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Hclc Henry Muñoz: “ This Mine Is Not for Us. It’s for Profit, and That Profit Is Going to China”

Hclc Henry Muñoz: “ This Mine Is Not for Us. It’s for Profit, and That Profit Is Going to China”

Video, Water, HCLC, Oak FlatDaniela ZavalaApril 18, 2025Video, Save oak flat Act, save oak flat, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, Water, mining, Resolution CopperComment

HECHO Condemns Transfer of Public Lands to a Foreign Company to Advance a Mining Project that Threatens a Sacred Site and Arizona’s Water Supply

HECHO Condemns Transfer of Public Lands to a Foreign Company to Advance a Mining Project that Threatens a Sacred Site and Arizona’s Water Supply

Oak Flat, Press Releases/Statements, WaterDaniela ZavalaApril 18, 2025Press Release, oak flat, Save oak flat Act, arizona, Water, hclcComment

New Mexico Takes Critical Step to Restore Water Protections After Supreme Court Setback

New Mexico Takes Critical Step to Restore Water Protections After Supreme Court Setback

Photo taken by Daniela Zavala in New Mexico

WaterDaniela ZavalaApril 14, 2025Clean Water Act, Clean water for all, protect waters, New Mexico, new mexico legislatureComment

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

Acequias: More Than a Traditional Irrigation System; It Embodies a Way of Life Deeply Rooted in My Culture and Family

Acequias: More Than a Traditional Irrigation System; It Embodies a Way of Life Deeply Rooted in My Culture and Family

HCLC, WaterDaniela ZavalaApril 7, 2025Acequias, Acequia, Water, water conservation, water scarcityComment

Ralph Vigil Explains the Origins of Acequia

Ralph Vigil Explains the Origins of Acequia

Video, Water, HCLCDaniela ZavalaApril 7, 2025Acequias, Acequia, New Mexico, Water, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC)Comment

Retired Miner Warns: Resolution Copper’s Mine at Oak Flat Would Be a “Large Toxic Toilet”

Retired Miner Warns: Resolution Copper’s Mine at Oak Flat Would Be a “Large Toxic Toilet”

Video, Oak Flat, HCLC, WaterDaniela ZavalaMarch 31, 2025Save oak flat Act, Save Oak Flat, Oak Flat, Arizona, mining, block cave mining, Resolution CopperComment

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

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

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

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

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

Jerry Cordova: “The One Water Concept Affects Everything”

Jerry Cordova: “The One Water Concept Affects Everything”

HCLC, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaJanuary 2, 2025Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), HCLC, Water, water conservation, water crisis, water pollutionComment

What One Water Is and Why Is So Important To Understand It

What One Water Is and Why Is So Important To Understand It

Water, HCLC, Guest Blog, CO RiverDaniela ZavalaJanuary 2, 2025Water, watershed, water conservationComment

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

Navigating the Future of the Colorado River & Collective Strategies for Water Sustainability

Navigating the Future of the Colorado River & Collective Strategies for Water Sustainability

CO River, HCLC, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaDecember 9, 2024Colorado river, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), HCLC, waterComment

HECHO 2024 Year-End Recap

HECHO 2024 Year-End Recap

Video, Water, Oil & Gas, Monuments, HCLCDaniela ZavalaDecember 4, 2024conservation, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, Public Lands, waters, advocacy, Great bend of the gila, Pecos River, oil and gas, public lands ruleComment

Este mes de la Herencia Nativa Americana, apoya a la Tribu San Carlos Apache y sus esfuerzos para proteger Oak Flat

Este mes de la Herencia Nativa Americana, apoya a la Tribu San Carlos Apache y sus esfuerzos para proteger Oak Flat

Guest Blog, Oak Flat, WaterDaniela ZavalaNovember 18, 2024Native American Heritage Month, mes de la herencia nativa americana, San Carlos Apache, Save oak flat Act, oak flat, Copper miningComment

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Has Officially Endorsed the Pecos Watershed Protection Act

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Has Officially Endorsed the Pecos Watershed Protection Act

HCLC, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaNovember 6, 2024Pecos River, Upper Rio Grande, Rio Grande, New Mexico, new mexico wild, Acequias, watershed, WaterComment

Julian Gonzalez: A Fulfilling Career in Conservation and Environmental Justice

Julian Gonzalez: A Fulfilling Career in Conservation and Environmental Justice

Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaNovember 4, 2024Conservation, conservation careers, Environmental Justice (EJ), Hispanic Heritage MonthComment