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Our Roots Run Deep: Land, History, and Hispanic Heritage

Our Roots Run Deep: Land, History, and Hispanic Heritage

HCLC, Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaSeptember 11, 2025Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, Colorado, hispanic leadership, History of the southwest, History, History culture and public landsComment

Mes de la Herencia Hispana: Celebrando las Contribuciones de los Hispanos y Latinos en la Conservación

Mes de la Herencia Hispana: Celebrando las Contribuciones de los Hispanos y Latinos en la Conservación

Guest Blog, En EspañolDaniela ZavalaSeptember 10, 2025Mes de la Herencia Hispana, Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinos in Conservation, conservation, ConservacionComment

HECHO Statement on Rescission of Public Lands Rule

HECHO Statement on Rescission of Public Lands Rule

Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaSeptember 10, 2025Statement, Public Lands, public lands rule, conservationComment

Hispanic Leaders Share What Hispanic Heritage Month Means to Them

Hispanic Leaders Share What Hispanic Heritage Month Means to Them

Video, HCLCDaniela ZavalaSeptember 8, 2025hispanic leadership, Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic leadersComment

Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrating Hispanic and Latino Americans' Contributions and Voices in Conservation

Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrating Hispanic and Latino Americans' Contributions and Voices in Conservation

Guest Blog, HCLCDaniela ZavalaSeptember 8, 2025hispanic leadership, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), Hispanic Heritage MonthComment

Honoring the Pecos River: Celebrating Upper Pecos Watershed Awareness Month and Elevating the Community Voices that Are Advocating for its Protection

Honoring the Pecos River: Celebrating Upper Pecos Watershed Awareness Month and Elevating the Community Voices that Are Advocating for its Protection

HCLC, URG, Water, Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaSeptember 8, 2025Pecos River, mining, New Mexico, CHC, Congressional Hispanic CaucusComment

Ivan Valdez: “Once Public Lands Are Gone, They Are Gone. We Won’t Get Them Back”

Ivan Valdez: “Once Public Lands Are Gone, They Are Gone. We Won’t Get Them Back”

Video, MonumentsDaniela ZavalaSeptember 2, 2025NAtional monuments, sell off public lands, Public LandsComment

The Journey of Stacie Gilmore: A Commitment to Conservation and Community

The Journey of Stacie Gilmore: A Commitment to Conservation and Community

Video, HCLCDaniela ZavalaAugust 25, 2025Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, Colorado, Stacie GilmoreComment

A Life Rooted in Land: Nature, Public Service, and the Power of Representation

A Life Rooted in Land: Nature, Public Service, and the Power of Representation

Daniela ZavalaAugust 25, 2025Comment

A pocos días del “intercambio de tierras” en Arizona que entrega cobre estadounidense y tierras públicas a intereses mineros extranjeros vinculados a China

A pocos días del “intercambio de tierras” en Arizona que entrega cobre estadounidense y tierras públicas a intereses mineros extranjeros vinculados a China

Press Releases/Statements, Water, Oak Flat, En EspañolDaniela ZavalaAugust 15, 2025Press Release, comunicado, oak flat, Save oak flat Act, Resolution CopperComment

Days Away from Arizona “Land Swap” That Hands U.S. Copper and Public Lands to Foreign Mining Interests Tied to China

Days Away from Arizona “Land Swap” That Hands U.S. Copper and Public Lands to Foreign Mining Interests Tied to China

Press Releases/Statements, Oak Flat, WaterDaniela ZavalaAugust 14, 2025oak flat, Resolution Copper, ArizonaComment

Op-ed: The Grand Canyon Monument Is a Gift to All of Us. Let’s Keep It That Way

Op-ed: The Grand Canyon Monument Is a Gift to All of Us. Let’s Keep It That Way

HECHO in the News, Monuments, Grand CanyonDaniela ZavalaAugust 11, 2025grand canyon national park, New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, Arizona, grand canyon national monument, Grand Canyon Watershed, HECHO in the NewsComment

What Can You Do To Prepare for Fire Season and Prevent Wildfires

What Can You Do To Prepare for Fire Season and Prevent Wildfires

HCLC, Guest Blog, VideoDaniela ZavalaAugust 11, 2025hclc, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), Devon Suarez, Wildfire, firesComment

Devon Suarez Discusses Wildfire Preparation and Prevention

Devon Suarez Discusses Wildfire Preparation and Prevention

HCLC, VideoDaniela ZavalaAugust 11, 2025Wildfire, Wildfires, Wildfire preventionComment

Op-ed: Outdoor Enthusiasts Like Me, Protecting the Grand Canyon Means Protecting Our Way of Life

Op-ed: Outdoor Enthusiasts Like Me, Protecting the Grand Canyon Means Protecting Our Way of Life

HECHO in the News, Monuments, Grand CanyonDaniela ZavalaAugust 6, 2025Grand Canyon Protection Act, grand canyon national park, New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, arizona, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclcComment

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Huellas Ancestrales del Monumento Nacional del Gran Cañón cumple dos años y todavía necesita nuestras voces para mantener protecció

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Huellas Ancestrales del Monumento Nacional del Gran Cañón cumple dos años y todavía necesita nuestras voces para mantener protecció

Guest Blog, Monuments, Grand Canyon, En EspañolDaniela ZavalaAugust 4, 2025New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, Grand Canyon Protection Act, grand canyon national park, Grand Canyon, arizonaComment

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument Turns Two and Still Needs Our Advocacy and Protection

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument Turns Two and Still Needs Our Advocacy and Protection

Grand Canyon, Guest Blog, Monuments, WaterDaniela ZavalaAugust 4, 2025New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, grand canyon national park, grand canyon national monument, Grand Canyon, arizona, Grand Canyon WatershedComment

Resolution Copper Is the Future of Domestic Mining: Myths vs. Fact

Resolution Copper Is the Future of Domestic Mining: Myths vs. Fact

Guest Blog, Oak Flat, WaterDaniela ZavalaJuly 22, 2025oak flat, save oak flat, Save Oak Flat, Resolution Copper, Arizona, Water, Water pollution, groundwaterComment

Darien Fernandez: "Our Public Lands Are Essential to Our Traditions, and Way of Life."

Darien Fernandez: "Our Public Lands Are Essential to Our Traditions, and Way of Life."

HCLC, VideoDaniela ZavalaJuly 14, 2025Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, Public Lands, conservation, Conservation, New Mexico, outdoors, Querencia y HerenciaComment

Op-ed: Fixing the Forests Means Funding Them

Op-ed: Fixing the Forests Means Funding Them

HECHO in the NewsDaniela ZavalaJuly 14, 2025Op-Ed, op-ed, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, FOFA, Fix Our Forests Act, Land & Water Management, forest management, Forest Restoration, forest health, forestryComment