Together we have conserved over
8,000 acres of land!
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Wakeem/Teschner Nature Preserve Celebrates 20 years!
For 20 years, the Wakeem/Teschner Nature Preserve at Resler Canyon has quietly offered moments of stillness, wonder, and connection. As we celebrate this milestone, we invite you to help us care for this desert sanctuary by picking up trash, staying on the trail and keeping pets on a leach—so it can keep nurturing life, beauty, and community for generations to come.
For two decades, this urban canyon—once threatened by large-scale real estate development—has remained protected because people like you believed in the power of open space, quiet beauty, and community action. Resler Canyon is more than just a trailhead or a view—it’s a symbol of what we can protect when we come together. Today, Resler’s desert trails are walked by families, birdwatchers, students, and hikers alike. Wildlife like bobcats, quail, and lizards still roam here. Desert blooms still surprise us with their resilience.
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PREEH2O UTEP/EPCC and Frontera
Isabella Valles was part of the UTEP/EPCC PREEH2O program where she interned at Frontera summer of 2025. During her internship Isabella dug into our event surveys to learn mor about our guests at Frontera events.
Isabella discovered that Frontera audience is Hispanic, female between the ages of 31-60, with adults 61+ shows the strongest knowledge about out local environment. This outcome aligns with existing research that states women often express stronger environmental concerns and that older adults are more likely to engage in pro-environmental behaviors.
Climate Change Study Results:
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 (CIELO-G) is a program provided by UTEP.
Engaging communities outdoors through CIELO-G program will improve the environmental literacy of the geosciences and community connection to the outdoors and nature through discovery-based learning among. Through immersive, hands-on field trips coupled with educational booths and school presentations, allows participants to experience earth sciences happening live.
CIELO-G & Frontera work hand in hand to advance education, awareness, and community engagement of the geosciences within our community; by doing so, we hope to engage future generations of well-informed community members as well as future earth scientists.
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.