For 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has enhanced our country and our culture through projects that have improved our communities and created beautiful places where our citizens can thrive.  It has protected our country's most precious natural resources, like the Great Sand Dunes National Park, the tallest sand dunes in North America and Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge that provides critical outdoor and educational opportunities to Latino communities in Bernalillo and Valencia Counties in New Mexico.  LWCF funding benefited nearly every county in America and stood the test of time in terms of being both popular and bipartisan.  

Its namesake is our state. The Colorado River starts near Rocky Mountain National Park, before flowing down from the mountains and into several other states. It also winds its way through the Hispanic roots of the American Southwest.

Up close the waters of the Colorado, the red-colored river, have no color. From afar, the river’s tones are many… Nor does it understand the nature of ethnicities and nationalities. All these human concepts are left behind when, as we go upstream on the Colorado, we arrive and find ourselves facing the vast panorama of the Grand Canyon. However, there is a population group in the United States, the Hispanics, who have claimed ownership of the cause for protecting this river. Are we really able to talk about this community’s special bond with the Colorado’s water? Is it true, as the surveys indicate, that Hispanics are showing greater concern for environmental issues?

Conspiracy theories abound about the end of the world possibly being near. Although they seem far-fetched to many, our planet does seem to have serious issues. Not only is global warming a potential threat to our survival, but pollution and rainforest destruction also are major ecological concerns.

This past Saturday, November 21, pastors from the Por la Creación Faith-based Alliance, which develops stewards of God’s creation by educating and engaging this generation to leave a legacy for the future, took 32 family members and congregants on a trip to Amboy Crater.  Amboy Crater is just south of historic Route 66 near the desert community of Amboy and lies within the proposed Mojave Trails National Monument.

A large group of California religious leaders released a letter to President Obama on Tuesday, asking him to use his powers under the Antiquities Act to create three new national monuments in the southern California desert.

Latinos, the nation’s fastest growing demographic, have a resource as they look to build long-term financial success for themselves and their families. The Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF), in partnership with H&R Block – the world’s largest consumer tax services provider – is educating and assisting thousands of Spanish-speaking taxpayers across the country.