Llano de la Soledad - Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

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Conservation easement sign	Conservation easement sign with Prairie Dog
La Soledad after the rains	Long-billed Curlews
Long-billed Curlews	Long-billed Curlews and cacti
Long-billed Curlews on flight and roosting	Mountain Plover chick
Mountain Plover en La Soledad	Panorama of La Soledad
Panorama of La Soledad	Panorama of La Soledad
Prairie Dog greeting signature ceremony attendees	Signature of conservation easement with Ejido San Jose del Alamito
Signing of easement with Pronatura NE	Upland Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper	View of La Soledad
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, one of several raptors occurring at the Llano de la Soledad.

Photos courtesy of Miguel Ángel Cruz Nieto - Pronatura Noreste

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