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Interning at a National Wildlife Refuge Complex
What’s better than working at one National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)? The answer is working at multiple refuges at the same time!!! Since last summer, I have interning at the newly named Lenape National Wildlife Refuge Complex. A refuge complex can be described as a network of refuges that are managed by a Project Leader or Refuge Manager, and all share the same resources and equipment. The refuge complex where I intern consists of four National Wildlife Refuges that are located in 3 states; they include Great Swamp NWR and Wallkill River NWR in New Jersey, Cherry Valley NWR in Pennsylvania and Shawangunk Grasslands NWR in New York.
HAF Statement on BLM's Rollback of Methane Waste Rule
WASHINGTON - Maite Arce, President and CEO of the Hispanic Access Foundation, released the following statement in response to the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management announcement that it will roll back the 2016 Methane and Waste Prevention Rule. The rule was originally implemented to curb natural gas waste by requiring existing oil and gas operations on public lands to use the most up-to-date technology to capture wasted natural gas that is either released into the atmosphere or burnt off and repair leaks from equipment.
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Latino Conservation Week Celebrates Contributions to Stewardship
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Latinos are expected to make up nearly a third of the U.S. population by 2050, according to Census projections. So conservation groups want to ensure that Latinos stay engaged in environmental stewardship.
HAF Names New Director of Conservation Programs
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Hispanic Access Foundation announced that Chela Garcia Irlando has been selected as its Director of Conservation Programs and will oversee the organization's national conservation program. The program will continue to build upon HAF's seven-year history of Latino stakeholder engagement in protecting natural resources, accessing the outdoors and building a Latino environment narrative.
COLORADO POLITICS: ‘Methane Rule’ for Oil and Gas is a Safeguard for Coloradans’ Health
The Bureau of Land Management’s Methane Waste and Prevention Rule is the epitome of common sense. It requires oil and gas companies that maintain operations on tribal and federal public lands – land that is technically owned by the nation’s taxpayers – to use modern and cost-effective technologies to cut waste. This includes stopping leaks and ending the practice of burning off – commonly referred to as “flaring” – the natural gas.
ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES: Proposal to Gut Methane Rule Harmful to Arizona, Latino Communities
The oil and gas industry doesn’t have nearly the same footprint within Arizona as it does elsewhere, but the Grand Canyon State is definitely dealing with the impact from its larger- producing neighbors.
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL: Health Hazards of Methane Necessitate Rule
I would like to issue our elected officials a challenge — let’s stop treating the health of Americans and the quality of our natural environment as partisan challenges and instead embrace them as moral obligations.
Los Angeles Latino Faith Leaders Unite over California's Drinking Water Crisis
Submit joint letter regarding the more than one million Californians exposed to contaminated water everyday
LOS ANGELES - Today, 35 Latino faith leaders from Los Angeles County submitted a joint letter to Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Adkins outlining their support for the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund to help solve California's drinking water crisis. Drinking water for nearly one million Californians, many of which are minority or low-income, comes from public water systems that are failing to meet federal standards. Consuming contaminated water can cause a variety of both short and long-term health effects -birth defects, diabetes, heart disease and cancer - with children and the elderly typically at greatest risk.
El Machu Picchu del Sur Oeste
I have always been fascinated by the natural and cultural history of the southwest, specifically those in the four corners region (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico). My curiosity sparked when I began to learn more about the establishment of California in middle school through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Though I mostly learned about California (since I am from there), I was ambitious to learn and explore more about the other territories that were also involved in the treaty, such as Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Thanks to the Hispanic Access Foundation, I am currently pursuing my interests in the Southwest with the US Forest Service, specifically at Chimney Rock National Monument at the San Juan National Forest in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
EL SEMANARIO: Latino Organizations Unite on Methane and Waste Prevention Rule
Sixteen Latino organizations working in the western United States jointly sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management on April 23rd, opposing any revisions to the BLM’s Methane and Waste Prevention Rule, which curbs natural gas waste by requiring existing oil and gas operations on public lands to use the most up-to-date technology to capture wasted natural gas and repair leaks from equipment.
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