Conservación San Lorenzo

Description

The San Lorenzo Canyon is located southwest of the city of Saltillo, with an area of just over 2,500 hectares and is part of the Sierra de Zapalinamé. It is composed of geological formations created between the Upper Jurassic and Quaternary periods that facilitate the intense infiltration of water into the subsoil, thus allowing the constant recharge of the aquifers that supply drinking water to the city of Saltillo. Because it is located in the Nearctic Biogeographic Region, the presence of pine and oak forests is common; however, we can observe neo-tropical vegetation on some cliffs, such as the rock palmetto Brahea berlandieri. The Zapalinamé Sierra is one of the registered nesting sites for the dwarf macaw Rhynchopsitta terrisi and the peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus, which in addition to being emblematic species for the San Lorenzo Canyon, are listed in the Mexican Official Norm NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, as threatened and special protection, respectively. Also mentioned in this standard is the black bea