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Crestina Martinez: "Water is life in the San Luis Valley in CO and across the entire Southwest."

Crestina Martinez: "Water is life in the San Luis Valley in CO and across the entire Southwest."

CO River, HCLC, VideoDaniela ZavalaNovember 18, 2025Water, colorado river, water resiliency, watershed, Colorado river, Colorado, hclc, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC)Comment

Wild and Confident: The Transformative Power of Hunting and Fishing for Women

Wild and Confident: The Transformative Power of Hunting and Fishing for Women

Outdoor Recreation, Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaNovember 17, 2025Hunting, outdoors, Enjoying the Outdoors, Outdoor Recreation, Artemis Sportswomen, Women huntersComment

Amplifying Indigenous Voices: Working With and For Native Communities

Guest Blog, HCLCDaniela ZavalaOctober 28, 2025Native American Heritage Month, Native americans, Colorado, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), HCLC, Stacie Gilmore, guest blogComment

Jerry Cordova: “There Is a Clear Connection Between Getting Outdoors and Conservation”

Jerry Cordova: “There Is a Clear Connection Between Getting Outdoors and Conservation”

VideoDaniela ZavalaOctober 27, 2025outdoors, Outdoor Recreation, latino outdoors, Latinos in Conservation, Jerry CordovaComment

Getting More Latinos Into the Outdoors Will Increase their Presence in Conservation and Improve our Community's Health

Getting More Latinos Into the Outdoors Will Increase their Presence in Conservation and Improve our Community's Health

Guest Blog, HCLCDaniela ZavalaOctober 27, 2025guest blog, Conservation and Latinos, latino outdoors, Latino Conservation Week, Outdoor RecreationComment

Op-ed: From Fondomonte to Chinese-backed mining company: Arizona at risk of another natural resource giveaway

Op-ed: From Fondomonte to Chinese-backed mining company: Arizona at risk of another natural resource giveaway

HECHO in the News, Oak FlatDaniela ZavalaOctober 27, 2025Op-Ed, arizona, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), Oak FlatComment

Nick Saenz: Securing the Future. The Resilience of the Colorado River

Nick Saenz: Securing the Future. The Resilience of the Colorado River

HCLC, CO River, VideoDaniela ZavalaOctober 21, 2025colorado river, colorado river resiliency, Colorado, San Luis Valley Colorado, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC)Comment

HECHO 2025 Fall Advocacy Trip Recap

HECHO 2025 Fall Advocacy Trip Recap

Video, HCLCDaniela ZavalaOctober 19, 20252025 HECHO Fall Advocacy Trip, advocacy trip, Conservacion, Public lands, hispanic leadership, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclcComment

Kenneth Salazar: His Journey in Water Conservation and Water Distribution

Kenneth Salazar: His Journey in Water Conservation and Water Distribution

Video, Water, HCLCDaniela ZavalaOctober 6, 2025Kenneth Salazar, Agua, Acequia Culture, New MexicoComment

The Tradition of Stewardship: One Man’s Lifelong Love for the Land, Water, and Future Generations

The Tradition of Stewardship: One Man’s Lifelong Love for the Land, Water, and Future Generations

Guest Blog, HCLC, WaterDaniela ZavalaOctober 6, 2025Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), HCLC, New Mexico, Water, AcequiasComment

Q&A With Supervisor Jeronimo Vasquez: Budget & Staff Cuts’ Impact on National Parks

Q&A With Supervisor Jeronimo Vasquez: Budget & Staff Cuts’ Impact on National Parks

Grand Canyon, HCLC, Monuments, VideoDaniela ZavalaOctober 2, 2025grand canyon national park, grand canyon national monument, Grand Canyon, Jeronimo Vasquez, Public lands, staff cuts and budget freeze public landsComment

Camping Must-Haves

Camping Must-Haves

VideoDaniela ZavalaSeptember 29, 2025outdoors, Camping, Camping tipsComment

Supervisor del Condado Coconino Jeronimo Vasquez en Univision Arizona

Supervisor del Condado Coconino Jeronimo Vasquez en Univision Arizona

Video, HECHO in the News, HCLC, En EspañolDaniela ZavalaSeptember 29, 2025Entrevista, Dragon Bravo Fire, Jeronimo Vasquez, Supervisor del Condado CoconinoComment

Celebrating Culture, Conservation, and the Outdoors

Celebrating Culture, Conservation, and the Outdoors

Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaSeptember 29, 2025Guest blog, Hispanic leaders, Hispanic Heritage Month, Virginia Hispanic leaders, Maribel Castañeda, Advisory Board, HECHO Advisory BoardComment

Uniting the West: A Public Lands Dialogue

Uniting the West: A Public Lands Dialogue

VideoDaniela ZavalaSeptember 25, 2025Uniting the West: A Public Lands Dialogue, bipartisan Public Lands Caucus, conserva, Public landsComment

Nick Saenz: Connections Between the History of the Western Lands, Local Communities, & Traditions

Nick Saenz: Connections Between the History of the Western Lands, Local Communities, & Traditions

Video, HCLCDaniela ZavalaSeptember 22, 2025video, Public lands, History of the southwestComment

Charles Nick Saenz: Finding Peace in the Wilderness

Charles Nick Saenz: Finding Peace in the Wilderness

Video, HCLCDaniela ZavalaSeptember 22, 2025Video, Outdoors, Outdoor RecreationComment

HECHO Urges Congress to Protect and Uphold the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument Designation

HECHO Urges Congress to Protect and Uphold the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument Designation

Grand Canyon, Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaSeptember 18, 2025statement, New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, BNIKComment

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