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Description

The Huasteca Canyon, or “El cañón de la Huasteca”, is an ecological park located in the municipality of Santa Catarina near the city of Monterrey in the state of Nuevo León.



Today, the park is being pulled in all directions by private companies and municipal, state, and federal agencies on a number of different development projects and recreational interests. Future exploitation of the park for residential areas is casting its menacing shadow over these mountains but more importantly, the impact of its visitors is taking an alarming toll.



Joins us for this episode to explore the Huasteca and what is next for this majestic but endangered natural beauty.