Site Facts

Country, State,
Province/Region:
Mexico, Nuevo León, Coahuila

Relative Location:
Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion, Mexican Altiplano

Latitude/Longitude:
24° 49' N, 100° 41' W

Category:
International Site

Basis for Designation:
Used by more than 1,500 Mountain Plovers (8.3% of the world population) and 6,000 Long billed Curlews (15% of the world population)

Size:
9,000 ha of open short grasslands

Joined:
19 October 2005

Site Owner/Steward:
Private and communal lands administered by the Agency of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Nuevo León

Site Partners:
Pronatura Noreste A.C., Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, The Nature Conservancy, PROFAUNA A.C.

Human Population within 100 km
Approximately 1,000,000 in the towns of Saltillo, Galeana and San Rafael

Contact:
Pronatura Noreste A.C.
mcruz@pronaturane.org