Frontera Land Alliance

News & Events

Frontera Land Alliance is very active, from a Water, Wildlife & Natural Resources and How They Can Help Your Clients, participating in Celebrate our Mountains with a guided hike at Resler Canyon, to clean-ups at Resler & Thunder Canyons.

Check out Frontera’s Youtube Channel:

Frontera’s Youtube


 
  • Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
    • Lab Girl is Hope Jahren's revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also a celebration of the lifelong curiosity, humility, and passion that drive every scientist.
  • Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner
    • Cadillac Desert, is a history by American Marc Reisner about land development and water policy in the western United States.
  • Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
    • Abbey reflects on the condition of our remaining wilderness and the future of a civilization that cannot reconcile itself to living in the natural world as well as his own internal struggle with morality.
  • The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate- Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
    • Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware.
  • The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatiural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
    • Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before.
  • Last Child in the Woods, Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
    • Richard Louv brings together cutting-edge research showing that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development—physical, emotional, and spiritual.
  • The Natural Explorer - Understanding your Landscape by Tristan Gooley
    • Tristan Gooley demonstrates how it is possible to connect profoundly with the lands we travel through.
  • Desert Ecology: An Introduction to Life in the Arid Southwest by John Sowell
    • Desert Ecology is a comprehensive but accessible introduction to how plants and animals live in Intermountain, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts.
  • Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico by Donald J. Borror
    • An identification guide to insects of America north of Mexico, describing the characteristics common to over five hundred insect families
  • A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
    • Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature and a highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land.
  • A Buzz in the Meadow by Dave Goulson
  • A Contract with the Earth. Ten Commitments you can make to protect the environment now by New Gingrich and Terry L. Maple
  • A Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization by John Perlin
  • A Forest Journey: The Story of Wood and Civilization by John Perlin
  • A Primate's Memoir by Robert M. Sapolsky
  • Adventures Among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions by Mark W. Moffett
  • An Explorer's Notebook: Essays on Life, History and Climate by Tim Flannery
  • Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal
  • Back to the Garden; Nature and the Mediterranean World from Prehistory to the Present by James McGregor
  • Barren Wild and Worthless, Living in the Chihuahuan Desert by Susan J. Tweit
  • Bats in Forests by Michael J. Lacki John Parker Hayes Allen Kurta
  • Bats in Question by Don E. Wilson
  • Bats of Texas by David J. Schmidly
  • Bats Sing, Mice Giggle. The Surprising Sciene of Animals Inner Lives by Karen Shanor and Jagmeet S. Kanwal
  • Butterflies by Texas AgriLife Extension Service
  • Champions' Game by Saul Ramirez
  • Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? by Alan Weisman
  • Coyote by Wyman Meinzer
  • Coyote America by Dan Flores
  • Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
  • Cumulative Effects in Wildlife Management by Lisa K. Harris
  • Dodging Extinction: Power food, money, and the future of life on Earth by Anthony D. Barnosky
  • Eat Mesquite and More: A Cookbook for Sonoran Desert Foods and Living by Desert Harvesters
  • Ecology of Desert Systems by Walter G. Whitford
  • Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug are Killing North America's Great Forests by Andrew Nikiforuk
  • Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert
  • Fraiser's Penuins- A Journey to the Future in Antarctica by Fen Montaigne
  • Guide to Deserts: An Illustraded Guide to the Ecology, Culture and Conservation of the World's Deserts by Andrew Warren and Tony Allan
  • H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
  • Half-Earth, Our Planet's Fight for Life by E.O. Wilson
  • Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
  • How Bad are Bananas- The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee
  • Ivory's Ghosts by John Frederick Walker
  • Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded- August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester
  • Last Child in the Woods, Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
  • Let the Water Do the Work by Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier
  • Letter to a Young Scientist by E.O. Wilson
  • Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds by Bernd Heinrichn
  • Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe by Andrew Speilman and Michael D'Antonio
  • Mule Deer: Behavior, Ecology, Conservation by Erwin A. Bauer
  • My Backyard Jungle- The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover by James Barilla
  • Naturalist's Big Bend by Roland H. Wauer, Carl M. Fleming
  • Nature Revealed by E. O. Wilson
  • Nature's Allies: Eight Conservationist Who Changed Our World by Larry A. Nielsen
  • On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature by Melanie Challenger
  • Otero Mesa: Preserving America's Wildest Grassland by Gregory McNamee
  • Peterson First Guides- Caterpillars of North America by Amy Bartlett Wright
  • Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster
  • Rattlesnakes by J. Frank Dobie
  • Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts by Michael R. Conover
  • Rewilding the World: Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution by Caroline Fraser
  • Seeds of Change- Five Plants that Transformed Mankind by Henry Hobhouse
  • Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants by Jane Goodall
  • Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
  • Southwest Bugs by Texas AgriLife Extension Service
  • Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies by Blair Nikula and Jackie Sones
  • The Animal Dialogues by Craig Childs
  • The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies 5th edition by Alfred A. Knopf
  • The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth by Eric Pooley
  • The Creation, an Appeal for Life on Earth by E.O. Wilson
  • The Desert. Wildlife on the Last Frontier by James Parry
  • The Diversity of Life by E. O. Wilson
  • The Dos and Don'ts of Wetland Construction by Edgar W. Garbisch
  • The Emotional Lives of Animals by Marc Bekoff
  • The Environmental Handbook, Prepared for the First National Environmental Teach-In by Garrett De Bell
  • The Future of Life by E. O. Wilson
  • The Global Deal: Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity by Nicholas Stern
  • The Great Southwest Nature Factbook by Susan J. Tweit
  • The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
  • The Homing Instinct- The Story and Science of Migration by Bernd Heinrich
  • The Invention of Nature- Von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wolf
  • The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures by William DeBuys
  • The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of Pedestrianism by Geoff Nicholson
  • The Man Who Climbs Trees by James Aldred
  • The Man Who Planted Trees- Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet by Jim Gibbons
  • The Natural History of Unicorns by Chris Lavers
  • The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change our Lives by Stephen Buchmann
  • The Rickety Cossack by Ian Tattersall
  • The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the 21st Century by Alex Prud'homme
  • The Roadrunner by Wyman Meinzer
  • The Secret Life of Clams by Anthony D. Fredericks
  • The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
  • The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
  • The Star Thrower by Lorein Eiseleyn
  • The Voice of the Coyote by J. Frank Dobie
  • The Wildlife Techniques Manual by Nova J. Silvy
  • The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
  • Thinking Like a Mountain: Aldo Leopold and the Evolution of an Ecological Attitude Toward Deer, Wolves, and Forests by Susan Flader
  • Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Sciene of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns
  • Urban Wildlife Management Second Edition by Clark E Adams
  • War of the Whales by Joshua Horwitz
  • Waste of the West by Lynn Jacobs
  • Whar's Gotten Into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World by McKay Jenkins
  • Where the Water Goes by David Owen
  • Why Did the Chicken Cross the World by Andrew Lawler
  • Wild Ones. A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America by Jon Mooallem
  • Wildlife Restoration Techniques for Habitat Analysis and Animal Monitoring by Michael L. Morrison
  • Winter World- The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich

Coming Events

Event Information:

  • Thu
    21
    Feb
    2019

    1st Que Pasa Information-Volunteer Fair

    11 AM - 2 PMAt the Centennial Club and Conference Center

    The Fort Bliss Army Volunteer Corps/Relocation Program are hosting the 1st Que Pasa Information-Volunteer Fair on Thursday, 21 February 2019 from 11 am - 2 pm at the Centennial Club and Conference Center. Come learn at the Que Pasa Information-Volunteer Fair to learn about volunteer events you may become involved that will benefit the community!

  • Want to help high school students learn about birds and native plants?

    Frontera Land Alliance, along with several other local environmental groups, is working with Insights on the student-led Environmental Stewardship Initiative, an EPA environmental education grant. We are working with Horizon High School and Cathedral High School by providing in-class workshops and field trips to environmental science students. Each school will be visiting Rio Bosque twice and Keystone Wetlands once. During the field trips, the students will do bird and plant surveys. We are looking for several volunteers to help with either bird or plant surveys. We will provide details once you contact us. Can you help? Here are the dates of our events:

    • October 1, 2019, 9:30 am – noon. Rio Bosque with Horizon
    • October 4, 2019, 8:45 – 10:30 am. Rio Bosque with Cathedral
    • January 28, 2020, 10:00 am – noon. Keystone with Horizon
    • January 29, 2020, 8:30 – 10:30 am. Keystone with Cathedral
    • February 5, 2020, 9:45 – noon. Rio Bosque with Horizon
    • February 7, 2020, 8:45 – 10:30 am. Rio Bosque with Cathedral

  • Want to volunteer for Frontera?

    We could use your help at events by signing in people, sitting on a Frontera committee, leading hikes, submitting photos of our regions natural areas, farms and ranches, to manning the Frontera booth at an event. If interested please reach out to: janae@Fronteralandalliance.org

  • Bird inventories and transects

    Are you an expert in birding or do you want to practice identifying birds? If so we would love your help! Frontera is partnering with Friends of the Rio Bosque, El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society and Franklin Mountains State Park to conduct bird inventories and transects at 3 locations starting in June. If interested please contact Janae@fronteralandalliance.org

Work Days:

Last Saturday of each month, from 9 a.m. to noon.

1. Help restore and manage the Keystone wetland! These “Keystone Work Days” will be held the last Saturday of each month, from 9 a.m. to noon. Frontera assists in the works days by providing tools, but more importantly Resler Canyon flows into Keystone, it is important that we manage both sites. Meet at the Keystone Park (Kappa Rd. and Doniphan Dr.). To RSVP or for questions contact Mike Gaglio at mike@hd-env.com.

Past Events

The Frontera Land Alliance Nature Discovery 2018 Calendar

February

  • Tuesday, February 6: a webinar, from noon to 1:30 you are invited to a free event, bring your
    lunch and learn more about qualified appraisals. Qualified appraisals lynchpin of the process
    that allows landowners to benefit from federal income, estate and state tax incentives flowing
    from the donation of a conservation easement. Keller Williams Real Estate at 6006 N. Mesa, Ste.
    110, El Paso, TX  79912, will be hosting the webinar. Please RSVP to
    janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org, space is limited.
  • Saturday, February 17, 9 to 10:30: we will be meeting at Thunder Canyon for the kick off of a
    new program “Focus on Nature”. Through taking photographs we will show you how to connect
    with nature by really looking. Bring your cell phone or a camera as we focus on nature.
    Please RSVP to janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org.

March

  • Tuesday, March 6, webinar, noon to 1:30: Topic partnering with state and local agencies on
    conservation projects. In this webinar, you will learn practical strategies for creating successful
    partnerships and what to look out for when entering in a partnership. Feel free to bring your
    lunch. Keller Williams Real Estate at 6006 N. Mesa, Ste. 110, El Paso, TX  79912, will be
    hosting the webinar. Please RSVP to janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org, space is limited.
  • Wednesday, March 7, a webinar from noon to 1:30: Topic Farmland Conservation 2.0: Tools
    and tips for keeping farmers on the land. In this webinar, learn how land trusts and other
    conservation organizations can fulfill their missions while also serving a critical public need. Feel
    free to bring your lunch. Keller Williams Real Estate at 6006 N. Mesa, Ste. 110, El Paso, TX
    79912, will be hosting the webinar. Please RSVP to janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org.
  • Thursday, March 8, a webinar, noon to 1:30: What you need to know about a title review. This
    introductory webinar will cover the basics of the title review with a practical, step by step
    approach to reviewing documents and solving common title problems. Feel free to bring your
    lunch. Keller Williams Real Estate at 6006 N. Mesa, Ste. 110, El Paso, TX  79912, will be
    hosting the webinar. Please RSVP to janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org, space is limited.

April

  • Thursday, April 26, a webinar from noon to 1:30: Topic creating messaging that resonates.
    Learn how to use and fine tune communications strategy to engage more members more strongly.
    Feel free to bring your lunch. Keller Williams Real Estate at 6006 N. Mesa, Ste. 110, El Paso,
    TX  79912, will be hosting the webinar. Please RSVP to janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org,
    space is limited.

March

  • Saturday, May 5: guided Native Bee Hike. Join us as learn more about native bees. Did you
    know there were a solitary insect and may live in the ground! Feel free to bring your lunch. We
    will be meeting at Resler Canyon, at the Alto Mesa entrance. Please RSVP to
    janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org.

June

    • Wednesday, June 6 a webinar, noon to 1:30: Learn how to connect people to the land. This is
      one of the best ways to show our relevance and therefore, ensure conserved lands stays
      conserved. Feel free to bring your lunch. We will be meeting at Resler Canyon, at the Alto Mesa
      entrance. Please RSVP to janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org, space is limited.
    • Saturday, June 9: kayak trip ($15/person) and $5/entrance fee/car. Come join us as we learn about
      the river, birds and more! Please RSVP to janae@FronteraLandAlliance.org, space is
      limited.

Fall Details coming soon!:
Transplants cacti, Mike with High Desert, Cacti Club
Rain water harvesting, Mike with High Desert with City Sustainability
Guided hike at Resler Canyon
Guided hike at Thunder Canyon
Bee Hive start up, Bob Reneau