Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
Resource Links

Reliable sources of information on topics pertaining to the Chihuahuan Desert Region.

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General Information:

• Introduction to the Chihuahuan Desert. Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso.
• Eco Travels: Exploring the Chihuahuan Desert.
• Borderland Environmental Archives.
• Big Bend National Park.
• Desert USA.
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
• U.S./Mexico Border Environmental Bibliography.

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Academic Resources:

• Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas
  • Department of Biology.
  • Department of Geology.
  • Agriculture and Natural Resources.
  • Center for Big Bend Studies.
• University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
  • Laboratory for Environmental Biology.
  • Centennial Museum.
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
  • The Museum.
• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Department of Biology.
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • Department of Biology.
  • Museum of Southwestern Biology.
• UT-McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, Texas.

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Organizations: Institutions, Societies, etc.

• Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, Superior, Arizona.
• Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
• Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas.
• Chihuahuan Desert, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
• Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park, Las Cruces, NM.
• Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona.
• Desert Fishes Council, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
• Franklin Mountains State Park, El Paso, Texas.
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Las Cruces Museum of Natural History, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
• Living Desert, Palm Desert, California.
• Living Desert State Park, Carlsbad , New Mexico.
• Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas.
• National Audubon Society.
• National Biological Information Infrastructure.
• New Mexico Water Resources Institute,
• Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
• Partners in Flight.
• Rio Grande Institute
• Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
• The Nature Conservancy.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
• World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.

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Organizations: Clubs, Special Interests:

• Big Bend Astronomical Society, Alpine, Texas.
• Chihuahuan Desert Wildlife Rescue, Inc.
• El Paso Archaeological Society, El Paso, Texas.
• Houston Cactus and Succulent Society, Houston, Texas.
• Texas Ornithological Society.

Fields of Interest:

• Astronomy:
  • McDonald Observatory.
  • NASA Photo Gallery.
  • Star Date Online.
  • The Nine Planets.
  • Windows to the Universe.
    
• Big Bend National Park:
  • Big Bend National Park.
  • Big Bend National Park Through Time.
  • Gorp's Big Bend National Park Site
    
• Fauna:
  • Herpetology:
    • Herping the Trans-Pecos.
    • Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
    • The Alterna Page.
  • Ichthyology:
    • Ichthyology Web Resources.
  • Invertebrate Zoology:
    • The Butterfly Website.
    • Scorpions from the Chihuahuan Desert Region
  • Mammalogy:
    • Bat Conservation International.
  • Ornithology
    • Checklist of the Birds of the Trans-Pecos.
    • Hummingbirds!
    • Ornithological Web Library.
    • Partners in Flight.
    • Peregrine Fund.
    • Raptor Research Foundation.
    • Raptor Information System.
    • The Seasonal Distribution of Trans-Pecos Birds.
    • The Birds of North America.
    • The Hummingbird Website.
    • Trans-Pecos Birds.
    • Turkey Vulture Society.
      
• Flora:
  • Biota of North America Program.
  • Gray Card Index.
  • International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
  • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
  • The Mints of Texas.
  • Vascular Plants Endemic to Texas.
  • World Wide Web Virtual Library - Botany.
    
• Geology:
  • Desert Places: Cuatro Cienegas & White Sands -What do these places have in common?
  • Desert Soil Succession.
  • The Chihuahuan Desert through Time.
    
• Maps:     
  • TopoZone.Com.
  • Trans-Pecos Maps.
  • USGS.
  • USGS - Big Bend.
    
• Photography
  • Strange Light Photography. Jim Way
  • Kchisos Images.  Keith Williams
    

• Places:

  • Cuatro Cienegas Home Page.
  • Cuatro Cienegas Resources.
  • Index of Mexico's National Parks and Protected Areas.
  • Musco Maderas del Carmen, A.C.
  • State of Chihuahua (Spanish).
  • State of Coahuila (Spanish).
  • The Malpai Borderlands.
    
• Travel Information:
  • Alpine Chamber of Commerce, Alpine, Texas.
  • Environmental Travel Providers in Mexico.
  • City Guide - El Paso.
  • Fort Davis Chamber of Commerce, Fort Davis, Texas.
  • Links to Mexican Tourism and Cultural Information.
  • Links to Mexican Ecotourism Information.
  • Marfa Chamber of Commerce, Marfa, Texas.
  • Travel Texas.
  • Visit Big Bend.
    
• Wildlife Sciences:
  • Rawge's Wildlife Biologists Information Page.

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