At the break of the 21st Century, the inhabitants of Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, were surprised by an unusual piece of news. The Vallarta Chan family, owners of Finca La Papalota, announced the sighting of Jaguar (Panthera onca) footprints within their land.

This weekend, the community of Ensenada makes a bold statement for the environment. Arroyo San Miguel State Park was the site of an intense day of cleanup and waste counting, with the removal of 271.5 kilos of garbage that will not reach the sea.

This September we are undertaking an intense cleanup and waste counting day, on beaches and coasts of our region, as a part of the largest volunteer effort in the world.

To the Northeast of the Islas Marías, 46.2 kilometers off the coast of Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, is located Isla Isabel, a natural site in the Mexican Pacific that stands out for its beauty and biodiversity.

June 5th marks World Environment Day, a date to reflect on the inherent commitment of human beings toward the environment.

The Pacific coast of the Americas is considered an ecological region of main relevance for our continent, with ecosystems that are threatened by factors such as urban growth, pollution and global warming.

This April 22nd, we celebrate International Mother Earth Day. It is a date that allows us to remember the invaluable wealth that nature provides us daily and, at the same time, the risk of losing it.

On February 2nd, we carried out the first flight of a drone for the safe and timely surveillance of the ecosystem in Bahía de Loreto. The drone is an Edge 130 model, the only one of its kind in Mexico.

The Mexican government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has made public on February 15th the Octopus Fishing Management Plan for the Eastern Coast of Baja California, which represents a historic achievement to strengthen the octopus fishery in the region, and an example to promote fishing management in Baja California and northwestern Mexico.

More than 60 people joined us on Saturday, december 11th, at Arroyo San Miguel State Park, to collect 940 kilos of garbage and trash scattered around the park.

In recent days we´ve signed an important agreement with this higher education school, for the benefit of students, the ecosystem and local communities.

This is the first Natural Protected Area in the state of Baja California. It is expected to be the prelude to a chain of decrees for the state.

14 years ago Dr. Fausto Ramírez Barreto knocked on the door of my office. He had a rather large folder under his arm, documenting the effort he was carrying out to promote the creation of a park on the San Miguel stream, in Ensenada, Baja California. "Imagine arriving in Ensenada and being welcomed by a beautiful park, worthy of our city," he told me.

On September 17, 2021, the Baja California government published the executive decree that designated the “Arroyo San Miguel” State Park. The San Miguel stream and beach are located in the City of Ensenada and cover an area of ​​67 hectares of coastal and riparian landscape in the Pacific coast of Baja California. The Secretary of Sustainable Economy and Tourism of the State government, with the technical support of Pronatura Noroeste, carried out all the procedures in legal terms to protect this emblematic site, which guarantees the protection of biodiversity, as well as access to public spaces for the sport, recreation and family life in the open air.