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Urban Planning
and Conservation

- Mount Kuchumaa
Conservation Easement
- Tecate River Park Project
Environmental
Education

- Las Piedras
- Workshops for Children
- Teacher Training Program
- Interpretive Trail
- Summer Camps
- Volunteer Training Program
- Tecate River Clean Up
Cultural and
Recreational

- Parque del Profesor
- Dia de Muertos,
"Day of the Dead"
- River Through My Eyes
- World Environment Day
- Native American Culture

Urban Planning and Conservation
Urban Planning and Conservation...
Celebrating human interdependence with nature.

Fundación la Puerta provides the Tecate border region with solid leadership in land conservation and regional planning. A major objective of the Fundación is to educate and inspire the people of Tecate to respect, preserve and celebrate their immediate natural environment.

Among its major accomplishments is the first-of-its-kind binational Mount Kuchumaa Conservation Easement protecting approximately 2,000 acres/900 hectares of native plant and wildlife habitat on the U.S./Mexico border and helping to preserve the regional watershed, endangered species, and air quality. more >>
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Environmental Education
Environmental Education...
Inspiring a love of nature.

Las Piedras Environmental Education Center lies at the center of Fundación La Puerta's Environmental Education Program and its commitment to creating a magical place where children fall in love with the earth. Here, children discover the interdependent relationship between humankind and nature, and learn to treasure and protect their natural environment. “We could never have loved the earth so well, if we had had no childhood in it.”—George Elliot  more  >>
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Cultural and Recreational
Cultural and Recreational...
Protecting Tecate's unique historical, cultural and spiritual legacy.

As longtime members of the Tecate community, Fundación La Puerta takes pride in fostering a sense of place through its educational and community based activities. The beloved Parque del Profesor, a 28 acre city park and recreational center built and maintained by the Fundación for the community of Tecate, provides a vast and beautiful outdoor arena which hosts a variety sports activities such as soccer tournaments.  more >>
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