Together we have conserved over
8,000 acres of land!
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Wakeem/Teschner Nature Preserve
Frontera is a partner with Insights Science Discovery who was awarded a NOAA Planet Stewards grant from NOAA Education for the 2023/24 academic year. The El Paso Youth Stewardship Program aims to empower students in the Border Region to address environmental issues within their community. Working with teachers and students for Loretto Academy, the program addresses habitat conservation/restoration with a two-prong approach: designing and creating a native pollinator habitat (gardens) on their school campus with the guidance of local experts and developing environmental agency by engaging in meaningful and practical habitat restoration at Resler Canyon Nature Preserve. Both of these efforts will help support the diminishing desert habitats and will ultimately have a positive impact on the wildlife that depend on these natural spaces.
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Climate Change Research
Entering into year two The Frontera Land Alliance continues to collect data on water quality, air temperature, and particulate matter.
Through a collaboration with UTEP/EPCC PREEH2O Program data is being collected by Anahí Alba and Bryson Tassin. They are analyzing the data and their findings will assist with future landscape changes on open natural spaces.
See the most recent data by downloading the following links:
2023 Humidity: Climate Change El Paso Texas
2023 Temperature: Temperature at sites
2023 Summary: PDF Poster with detailed description.
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Community-Driven Inclusive Excellence and Leadership Opportunities in the Geosciences
Community-Driven Inclusive Excellence and Leadership Opportunities in the Geosciences (utep.edu) The Community-driven Inclusive Excellence and Leadership Opportunities in the Geosciences (CIELO-G) project aims to transform in a profound and long-lasting way our geoscience community culture by consciously and organically changing the way we interact with our broader local community.
Growing with Sara Farms
The Frontera Land Alliance (Frontera), an accredited-local non-profit land trust, has partnered, for several years, with a local 5 acre (non-certified) farm in the Socorro, TX called Growing with Sara Farm, L.L.C. The landowners, the farm manager along with Frontera have built a great partnership for educating volunteers on how to operate a farm and its value to the community.