Rancho El Charco
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capbat
N 26° 14.434 W 098° 28.348
14R E 552686 N 2902433
This 150 acre wildlife park, with a bordering 75 acre lake, is one of the last patches of brush country remaining in the lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas.
Waymark Code: WM17PC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2007
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This story begins in 1995 when Mark Pittman and his wife Happy Arellano moved to the valley from Mexico. Searching for an ideal place to live they discovered the Walker Lake community of Palm shores. After living on the 115 acre lake for a few years, they learned that the ranch bordering the northern shore with all of the Palm trees was soon to be developed into a Mobil home park. Not wanting to see more local natural habitat destroyed, the couple decided to buy the ranch and save it from developers.
Open Year Round?: yes
Interpretive Programs?: yes
Live Animal Displays: yes
Hours: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Visitors should visit the Nature Center and post a photo of themselves (or GPS unit) either inside or outside of the nature center visited. Logs without photos WILL be allowed if a lenghty description of one's visit and a mention of what they learned is included.