A Rocha, Austin Youth River Watch, Latino Outdoors, Texas Conservation Corps, and Pease Park Conservancy are joining forces to celebrate Latino Conservation Week at Pease Park!

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This evening event will feature activities such as:

• Stories on the Go zine-making by Austin Bat Cave

• Arborama! A Tree Game

• Native seed packet making

• Nature-inspired arts and crafts

• Nature-themed movie screening

• Giveaways

This event is FREE and fun for all ages to build community and engage in an outdoor setting. Bring a blanket and pillows to lay on during the screening.

Latino Conservation Week: Floreciendo Juntos is an initiative of Hispanic Access Foundation. Latino Conservation Week was created to support the Latino community getting into the outdoors and participating in activities to protect our natural resources.

Learn About A ROCHA Here
Learn About Austin Youth River Watch Here
Learn About Latino Outdoors Here
Learn About Texas Conservation Corps Here
Learn About Pease Park Conservancy Here

A note about Pease Park Conservancy's events:
For parking and transportation information, please visit https://peasepark.org/parking If you sign up, please make every effort to show up. Our events are free, so all of our community members can attend. But we plan our events to be meaningful for the number of people who register to be there, so please make every effort to attend if you have registered. We understand things come up from time to time, but if you have registered, we look forward to having you there! Thank you!

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A Rocha, Austin Youth River Watch, Latino Outdoors, Texas Conservation Corps y Pease Park Conservancy se unen para celebrar la Semana de la Conservación Latina en Pease Park!

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Este evento noturno contará con actividades como:

• Creación de revistas Stories on the Go por Austin Bat Cave.

• ¡Arborama! Un juego sobre árboles.

• Creación de paquetes de semillas autóctonas.

• Artesanía inspirada en la naturaleza.

• Proyección de películas con temática natural.

• Sorteos.

Este evento es GRATUITO y divertido para todas las edades, con el objetivo de fomentar el espíritu comunitario y disfrutar del aire libre. Traiga una manta y almohadas para recostarse durante la proyección.

Join us on a fun and full of learning day at the Monte Carlo Trials in Nogales.

This space slowly has become a restoration site full of learning opportunities and fun activirties.

We will be learning trail restoration, planting and also riding our bikes

La Cumbre de Líderes Latin@/e 2025 es un evento de un día dedicado al liderazgo, la comunidad y la acción ambiental.?

Esta cumbre es un día para estar en comunidad. Está cumbre está dirigida a líderes del ámbito ecológico, socios que apoyan el crecimiento y el desarrollo de la participación latina, y todos aquellos que deseen establecer conexiones con líderes latinos, latinas y latines de toda la cuenca de la bahía de Chesapeake. Es un espacio para establecer relaciones, compartir ideas y apoyar los esfuerzos mutuos por conectar con la naturaleza y proteger nuestro medio ambiente.

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Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con el Zoológico. Con entretenimiento divertido, proveedores y recursos comunitarios, grupos de danza folclórica latinoamericana y animales del zoológico. El evento pasa lluvia o sol, incluido con la entrada al Zoológico o membresía.

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Celebra la Semana de Conservación y únete a VVMTA, The Cycle Effect y Exploremos para un día de trabajo en los senderos dirigido en español. ¡Ayuda a cuidar los senderos, disfruta del aire fresco y conoce nuevos amigos! Se proporcionará comida y bebida. Todas las edades son bienvenidas. 

Estaremos trabajando en Eagle Bike Park en Eagle, Colorado.

Por favor, usa pantalones largos y zapatos cerrados, y trae un sombrero/cachucha, gafas de sol, protector solar, agua y guantes de trabajo (si los tienes). 

Para más información, envía un correo electrónico a shawna@vvmta.org

¡Nos vemos en el sendero!

Celebrate Latino Conservation Week and join VVMTA, The Cycle Effect  & Exploremos for a day of trail work led in Spanish! Help take care of the trails, enjoy some fresh air and meet some new friends! Food and drink provided. All ages welcome. 

We will be working at the Eagle Bike Park in Eagle. 

Please wear long pants & closed toed shoes, and bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, water & work gloves (if you have them). 

For more information email shawna@vvmta.org

See you on the trail!

Celebrate Latino Conservation Week 2025: Floreciendo Juntos with us on Wednesday, Sept 17, 8:30–11:00 AM at the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP)! We’ll meet at the Snowden House (https://maps.app.goo.gl/4VxzmQ7akbz4cAFN9) and head out to the Collins Loop Trail for a fun morning of trail maintenance.

The BCP is one of the nation’s largest urban preserves, protecting more than 33,000 acres in Central Texas. It provides critical habitat for endangered species and other wildlife that call this unique landscape home. Learn more about the BCP here: https://www.traviscountytx.gov/tnr/nr/bcp.

During this event, we’ll focus on removing overhanging limbs and clearing low vegetation that has encroached on the trail. No experience? No problem! We’ll provide all the tools and teach you everything you need to know. This is a great way to get outside, give back to the land, and join a nationwide movement uplifting Latino voices in conservation.

What to bring/wear:

• Long pants and closed-toed shoes

• Sun protection (hat, sunscreen, sunglasses)

• Plenty of water

• Allergy medications (if needed)

Let’s come together to protect wildlife habitat, build community, and enjoy the beauty of the BCP. We can’t wait to see you out on the trails!

Please register here: https://signup.com/go/cBWHVac

What we are doing: Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are invited to this fun, hands-on restoration event. By pitching in, you will help improve the ecosystem functions and wildlife habitats that surround Lake Tahoe. Healthy streams, meadows and wetlands act as natural pollution filters to Keep Tahoe Blue. Volunteers do not need previous experience to participate in the projects. Join us as we return to this location and finish the important work we started last year!

Parking: Visitor Center Parking Garage (207 Kingsbury Grade, Stateline, NV 89449)

Meeting location: Lam Watah Nature Trail (193 Kahle Dr, Stateline, NV 89449)

Projects will include:

• Invasive weed pull | Easy
  • We will remove invasive bull thistle and mullen to allow native species to grow.
• Seeding | Easy
  • We will be planting native seed.
• Litter removal | Easy
  • We will conduct a cleanup to remove litter from the surrounding area. This cleanup is taking part in the Great Sierra River Cleanup (GSRC) which is a Sierra-wide watershed cleanup event coordinated by the Sierra Nevada Alliance in collaboration with California’s Coastal Cleanup Day.
• Wetland plug planting | Medium
  • We will plant wetland plugs to prevent erosion in erosion-prone areas.
• Soil decompaction & revegetation | Medium
  • We will loosen compacted soil and revegetate with native plants.
• Willow stake & fascine installation | Medium
  • We will cut and plant willow stakes and process willow into brush, create bundles of brush, and then place the bundles in streams to stabilize bare banks.
• Bever dam analog (BDA) installation | Hard
  • We will create BDAs to slow water flow and enhance filtration.
• Decommisioning social trails | Hard
  • We will block social trails to prevent erosion.

Sign up:

• Sign up here. You will receive a confirmation from no-reply@galaxydigital.com.
• If you do not pre-register, you must complete a volunteer waiver onsite during event check-in.
• Volunteers under 18 – must create a volunteer account and provide a guardian’s email to complete the waiver online.
• Volunteers under 13 – must provide a guardian’s email to create a volunteer account and complete the waiver online.

Timeline:

• 9 am – 12 pm – Volunteers will work on their chosen restoration project.
  • Volunteers will choose a project at check-in.
  • Projects will range from easy to more difficult.
• 12 – 1 pm – Lunch for volunteers and partners. Everyone will come back together to celebrate all the hard work completed! The celebration will include:
  • Lunch location: TBD
  • Giveaways

What to bring: Sturdy boots/closed-toed shoes (tall waterproof boots or waders if you have them), long pants that can get dirty, sunglasses, work gloves (if you have them), a full reusable water bottle, and any special snacks you may want.

We provide: Project equipment, gloves and other safety gear, training, drinks, snacks, lunch and giveaways.

Partners: Nevada Tahoe Conservation District and USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Click here to sign up for  Cleanup.

In conjunction with the California Coastal Cleanup Day, the annual Bidwell Park and Chico Creeks Cleanup is an event dedicated to improving the local environment and our community by working together to keep these green spaces and waterways waste-free before the winter rains wash debris downstream.

Registration and check in begins at 8:30am on Sept. 20th at Hooker Oak Park, 1928 Manzanita Ave.

Here is what you can expect at check in at Hooker Oak Park:

• Participants will receive their free unique event t-shirt

• Borrow cleanup materials

• Receive a cleanup location/assignment of their choosing

• Have a safety briefing

• From there, volunteers will head out to their cleanup site. At the site, participants will scour the landscape for all types of trash, from the smallest to largest, most common to most unique.

  • Large bulky items will be retrieved by participants calling the BEC dispatch center for a pick up, where special core volunteers or even the City Public Works department are directed to assist with removal. Participants can collect their items in buckets and bags which can be dropped off at the dumpsters located at Hooker Oak Park.

Volunteer Lunch at Hooker Oak Park, 12-1 pm

• BEC will be serving free pizza and drinks after the cleanup, so make sure you make your way back to Hooker Oak Park to enjoy free food!!

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Join Placer Land Trust for a river cleanup day!

When:  Saturday, September 20 – 9:00 am – 12:30 pm 

Where: Clementine Beach Preserve, Lake Clementine

The Great Sierra River Cleanup Day is back! It’s part of the largest volunteer event in California! GSRC is a Sierra-wide watershed cleanup event coordinated by Sierra Nevada Alliance in collaboration with California’s Coastal Cleanup Day. Last year, 46,201 volunteers removed 398,654 pounds (199 tons) of trash from the Sierra Nevada waterways and across the state’s entire coastline. If you would like to learn more about the impact and history of the event, visit the Sierra Nevada Alliance site here. We are hosting our annual Cleanup Day to support the efforts!

We will spend the morning picking up litter at our Clementine Beach Preserve and at the connected Upper Lake Clementine Beach area. Lunch will be provided at the end of the day! You are welcome to spend time at the public beach along the river after the cleanup, but please note that the river is very fast and cold.

The activities are best suited for adults and youth ages 10 and up. Any minor must be accompanied by a supervising adult. There are limited spaces available, so if you’re interested, please sign up! More details, directions to the Preserve, and a list of what to bring will be emailed after registration. Check your spam folder if you do not receive the email within 15 minutes of registering.

Participants must sign a release of liability available here. Please complete the online waiver by noon the Friday before the event. One form per adult. Parent signature is required for children under 18.  

Thank you to the Auburn State Recreation Area for their help in coordinating this event!

If you have any questions please contact Elia Rivas by email or by phone at 530-887-9222 ext. 110.
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