08 August 2022
Finding Community Through My Job
Hello, my name is Valery Serrano-Lopez. I am working for the Forest Service in the San Juan Forest, specifically the Columbine District. I graduated in December of 2021, and post-graduation I was unsure of my…
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06 August 2022
Summer in Albuquerque
These past few months have been a real crash course in what summer is like in the Southwest. As a Northeast girl born and raised; it has been a big adjustment. However, it’s not just…
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05 August 2022
Celebrating Latino Conservation Week - Naturaleza y Comunidad
Hello blog readers! Outside of my work as a projects and communications fellow for the Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers Program (based out of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Springfield, MA), about a…
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05 August 2022
THE REVELATOR: Latinos Face Challenges Accessing the Outdoors — and Climate Change Is Adding to Those Barriers
Since the start of the pandemic, more members of the public than ever have visited and recreated on our public lands, coasts and waterways. But for Latinos and many other communities of color, barriers to…
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05 August 2022
THE MALIBU TIMES: Latino Conservation Week Kicks Off at Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center
The Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center welcomed members of the Latinx community to its Las Montañas event on July 16. The event hosted by the National Park Service kicked off Latino Conservation Week in the…
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04 August 2022
Invasive Plant Management in the Pike National Forest
Hello, my name is Nick Race and I am the new invasive plant coordinator resource assistant for the Pike National Forest located in Colorado. Essentially my job is to go out and inventory, treat, and…
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