What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

Antoine de St.-Exupery

Area Resources & Links

government agencies

• Bureau of Land Management
• Department of the Interior
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Parks Service
• U.S. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Service

conservation organizations

• Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC)
• Intercultural Center for the study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO)
• La Ruta de Sonora
• Native Seeds/SEARCH
• Sonoran Institute
• Wild Ones
• Wildlife Habitat Council
• United Nations Educational,
• Scientific,  and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

environmental education

• BLM Environmental Education
• Environmental Education Exchange
• Environmental Education Link
• Kids Gardening
• National Wildlife Federation/ Backyard Wildlife Habitats
• Project Wild
• Sonoran Desert Kids

sustainable development

• Clean Edge Technologies
• Earthship Biotechture

protected lands

• Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• Pinacate Biosphere Reserve

Mexican organizations

• El Instituto Nacional de Ecología
• Pronatura
• Secretaría de Medio Ambiante y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT)
• Red Fronteriza de Salud y Ambiente A.C.

ISDA's hometown - Ajo Arizona

• Chamber of Commerce
• Ajo Copper News
• Ajo School District

ISDA's website properties

• www.ISDAnet.org
• www.CurleySchool.com
• www.PeaceAjo.org