Above: Sierra del Carmen range across from Big Bend National Park.

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Chihuahuan Desert Links
The following links will guide you to websites where you can learn more about the natural history of the Chihuahuan Desert.

Great blue herons are occasionally seen at Rio Bosque Wetlands Park and almost
anywhere along the Rio Grande between El Paso and Las Cruces and beyond. Photo
Rick LoBello.

Discover the many natural areas and desert gardens where you can connect with the plants and animals of the Chihuahuan Desert.

El Paso
El Paso Zoo
Chamizal National Memorial
El Paso Museum of Archaelogy
El Paso City Parks
Franklin Mountains State Park
Hueco Tanks State Historic Site
UTEP Centennial Museum 
Wyler Aerial Tramway

New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park
Las Cruces Museum of Natural History
New Mexico State Parks

Texas
Big Bend National Park
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Friends of Big Bend National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Texas State Parks

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Texas
Chihuahuan Desert Wildlife Rescue
El Paso Archaeological Society
El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society
El Paso Water Utilities
El Paso Rock and Cactus Club
El Paso Electric
El Paso Native Plant Society
El Paso Ridgewalkers
El Paso Regional Group of the Sierra Club 
Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition
Friends of Rio Bosque
Groundwork El Paso
Keystone Heritage Park
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation  
Texans for State Parks 
Texas Recreation and Park Society
Mesilla Valley Audubon Society 
UTEP Chihuahuan Desert Home Page

US Mexico Border
Environmental Education Exchange

Want to suggest a link?
Send to rickllobello@cs.com

Chihuahuan Desert Home Page at UTEP

If you have never been to UTEP’s comprehensive website on the Chihuahuan Desert you need to.
Over the years UTEP has created a very nice resource for educators needing more information about the Chihuahuan Desert.  Topics online
for all to enjoy at
http://museum.utep.edu/chih/chihdes.htm

Introduction
The Land, the Animals, the Plants

Short Course:
Natural History of the Chihuahuan Desert

Plants

Animals


Great horned owl

Landscape

Chihuahuan Desert
Gardens

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