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Falcon International Reservoir ((スペイン語:Embalse Internacional Falcón)), commonly called Falcon Lake, is a reservoir on the Rio Grande 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Laredo, Texas, United States, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The huge lake is bounded by Starr and Zapata counties on the Texas side of the international border and the municipality and city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero on the Tamaulipas side of the border. The reservoir was formed by the construction of the Falcon Dam to provide water conservation, irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectricity to the area. The dam was dedicated in October 1953 by Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The dam and lake are managed jointly by governments of the United States and Mexico through the International Boundary and Water Commission, which was established in 1889 to maintain the border, allocate river waters between the two nations, and provide for flood control and water sanitation. The lake is named after María Rita de la Garza Falcón, for whom the town of Falcon (displaced by the creation of the reservoir) was named. ==Fish and plant life== Falcon International Reservoir has been stocked with species of fish intended to improve the utility of the reservoir for recreational fishing. Fish present in the reservoir include largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, and channel catfish. The bass population is in decline, a factor which has reduced the number of fishermen and tourists coming to the lake. In 2012, Falcon Lake ranked No. 1 for bass in the United States; by 2014, the rank had dropped to No. 12. Despite the threat of piracy, security on the lake has been enhanced to the point that State Representative Lyle Larson of San Antonio, a member of the House Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism, declared Falcon Lake "the safest park on the border."〔Gabriela A. Treviño, "Falcon Lake discussed at hearing: Declining bass population impacts ecosystem, number of tourists" (May 17, 2014) ''Laredo Morning Times'', pp. 1, 10A〕 Alligator gar, a large and heavy fish with a long lifespan, feed on the largemouth bass and can survive through droughts. In 2009, restrictions were placed on the harvest of alligator gar, but some area residents maintain that there should be no regulations and that the gar must be considered as if they were rats and be removed from the lake.〔 On the shores of Falcon Lake are Texas Wild Olive (''Cordia boissieri''), Mexican Oregano (''Lippia graveolens''), hibiscus, mesquite thickets, Huisache (''Vachellia farnesiana'' var. ''farnesiana'') and prickly pear cactus (''Opuntia'' spp.). Greater Roadrunners, Collared Peccaries, White-tailed deer and Black-tailed Jackrabbits also exist within the park.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Falcon International Reservoir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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