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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 FlatDaniela 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

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

HECHO’s 2025 Policy Priorities: Protecting the Land, Water, and Traditions We Cherish and Rely On

HECHO’s 2025 Policy Priorities: Protecting the Land, Water, and Traditions We Cherish and Rely On

Grand Canyon, Guest Blog, HCLC, Monuments, Oak Flat, Oil & Gas, WaterDaniela ZavalaJune 18, 2025Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council (HCLC), hclc, Public Lands, permanent protections, NAtional monuments, New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, oak flatComment

Oak Flat Is on the Clock: 60 Days from Being Lost

Oak Flat Is on the Clock: 60 Days from Being Lost

Guest Blog, WaterDaniela ZavalaJune 16, 2025oak flat, Save oak flat Act, mining act, Resolution Copper, arizona, Water Comment

How Wildfires Impact Watersheds

How Wildfires Impact Watersheds

Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaMay 27, 2025Wildlife, watershedComment

Carletta Tilousi Havasupai Leader: “Public Lands Are Very Important to Everyone”

Carletta Tilousi Havasupai Leader: “Public Lands Are Very Important to Everyone”

Grand Canyon, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaMay 19, 2025BNIK national monument, Public Lands, ArizonaComment

Apache Stronghold Returned to Federal Court in Phoenix To Stop the Transfer of Oak Flat

Apache Stronghold Returned to Federal Court in Phoenix To Stop the Transfer of Oak Flat

Oak Flat, Video, WaterDaniela ZavalaMay 9, 2025Save oak flat Act, save oak flat, Arizona, San Carlos Apache, arizonaComment

When Federal Cuts Hit Home: Impacts on Public Lands and Health Services in Coconino County

When Federal Cuts Hit Home: Impacts on Public Lands and Health Services in Coconino County

Photo by Daniela Zavala for HECHO

Grand Canyon, Guest Blog, HCLC, Monuments, WaterDaniela ZavalaMay 1, 2025New Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni–Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, Grand Canyon Protection Act, grand canyon national park, coconino county, staff cuts and budget freeze public lands, arizona Comment

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