Congratulations to Judy Ackerman the 2012 Recipient of the Rock Award

Frontera President, Michael Gaglio, presenting the 2012 Rock Award to Judy Ackerman

At last week's Taste of Frontera, the Board of Directors of the Frontera Land Alliance presented Judy Ackerman with their "Rock Award" in honor of her hard work to promote conservation. 

". . . the activist's activist"

In his presentation of the award, Frontera President, Michael Gaglio, many of the organizations that have been enriched by Ackerman: the Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition and its Castner Conservation Conveyance Committee, Master Naturalists, the El Paso Cactus and Rock Club, the El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society, the Friends of the Rio Bosqye, the Poppies Fest Steering Committee, the West Texas Transmountain Scenic Corridor Petition Group, League of Women Voters and the Toastmasters. Whew!


Gaglio called her "the activist's activist". He concluded by saying that "she is an inspiration to me and a great big part of the reason I am standing here tonight."


John Sproul, manager of the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park, was the recipient last year.

Taste of Frontera April 28th

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Taste of Frontera This Thursday

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Taste of Frontera Benefits Land Conservation

I urge you to support Frontera Land Alliance. It protects in perpetuity a network of lands that are chosen for their natural beauty, conservational utility, and cultural values throughout West Texas and Southern New Mexico. Frontera cooperates with landowners, donors, government agencies and other organizations to conserve the region’s deserts, mountains, arroyos, canyons and rivers for all. Frontera, the El Paso area’s only 501(c)3 land trust, is a member of the national Land Trust Alliance, and subscribes to the LTA’s Standards and Practices for Land Trusts which set forth a legally and ethically sound program of natural resources transactions and stewardship.

Frontera helped preserve Resler Canyon and today manages the Wakeem/Teschner Nature Preserve. Through a conservation easement, Frontera has taken on the responsibility of conserving Thunder Canyon. Under the leadership of our fellow hiker and a Master Naturalist, Judy Ackerman, Frontera is on its way to preserving Castner Range as open space land.

The Frontera Land Alliance’s second annual gala fundraiser, Taste of Frontera, will be held on Thursday, February 18, 2010 starting at 6:00 pm. at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing in Sunland Park, New Mexico.

This year’s Taste of Frontera promises to be a memorable event with local wines, tasty foods, live music, and a plethora of silent auction items and door prizes. Proceeds from the fundraiser support conservation and restoration of critically important natural land resources in the El Paso region. Congressmen Silvestre Reyes will be the special guest that evening.

Tickets cost $40 per person and will be available at the door. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 526 7725 or 490 8601. For more information about The Frontera Land Alliance, go to their website at www.fronteralandalliance.org.