News & Blogs


05 February 2025

Leave No Trace for a Better Place

In my current internship for the Forest Service, I serve as the Sub-Reginal Volunteer Coordinator for the Cleveland National Forest, the southernmost forest in California and only 5 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. I assist…
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26 January 2025

Backpacking

When I saw an opportunity to work in the Inyo National Forest, I was super excited to move to a small town with access to the outdoors. I was stoked to be around people who…
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26 January 2025

Networking and Development

Having finished a little over 3 months as a Recreation Technician through Hispanic Access Foundation’s MANO Project, I reminisce on the mission of the program and how it aims to provide people of color with…
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21 January 2025

Hispanic Access Statement President Trump and Vice President Vance Inauguration

Today, as our nation enters a new chapter with the swearing-in of President Donald Trump and Vice President James David Vance, Hispanic Access Foundation President and CEO Maite Arce issued the following statement: “Today represents…
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17 January 2025

Hispanic Access’ Statement on ‘Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act’ Introduction

Washington, D.C.-- Representatives Celeste Maloy and Mark Amodei introduced a bill to repeal the president’s authority to designate national monuments granted by the Antiquities Act and transfer it solely to Congress, endangering the national parks…
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07 January 2025

Hispanic Access’ Statement on the Designation of Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla National Monument

President Joe Biden’s designation of Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California and Sáttitla National Monument in Northern California mark significant milestones in the protection of our nation’s cultural, ecological, and recreational heritage. In response, Maite…
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