Let's build a pollinator garden at Miguel Aleman

A group of high school students from the National College of Technical Professional Education, San Luis Río Colorado campus (CONALEP) visited the Miguel Alemán restoration site on a field trip.

Yuliana Dimas (Community involvement coordinator) and Marylu Maldonado (Biologist) conducted the field trip with the students, who got to know native plants and the reforested forest.

With the guidance of Henry Alaniz and José Luis Romero, staff in charge of Pronatura Noroeste's nursery, students collaborated on a plant propagation practice. They helped to propagate 200 plants of Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis).

Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) has a high ecological value due to its flowers and the attraction for pollinators of the Sonoran desert.

The CONALEP students helped to prepare the soil for nursery bags. They sowed the seeds in containers to ensure germination in the nurseries where Pronatura Noroeste staff gives them proper maintenance.

In this field practice, students contributed propagating plants for the Pollinator Garden that benefit the pollination cycle at Miguel Alemán restoration site and for Mexicali valley and San Luis Rio Colorado. These two towns produce crops such as citrus, melon, and watermelon, among others.

Students also walked on the main trail, where they learned about native plants used to restore the Colorado River, bird watching, and wildlife.

Links:

• Permanent Reforestation program
• New restoration site at the Colorado River Delta
• More than 100,000 native trees and bushes planted on 2021