In nineteen years of our history, we have never taken opportunity to express our opinions as strongly as we will here. The plan to build a new commercial port in San Juan de la Costa...
She had never seen me before. I had, however been observing her for some time. She moved closer bringing the child with her. No fear. No reluctance. She urged the child...
By boat, it was only forty miles from beautiful Isla San Francisco back to La Paz. By late afternoon, the kids and my wife Jan were lounging in the shade of the cockpit watching the city’s...
It's that noise that keeps some folks up at night when sleeping in a boat in the temperate waters of the Sea of Cortez. Some fear them for Fiberglass Termites but marine biologist Bill Martin fills...
It’s hard to imagine traveling to Baja California without thinking of the Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis. This ubiquitous seabird inhabits the entire coastline of Baja California and the...
Blue Whale expert Dr Diane Gendron believes that, what you do in your every day work is the most important thing in life, so find what pleases you the most, and do it well. She says this with a...
PROFEPA, stands for, Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente and is Mexico’s Federal Agency of Environmental Protection. PROFEPA is an administrative office which has no relationship with the...
Ready again for another Baja adventure my brother Brian and I and our friend Rick loaded up the truck with sea kayaks, cameras, camping and SCUBA gear and headed south. Our destination was Bahía de...
Underwater art, decorated by nature provides an artificial reef and a way to help rebuild the environment of the Sea of Cortez. A movie has been made about the artist, the project and the...
Critically Endangered Leatherbacks nest on the shores of Todos Santos, but due to low sand temperatures in this region, their eggs will not develop. For this reason, Tortugueros Las Playitas A.C....
From space the Colorado River Delta is the defining feature of the Baja California Peninsula. It is a landscape created by a magnificent sea, a powerful river, and an active San Andreas fault: ...
Latin American's largest solar photovoltaic energy project is now cranking out the kilowatts in La Paz. The Aura Solar I installation, near the La Paz airport, now generates nearly 62% of La Paz's...
Some years ago, the richness and diversity of fish in our seas was imagined endless and infinite. The resources of the sea were plentiful and the oceans were full of food. Unfortunately, what...
Cruisers take time to rescue this unique creature in the Sea of Cortez, a Dwarf Sperm Whale mother and baby.
La Paz welcomed some unusual tourists last week. Like many they were headed up the...
International Community Foundation Releases Findings on the Greening of U.S. Retirement Destinations in Mexican Coastal Communities
The International Community Foundation released the report...
New Restrictions for the Use of Bahia Balandra National Reserve Implimented November 2022.Admitance to the beach will be limited to 800 and 100 of those will be reserved for locals, additionally the...
If one could sit quietly on a Mexican beach long enough, eventually a sea turtle would edge by. Of course, there are beaches where the waiting would be short—minutes or hours—and others where...
This has been a growing cry from residents of Baja California Sur concerning the creation of Concordia, an open pit mine in the Sierra de la Laguna. Is this opposition justified?
There is a...
The Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico were inscribed as a World Heritage Site during the Twenty-ninth Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in...
From early winter until late spring, the whale sharks can be found feeding in the rich waters of the Sea of Cortez and in the Bay of La Paz in Baja California Sur. Whale Watching Season is Dec 1...
