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Above: The Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas You and your family can become members of CDEC You can help the Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition support programs that enhance conservation and education of the Chihuahuan Desert. The goals of the organization include: serving as a resource on information about the Chihuahuan Desert, encouraging life long learning about the Chihuahuan Desert and collaborating efforts among public educators, the public and CDEC. How to pay your membership dues online: Decide on one of the following membership categories and then click the donate button below:
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When you click the donate link you will see our name listed as Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition. At that point simply enter the amount you want to give towards your donation. You are always welcome to give a greater amount. All membership donations are tax deductible. For more information on the status of your membership contact Veronica Myers at myersvx@elpasotexas.gov. Membership dues are due annually anytime of the year.
Membership dues and contributions can also be sent to: Chihuahuan Desert Education Coalition PO Box 9121
The Chihuahuan is the largest desert in North America
It stretches all the way from the southwestern United States deep into the Central Mexican Highlands.
Because of the region's high altitude - 3,000 to 5,000 feet - winters and nights are cool while summer days can reach temperatures over 100 degrees. Very little rain falls in the area, but underground springs, small streams, and the Rio Grande River provide plants and animals with precious water.
The Chihuahuan Desert's diverse habitats provide a kaleidoscope of textures and colors that shape its unique landscapes. Mule deer, pronghorn and kit fox roam the vast grasslands of the northern desert. In the desert scrub, roadrunners scurry after earless lizards while golden eagles search among the agave and creosote for blacktailed jackrabbits. But the magnificent landscape is threatened by an ever-increasing human population, water misuse and mismanagement, overgrazing by cattle and goats, and a lack of knowledge regarding the desert's ecological importance.
Learn more by reading online publications on the World Wildlife Fund website. |
Three easy steps you can take to
help others in our community
learn to share the Chihuahuan
Desert with native animals and
plants
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