Maderas del Carmen

29.06 - 102.61Koordinaten: 29 ° 3 ' 36 "N, 102 ° 36' 36 " W

The Mexican Nature Park Maderas del Carmen and the Canon de Santa Elena was declared on November 7, 1994 on the National Park by the Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

When the Big Bend National Park in the USA was built in 1935, there were in Mexico aspirations of individuals and organizational structure, the area of ​​Santa Elena Canyon in Chihuahua and the Sierra del Carmen to protect that lie opposite Big Bend Park on the Rio Grande. However, different opinions, cultural differences and political and economic interests in Mexico prevented the creation of this protected area. This changed to create an international peace park in the 1990s with the idea. This was similar in design to the U.S. model of nature conservation and should be a so-called sister park or bi- national park are. Each country should continue to monitor and cooperate his own management plan for the protection of eco- systems.

The park warden ( " ranger " ) cooperate, but a border crossing over the Rio Grande, which forms the state border through the parks, it is not possible for visitors.