Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ma ke ʻano he Biosphere Reserve ma 2000, hāʻawi kēia awawa i kahi ʻāina kupaianaha i ʻike ʻia e nā hana pōhaku nui, kūpono no ka holoholo mauna, a me kahi ākea nui o nā mea kanu a me nā cacti. Mai hōʻoki i ke kipa ʻana iā ia!
Aia ma 25 km mai Pachuca, Hidalgo, a me ka pae awelika o 1,353 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, ʻokoʻa ka laulā o Barranca de Metztitlán mai ka 300 m ma kāna ʻāiki loa a i ka 3.5 a i ʻole 4 km i ka laulā. ʻO kāna ʻāpana kokoke he 96,000 ha, a ua wehewehe ʻia he 12,500 e like me nā wahi nui a ka Barranca de Metztitlán Biosfir Reserve, e hilinaʻi nei i ka National Commission no nā ʻĀina Kūlohelohe i mālama ʻia, e mālama ana i ka mālama a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kūlana kaiaola o ia wahi a hoʻohui i ka poʻe i nā hana mālama a me nā papahana hoʻomau. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke awāwa i kahi mālama mālama honua ma Nowemapa 28, 2000.
ʻO ka hōʻailona mua e hōʻike ana i ka puka komo nā koena o kahi kūkulu pōhaku kahiko aia ma ka hema o ke alanui mai Atotonilco El Grande a Metztitlán; ke ala e hiki ai i kahi mālama e hele i loko o ka ululāʻau ululāʻau mai Real del Monte a Atotonilco. I ka hōʻea ʻana i Puente de Venados a me ka hele ʻana i ka muliwai, ʻike ʻia nā papa pōhaku nui o ka paia ʻĀkau hikina, ʻoiai ke ʻike ʻia nei ka holomua ʻole o nā paia kala like ʻole, me he mea lā ʻaʻohe puka.
ʻO ka mōʻaukala o ke kanaka i ke awāwa e hoʻi ana i ka wā Pōhaku, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e nā kiʻi ana o ke ana ma mua o he ʻumi kapuaʻi ka kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka honua, ʻo ia paha ka nui o ka moe o ka muliwai. I ka wā o ka lanakila Sepania, ua noho ʻia ka ʻāina e Otomi i nā kaua mau me ka mōʻī Mexico, a e like me ka moʻolelo i pio i nā kaua pō. I ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā Paniolo mua ma aneʻi i ka makahiki 1535, ua hoʻomaka ka Augustinian Fray Juan de Sevilla - Aposolo o La Sierra - a me Fray Antonio de Roa, i ka naʻi ʻuhane o nā kamaʻāina, a no laila kūkulu lākou i nā hale pule me ka nānā ʻole i nā kahawai mau e kū ana i ka papu momona o ke kahawai.
ʻO Fray Antonio de Roa ka mea i hoʻomaka i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka Convent nui o nā mōʻī Hemolele a ma ka makahiki 1577 ua hoʻopau ʻia kekahi o nā hale pule nui loa a nā Augustinians i ko mākou ʻāina. ʻO ka hale aliʻi keʻokeʻo, liʻiliʻi mai nā kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe, hōʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻohanohano liʻiliʻi o ke kanaka i nā kōkua nui o ke awāwa i loaʻa nā mea āpau.
No ka Europa o ke kenekulia 16, ma muli paha o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o ka maʻi ʻEulopa a me ka hōʻino mau ʻana o ka maʻi lepera, nā loko a me nā kahawai i loko a kokoke paha i nā wahi noho kanaka i hoʻoweliweli. A ʻo kahi hopena, ua hoʻololi ʻia nā loko a me nā kahawai i nā kūlanakauhale ʻAmelika o Sepania.
I kēia manawa he ʻelua mau punawai kahe o ka lagoon Metztitlán; ua hōʻole ʻia ka papahana a ka ʻaoʻao ʻekolu no ka mea he kumu ia o ke kaulike ʻole o ke kaiaola. Hele mai nā Pelicans a me nā manu neʻe ʻē aʻe mai Kanada a me ʻAmelike Hui Pū ʻIa i ka lagoon.
ʻO ke kūlana o ka poʻe e noho ana, ʻo ka mestizo a pau, ua like ia me nā kaona kaiāulu o ka ʻāina: nā kāne e neʻe mau i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻoiai ke mahi ʻia nā māla a ʻohi ʻia e nā wahine, nā keiki a me nā ʻelemākule. Mālama ka wahine i ka ʻohana, e hoʻolako ana i ka meaʻai a me ka lole ʻoiai ke kali nei no ka hoʻi mai o ke kāne.
Hoʻomaka ka poʻe noho o ke awāwa e hoʻololi i ko lākou ʻano ke ʻike lākou ua haʻi ʻia he Waihona Biospera; hana maikaʻi ʻole kekahi, akā ʻike ka hapa nui i ka nui o nā mea kanu e noho pū ana me lākou i ke awawa. Ma mua o ka nui ʻana o ka ʻaihue ʻana o cacti, akā ʻaʻole pili ka lehulehu i ka pale ʻana i ko lākou wahi noho no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea nāna lākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka nui o ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou wahi iho. Kekahi o ka pollinators nui o ka cacti a me nā succulents, ʻōpeʻapeʻa, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka laki like; I ka manaʻo kaulana, ʻaʻole ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa kahi mea kōkua a me nā ana kahi e noho ai ia e hoʻouka ʻia e hoʻopau i kekahi o nā ʻano e hoʻouka i nā holoholona, ʻoiai ʻo nā ʻōpeʻa herbivorous e ʻeha i nā hopena like.
ʻO ka Barranca de Metztitlán Biosfir Reserve kekahi o nā ao liʻiliʻi o ke kanaka kahi e hiki ai ke mahalo i ke ʻano o kā mākou contrad contradications a me nā pono o nā kūlohelohe e ʻae ai iā mākou e hoʻomau i ka noho ʻana.
