to tell them about my adventures on the […]