page_title: Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
hierarchical_section_title: Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute
caption_attribution_description: This is a map showing the location of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion as delineated by the World Wide Fund for Nature. I, Pfly, made it using NASA Blue Marble imagery and ecoregion GIS data which I simplified and traced in Photoshop.
context_page_description: The Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute or CDRI, incorporated in January 1974, is an independent non-profit, scientific and educational organization conducting its operations as a multi-featured Nature Center and Botanical Gardens located on a 507-acre tract in the foothills of the Davis Mountains. The organization's mission is to promote public awareness, appreciation, and concern for the natural diversity of the Chihuahuan Desert region through research and education. Its original principal founders were affiliated with nearby Sul Ross State University, a university the institute continues to work closely with, as well as a variety of other TEA Region 18 K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and other non-profit organizations. Since 2015 Rick Herrman has served as the executive director, working with a small team of employees, along with many members, volunteers and board members.
context_section_description: The Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute or CDRI, incorporated in January 1974, is an independent non-profit, scientific and educational organization conducting its operations as a multi-featured Nature Center and Botanical Gardens located on a 507-acre (2.05 km²) tract in the foothills of the Davis Mountains. The organization's mission is to promote public awareness, appreciation, and concern for the natural diversity of the Chihuahuan Desert region through research and education. Its original principal founders were affiliated with nearby Sul Ross State University, a university the institute continues to work closely with, as well as a variety of other TEA Region 18 K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and other non-profit organizations. Since 2015 Rick Herrman has served as the executive director, working with a small team of employees, along with many members, volunteers and board members.
caption: Map of the Chihuahuan Desert. Satellite image from NASA. Ecoregion boundary based on World Wide Fund for Nature ecoregions. The US-Mexico border is shown as a black line.
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