Marathon wired and in the black Nov 6, 2009
Arriola said that Marathon ISD is part of the Chihuahuan Desert Technology Consortium along with the San Vicente, Terlingua and Fort Davis schools. The consortium was created for Chapter 42 schools that are considered poor districts by the Texas Education Agency to partner with Iraan and Sheffield, which the state considers wealthy schools. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Big Bend people: A life of faith, family, church Oct 30, 2009
Her grandfather, Jesus, is listed in the census record as a laborer working on the ranchos and parched lands of the Chihuahuan Desert and the terrain of the Apaches, a tribe that once hunted, cultivated and exercised their own beauty and destiny in their own land. Elfida s father, Guillermo, born March 18, 1889, in Presidio County, was the third child of Santos and Jesus. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Kidnocker: Plant native for low maintenance Oct 17, 2009
Striking powder blue leaves of this Chihuahuan desert native catch the eye. Additional color can be achieved by adding reliable cactus such as golden barrels, red-spined barrels, Texas bi-colors, and of course the popular night-blooming trichocereus. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Big Bend Ranch State Park to host fiesta Nov. 14 Oct 9, 2009
Park rangers, as well as natural and cultural resource specialists, will be on hand to share information about this true wilderness park in the Big Bend Country's scenic Chihuahuan Desert highlands. The purpose of the Fiesta is to increase awareness of the state park's greatly expanded public use opportunities and to provide Texans, especially local citizens, a chance to visit and experience one of the great parks of the West. (Fort Stockton Pioneer, TX)
Britton sisters bring bond, talent to PSU Oct 8, 2009
"Sure, it's a lot different there," Evelyn said of her hometown of El Paso, nestled in the Chihuahuan Desert, just a discus throw across the Rio Grande from Mexico. "But I think we've adjusted to Penn State really well. The team and the coaches have been so nice to us, which has helped.". (Daily Collegian, PA)
Retired Sul Ross professor James F. Scudday dies Sep 30, 2009
Largely through his efforts, the collection is one of the largest of Chihuahuan Desert/Trans-Pecos specimens in the southwestern United States ... Jim was a co-founder of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute and a board member of the Big Bend Natural History Association, serving both organizations as president for several years ... In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Box 905, Fort Davis, TX 79734; or 432-364-2499. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
(High window on the past) Sep 18, 2009
Ancient DNA-repair mechanisms reflect how microbes dealt with ultraviolet exposure, says Valeria Souza, a researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, who in 2000 discovered living stromatolites in springs in the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico. The Andean stromatolites, she says, "have maintained their archaic repair mechanism". (Scientific American)
Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste? Aug 4, 2009
The long battles over nuclear waste have produced much study and argument, epic legal wrangling and one mass-produced souvenir: a plastic bag labeled Permian Age Rock Salt that holds clear hunks of crystal mined from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 2,150 feet under the Chihuahuan Desert outside of Carlsbad, N. M. Conca, director of the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center at New Mexico State University, delights in giving away the little bags, telling recipients to hold the... (Scientific American)
Crossfire towns Jun 22, 2009
Columbus, N.M.; and Palomas, Mexico - The dust and heat of the Chihuahuan Desert blanket these twin border towns in sleepiness the better to draw tourists and retirees looking for a cheap place to relax or settle; the better, too, for secretive gunrunners headed south of the border and illegal immigrants and drug smugglers headed north. So it's no surprise that Esperanza Lozoya seems a bit shell-shocked and never far from tears as she points out Palomas's "historic" landmarks in Mexico's... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Celebrating birds and nature on the San Pedro River at Saturday event May 9, 2009
As these migrants make their way through the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of northwestern Mexico and southeastern Arizona, areas like the San Pedro River provide critical habitat where birds can find the food, shelter, and water they need to survive ... The Sonoran Desert from the west reaches out to meet the Chihuahuan desert from the east. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Mexican Palo Verde Tree May 6, 2009
Although the plant is originally native from south Arizona to the far eastern edges of the Chihuahuan Desert (Trans Pecos), it has naturalized over the southern U.S. The tree is susceptible to freezes, so avoid planting it too far north. Wildlife. (Suite101.com)
Gerald Raun: Educator, editor, activist Apr 3, 2009
He was a member of the Board of Scientists, Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, the Advisory Council of the Center For Big Bend Studies, and served on the Center s Editorial Advisory Board. Additionally, he was an adjunct professor of biology at Sul Ross State University. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Biodiversity in the Upper San Pedro River Basin Mar 13, 2009
Located at a biological crossroads, where the subtropical Sierra Madre Mountains and Sonoran Desert meet and mingle with the temperate Rocky Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert, this is a temperate region of significant plant and animal diversity ... It includes sky-island mountain ranges (small, isolated mountain ranges that appear to be islands floating in a sea of grass or desert), semidesert grasslands, Chihuahuan Desertscrub and desert riparian woodland ... Because the river flows through a... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Full story..... Feb 20, 2009
MB: I had worked at the Chihuahuan Desert Institute and this position came open and I applied for it. At CDI, I worked with Dennie Miller, and we were always trying to explain things for the layperson. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Brewster tax collections down 8 percent Feb 13, 2009
She also mentioned the Census Bureau s recent presentation at the Chihuahuan Desert Resource Conservation s annual meeting, adding that bureau officials apparently don t realize how spread out we are. Precinct 2 Commissioner Kathy Killingsworth will head the county s census committee. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
