Dancers, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Dancers, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Las Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila, Mexico
Las Maderas del Carmen was first proposed as a "sister" national park
to the Big Bend National Park in the 1940's. It is an area of extreme beauty
and wildness. With higher mountains and a wetter climate than Big Bend,
only a few miles away, it was heavily logged in the 1950's. Luckily most
logging was done without the "benefit" of modern techniques. Many of the
largest trees remain intact and the second growth forest is strong. Former
Governor of Coahuila, Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto, attempted to renew interest
in the establishment of a national park in Las Maderas del Carmen. He is
an outdoorsman and can see the potential economic advantages such a park
would bring to his state and people. Unfortunately, such efforts are slow
and difficult in Mexico and he left office without seeing this dream realized.
I made these pictures for Governor Mendoza and his efforts to establish
a park in Las Maderas.
View north into the US from Las Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila,
Mexico
Jacal & Children, Las Maderas del Carmen, Coahuila, Mexico
Storefront, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Young Vaquero, Rancho El Fortín, Coahuila, Mexico
All Text and Photographs © 1995, Todd Jagger