Ah! Mexico: Science and Environment

Mexico / States / Baja California Sur / Science and Environment

• Sea Turtle Survival League - Tracking the sea turtles of the peninsula's southern waters. Report of conservationist project following the movements of individual turtles, includes photos.
• Fundación Baja California - Professionals from several disciplines brought together for the conservation of the natural environment of the Mexican deserts. English and Spanish.
• Save Our Bay! - Organization working to prevent construction of cruise ship pier in environmentally sensitive Cabo San Lucas Bay.
• Asupmatoma - Organanization dedicated to the preservation of Sea Turtles in Baja Sur.
• Baja California Islands Flora and Fauna Bibliography - Research resource for learning about plants and animals
• Conservation and Development in the Gray Whale Lagoons - Report identifies activities that could have a negative impact on two gray whale habitats, Laguna San Ignacio and Bahia Magdalena.
• Does Japan own Baja California? - Earth Island Journal article about Mitsubishi Corp. salt producers and conflicts over whale breeding waters.
• Eclipse in Baja California Sur - Personal account of trip to view the total solar eclipse in July, 1991. Includes photos.
• The Gray Whale Advocate - Personal pages dedicated to protection of the species and their environment, includes news, research, information about the whales, whale watching and Baja tours.
• Ecowatch - Baja Life Online articles on ecological issues and events, with links and forum.
• SeaWatch - Environmental information and an action plan to help revitalize the Sea of Cortez.
• Loreto Basin - Maps, abstracts, analysis of geological research.
• Remarkable Journey of Adelita - Documents the track of Adelita, a loggerhead sea turtle who swam from Baja to the coast of Japan.
• Special Report: A Dying Sea - Sacramento Bee special edition. Detailed 1995 article about environmental and ecological threats to the Sea of Cortez, with more recent followups.
• Tide Predictor Page - Interactive resource for determining tides at various locations.
• It Takes a Village - Saving the endangered sea turtles of Magdalena Bay.
• Checklist of Spiders of Baja California - Checklist of Spiders of Baja California compiled by Jim Berrian for the San Diego Natural History Museum.
• Checklist of Reptiles from Baja California - Compiled by the San Diego Museum of Natural History.
• Geology of Baja California - Geological analysis of the formation of the Baja peninsula; Includes pictures and explanation.
• Geology of Baja California - Descriptions of geologic provinces and history, from Fred Metcalf's Baja Information Pages.
• The 1991 Eclipse in Mexico - Illustrated with photos from the area of San Jose del Cabo, site of maximum totality for one of the major solar eclipses of recent times.
• Tropical Dry Forest of the Sierra de la Laguna - Baja California is home to the Sierra de la Laguna tropical dry forest, a fascinating and endangered ecosystem.