The Wall
By: Ana Valerie Mandri Rohen, Founder and CEO of Zamia Media Working in an environmental organization is not easy. In front of you, there's always a monumental-sized wall, with alarming figures, unattainable goals, a countdown that shows little time left, all wrapped by a membrane...
In Remembrance of Carl N. Hodges at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
By: Peggy J. Turk Boyer, Founder/Executive Director Emeritus, CEDO Intercultural This past April 2, 2021, news broke of the inauguration of a full-scale desalinization plant at Puerto Peñasco that would augment a diminishing water supply in this extremely dry desert region[1]. The following day, April...
Letter from a CEDO Friend
By: Mark Kaib. Retired USFWS Wildfire Ecologist Dear Friends, I had a special experience at CEDO in Puerto Peñasco recently. Having traveled since childhood to these wonderful tide pools and beaches, I was always a supporter of CEDO since its beginning. My interest was to...
Where the Desert Meets the Sea—A Place of Extremes (Part One)
By: Efraín Wong, Leonor López H., Ángeles Sánchez C., René Loaiza V. Editor: Socorro González B. The northern Gulf of California is an eco-region limited to the south by the Tiburon and Ángel de la Guarda islands, and to the north by the Colorado River...
Explorers: First Expeditions in the Gulf of California and the Sonoran Desert—The Pimería Alta
By: Abelardo Castillo Rosas. CEDO Intercultural The main impulse of the first Spanish explorers in what is currently Northwestern Mexico and Southwestern United States was the possibility of discovering such riches as those that had been found in the great civilizations including the Aztec, the...
Indigenous Peoples Part II. Historical tribes from the heart of the Sonoran Desert
Compilador: Guillermo Munro Historically, the Hia C’ed O’odham or Areneños had a smaller population, but a larger territory with a greater lack of resources and a larger amount of arid lands. They lived to the west of what is now known as the Organ Pipe...
Peggy J. Turk Boyer Collection
By: CEDO Intercultural. The "Peggy J. Turk Boyer Collection" is a recognition of the research and work carried out by the founder of the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans who, in collaboration with researchers, naturalists, scientists, and academics, contributed information for...
A Turtle’s Rescue and Release Story in Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point)
It was a cool October morning when we received the call from ZOFEMAT (the local animal rescue agency). An Olive Ridley turtle was found at Playa Hermosa. She had gone out at night to lay her eggs and looked tired and had some wounds on...
Mermaid song: Women who inspire our relationship with the ocean from a gender dimension perspective
Civil society organizations have various ways of making an impact in marine conservation. They act as advocates, experts, managers, stewards, and facilitators, promoting long-term actions for the well-being of the people and the ecosystems. Likewise, these organizations provide focus to the work and facilitate action...
The Story Behind a Skeleton
My name is Paloma Valdivia and I have been working at CEDO for 15 years managing our Education Program. During this time, I’ve had the fortune to enjoy some awesome experiences, and when I say "awesome", I literally mean awesome! It was early summer 2005, the first...
