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Acequias: Community Water Management and Shared Stewardship

Acequias: Community Water Management and Shared Stewardship

Video, Water, HCLC, URGDaniela ZavalaFebruary 2, 2026Acequia, Acequias, New Mexico, Colorado, San Luis Valley Colorado, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclcComment

Acequias: The Lifeblood of Our Communities

Acequias: The Lifeblood of Our Communities

Water, URG, HCLC, Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaJanuary 28, 2026Acequias, Acequia Culture, Acequia, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, Colorado, New MexicoComment

Santa Fe County Commissioner Camilla Bustamante on the Rio Grande and New Mexico’s Water Crisis

Santa Fe County Commissioner Camilla Bustamante on the Rio Grande and New Mexico’s Water Crisis

HCLC, URG, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaJanuary 12, 2026Video, Rio Grande, New Mexico, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclcComment

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

HECHO Urges Permanent Protection for the Pecos River Watershed

HECHO Urges Permanent Protection for the Pecos River Watershed

URG, Press Releases/Statements, WaterDaniela ZavalaApril 9, 2025statement, Pecos River, Upper Rio GrandeComment

Closing Out 2024 With Successful Conservation Efforts and Kicking off 2025 With Expanded Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation for All

Closing Out 2024 With Successful Conservation Efforts and Kicking off 2025 With Expanded Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation for All

Photo: Daniela Zavala (White Pocket, AZ)

URG, Water, Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaJanuary 13, 2025Pecos River, Upper Rio Grande, conservation, water, Bipartisan EXPLORE Act, outdoors, Outdoor Recreation Comment

HECHO Supports the Proposed 20-Year Administrative Mineral Withdrawal of the Upper Pecos Watershed

HECHO Supports the Proposed 20-Year Administrative Mineral Withdrawal of the Upper Pecos Watershed

URG, Water, Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaDecember 13, 2024Pecos River, Upper Rio Grande, new mexico, water, miningComment

Ralph Vigil: “Hispanics Must Reconnect to Mother Earth and Get Involved in Conservation”

Ralph Vigil: “Hispanics Must Reconnect to Mother Earth and Get Involved in Conservation”

HCLC, URG, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaNovember 4, 2024Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), HCLC, Hispanic Leaders, conservation, public lands, watersComment

Understanding the Public Lands Rule

Understanding the Public Lands Rule

HCLC, Learn, URG, Water, Monuments, Oil & GasDaniela ZavalaOctober 10, 2024Public Lands, public lands rule, conservationComment

We Must Reestablish Our Connection to Mother Earth and Take Good Care of Her

We Must Reestablish Our Connection to Mother Earth and Take Good Care of Her

HCLC, Guest Blog, URG, WaterDaniela ZavalaOctober 7, 2024New Mexico, Acequias, Querencia y Herencia, Hispanic Leaders, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclcComment

During Hispanic Heritage Month, Let’s Celebrate Hispanic Leadership’s Achievements and Contributions in Conservation and Their United Efforts To Create a Better Future Together

During Hispanic Heritage Month, Let’s Celebrate Hispanic Leadership’s Achievements and Contributions in Conservation and Their United Efforts To Create a Better Future Together

Cómo una decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia afecta el agua limpia para todos

Cómo una decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia afecta el agua limpia para todos

Photo by HCLC member Ralph Vigil

Water, URGDaniela ZavalaAugust 23, 2024Clean water for all, clean water for all, water pollution, waterComment

Op-Ed: It’s Time To Protect the Great Bend of the Gila Permanently

Op-Ed: It’s Time To Protect the Great Bend of the Gila Permanently

Great Bend of the Gila, Monuments, URG, HECHO in the News, HCLCDaniela ZavalaAugust 21, 2024Arizona, Great bend of the gila, permanent protections, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclcComment

Pecos Is Special in So Many Ways That It Is Worth Protecting Forever

Pecos Is Special in So Many Ways That It Is Worth Protecting Forever

Guest Blog, HCLC, Water, URGDaniela ZavalaAugust 19, 2024Pecos River, New Mexico, new mexico wild, hclc, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC)Comment

Al cumplirse el primer aniversario del Monumento Nacional Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Huellas Ancestrales del Gran Cañón, la minería de uranio sigue siendo una amenaza potencial.

Al cumplirse el primer aniversario del Monumento Nacional Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Huellas Ancestrales del Gran Cañón, la minería de uranio sigue siendo una amenaza potencial.

HCLC, Monuments, URG, Video, Water, Guest Blog, En Español, Grand CanyonDaniela ZavalaAugust 5, 2024Grand Canyon Protection Act, grand canyon national park, Grand Canyon, grand canyon national monument, arizona, Uranium MiningComment

Ralph Vigil: “Restoring Water Protections Is Greatly Important”

Ralph Vigil: “Restoring Water Protections Is Greatly Important”

URG, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaAugust 2, 2024new mexico, Clean water for all, Clean Water Act, Water, watershedComment

HECHO Statement: It’s Time to Permanently Protect the Great Bend of the Gila by Designating It as a National Monument

HECHO Statement: It’s Time to Permanently Protect the Great Bend of the Gila by Designating It as a National Monument

Great Bend of the Gila, Monuments, Press Releases/Statements, URGDaniela ZavalaAugust 2, 2024great bend of the gila, NAtional monuments, arizona Comment

The Benefits of Trees

The Benefits of Trees

Photo taken by Daniela Zavala

Video, URG, HCLCDaniela ZavalaJune 20, 2024benefits of trees, Climate Change, Climate Solutions in Action, artizona, Arizona, HEat waveComment

HECHO Applauds Colorado for Taking a Critical Step To Restore Protection for the State’s Wetlands and Streams

HECHO Applauds Colorado for Taking a Critical Step To Restore Protection for the State’s Wetlands and Streams

Press Releases/Statements, Water, URGDaniela ZavalaMay 30, 2024Statement, water, colorado, Clean Water Act, clean water for all, ColoradoComment

Jon Naranjo: What Water and Caja Means to the Santa Clara Pueblo

Jon Naranjo: What Water and Caja Means to the Santa Clara Pueblo

Screenshot of documentary “Nuestra Agua, nuestro futuro” shot by Gregg Flores for HECHO.

Video, URG, Water, Caja del RioDaniela ZavalaMay 13, 2024Water, Caja del Rio, acequias, pueblos, indigenous peoplesComment