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Op-ed: State’s Public Lands Must Not Be a Casualty of Housing Solutions

Op-ed: State’s Public Lands Must Not Be a Casualty of Housing Solutions

Monuments, HECHO in the NewsDaniela ZavalaMarch 24, 2025op-ed, nevada, Avi Kwa Ame, avi kwa ame national monument, Public Lands, conservationComment

Op-ed: Grand Canyon Monument Embodies How Antiquities Act Should Be Used

Op-ed: Grand Canyon Monument Embodies How Antiquities Act Should Be Used

HCLC, HECHO in the News, MonumentsDaniela ZavalaMarch 24, 2025New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, grand canyon national monument, BNIK national monument, Arizona, public lands, ConservationComment

HECHO Statement on the Passing of Congressman Raúl Grijalva

HECHO Statement on the Passing of Congressman Raúl Grijalva

Press Releases/StatementsCamilla SimonMarch 13, 2025Comment

Op-ed: Wildfires Are a Serious Threat to Our Communities; Investing in Active Forest Management Is Critical.

Op-ed: Wildfires Are a Serious Threat to Our Communities; Investing in Active Forest Management Is Critical.

HECHO in the NewsDaniela ZavalaMarch 3, 2025oped, Forest Restoration, forest management, U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Fix Our Forests ActComment

Two Years of Protection: Celebrating Avi Kwa Ame National Monument’s Second Anniversary

Two Years of Protection: Celebrating Avi Kwa Ame National Monument’s Second Anniversary

Guest Blog, MonumentsDaniela ZavalaMarch 3, 2025Avi Kwa Ame, avi kwa ame national monument, NAtional monuments, Antiquities Act, Ley de antiguedades, nevadaComment

Championing Education, Conservation, and Outdoor Access in Arizona

Championing Education, Conservation, and Outdoor Access in Arizona

HCLC, Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaMarch 3, 2025Arizona, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, conservation, latino outdoors, #Latinos4Conservation, Women History Month, Latinas in ConservationComment

Championing Conservation: Representative Mariana Sandoval's Call to Action for Latinos

Championing Conservation: Representative Mariana Sandoval's Call to Action for Latinos

HCLC, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaMarch 3, 2025AZ Rep Mariana Sandoval, Arizona, conservation, Latinos in Conservation, #Latinos4Conservation, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclcComment

What Public Lands Mean to Me, and Why I Deeply Care About Protecting Desert National Wildlife Refuge for Generations To Come

What Public Lands Mean to Me, and Why I Deeply Care About Protecting Desert National Wildlife Refuge for Generations To Come

Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaMarch 3, 2025Nevada, National Refuges, Deser National Wildlife RefugeComment

The Importance of Healthy Forests and Forest Management

The Importance of Healthy Forests and Forest Management

Video, HCLCDaniela ZavalaFebruary 24, 2025Forest Restoration, forest management, U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Fix Our Forests ActComment

It’s Time for Our Community, Especially the Youth, To Reconnect to the Outdoors.

It’s Time for Our Community, Especially the Youth, To Reconnect to the Outdoors.

Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaFebruary 24, 2025guest blog, outdoors equity, outdoorsComment

Empowering Latinos: Embrace Nature and Explore Careers in Conservation

Empowering Latinos: Embrace Nature and Explore Careers in Conservation

Guest Blog, VideoDaniela ZavalaFebruary 24, 2025conservation, Latinos in Conservation, #Latinos4Conservation, AZ Game and Fish, arizonaComment

2025 Conservation in the West Poll Shows Strong Support for Protecting Public Lands, Waters, and Natural Resources

2025 Conservation in the West Poll Shows Strong Support for Protecting Public Lands, Waters, and Natural Resources

Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaFebruary 19, 2025statement, Conservation in the West Poll 2025, conservation, public landsComment

Protecting Our Public Lands, Resources, and American Interests From Foreign Mining Companies

Protecting Our Public Lands, Resources, and American Interests From Foreign Mining Companies

Oak Flat, Water, VideoDaniela ZavalaFebruary 12, 2025Save oak flat Act, oak flat, arizona, water, indigenous peoples, San Carlos Apache, mining, Copper mining, Resolution CopperComment

The Forest Can Thrive and Protect Our Communities if We Care for It and Allow It To

The Forest Can Thrive and Protect Our Communities if We Care for It and Allow It To

HCLC, Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaFebruary 7, 2025forestry, U.S. Forest Service (USFS), forest management, Forest Restoration, Wildfire, wildfire, fires, arizonaComment

Understanding Acequias: Cultural Significance to Hispanos in the American Southwest

Understanding Acequias: Cultural Significance to Hispanos in the American Southwest

Video, Water, HCLCDaniela ZavalaFebruary 7, 2025New Mexico, Acequias, Querencia y Herencia, Water, watershedComment

Debunking Myths About Hunting

Debunking Myths About Hunting

VideoDaniela ZavalaFebruary 3, 2025hunting, hunter, hunters, Outdoor RecreationComment

How American Copper Could Be Shipped to China if Resolution Copper Took Control of Lands in Arizona

How American Copper Could Be Shipped to China if Resolution Copper Took Control of Lands in Arizona

Photo from NWF by Thomas Amaya

Video, Water, Oak FlatDaniela ZavalaFebruary 3, 2025oak flat, Save oak flat Act, Water, water pollution, water conservation, Copper mining, Resolution CopperComment

Declaración de HECHO sobre la confirmación de Doug Burgum como Secretario del Interior

Declaración de HECHO sobre la confirmación de Doug Burgum como Secretario del Interior

Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaJanuary 30, 2025comunicado, Statement, Public Lands, DOIComment

HECHO’s Statement on the Confirmation of Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior

HECHO’s Statement on the Confirmation of Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior  

Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaJanuary 30, 2025statement, Department of Interior (DOI), Public Lands, conservaComment

The Passage of the Bipartisan “Fix Our Forests Act” in the House Represents Progress in Addressing Wildfire Risks, and HECHO Urges the Senate to Vote in Favor.

The Passage of the Bipartisan “Fix Our Forests Act” in the House Represents Progress in Addressing Wildfire Risks, and HECHO Urges the Senate to Vote in Favor.

Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaJanuary 24, 2025blog, Forest Restoration, U.S. Forest Service (USFS), forestryComment