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My Top 3 Places to Go Fly Fishing in New Mexico

My Top 3 Places to Go Fly Fishing in New Mexico

Guest BlogDaniela ZavalaApril 14, 2025Fly fishing, anglers, fishing, outdoors, Outdoor Recreation, Enjoying the OutdoorsComment

HECHO Commends Bipartisan Efforts on the Fix Our Forests Act for Wildfire Prevention and Forest Management

HECHO Commends Bipartisan Efforts on the Fix Our Forests Act for Wildfire Prevention and Forest Management

Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaApril 11, 2025Fix Our Forests Act, forest management, forestry, forest healthComment

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

HECHO Opposes Proposal to Sell Federal Public Lands for Budget Reconciliation

HECHO Opposes Proposal to Sell Federal Public Lands for Budget Reconciliation

Press Releases/StatementsDaniela ZavalaApril 8, 2025Statement, Public Lands, conservationComment

What Causes Wildfires, and How Does Global Warming Affect Them?

What Causes Wildfires, and How Does Global Warming Affect Them?

HCLC, VideoDaniela ZavalaApril 7, 2025Forest Restoration, forestry, global warming, climate crisis, climate changeComment

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

Hundreds Rally in Arizona to Protect Public Lands

Hundreds Rally in Arizona to Protect Public Lands

VideoDaniela ZavalaMarch 27, 2025arizona, Arizona Wildlife Federation, conservation, Public Lands, NAtional monuments, hunters, anglersComment

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