Come join us and take a guided hike on our Scotler Cove Trail near the Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Schlagle Library. The hike will be led in Spanish and English and will be about a 30-45 minute walk outside. 

At Wilderness Workshop and Defiende Nuestra Tierra, we’re thrilled to invite you to celebrate Latino Conservation Week together this coming September.

This week is a national initiative that offers outdoor events for Latino families and youth, engages communities in conservation efforts, and elevates Latino voices and perspectives.

WE HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE OF OUTDOOR CELEBRATIONS!

Join us for events designed to enjoy the outdoors in a safe, family-friendly environment filled with good energy.

Can’t join us for the in-person events? No worries! Scroll to the end of this email to see how you can explore at your own pace.

Colorado River Rafting Trip, September 13, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

As part of Latino Conservation Week, we’ll be offering two rafting adventure options through Glenwood Canyon on September 13: a calm float, perfect for those who want to enjoy the river and scenery at a relaxed pace, or a more adventurous experience with rapids and a little more excitement. Pick your adventure!

Spanish interpretation will be available, and we’ll have a meal together in Glenwood Springs after the trip. Spots are limited — register soon!

Note: The minimum age for this activity is 6 years old.

Fishing on Public Lands, September 17–18, 5:00–6:30 PM

In partnership with Garfield County Libraries, join us for a two-part fishing experience designed especially for those who want to learn about the sport and enjoy it in community. On the first day, we’ll learn where, when, and how to fish—from the basics to tips that will help you feel more prepared on the water. On the second day, we’ll put what we’ve learned into practice during a community fishing day at Lions Pond in Rifle, with guidance from instructors and all the equipment you’ll need. No prior experience or personal equipment is necessary. Bring the family if you’d like!

Spanish interpretation will be available, and after our fishing day in Rifle, we’ll share a meal together as a community.

Stewardship Day at Linwood Cemetery /Doc Holiday's Trail 

For the fourth year in a row, RFOV, Defiende Nuestra Tierra, and the City of Glenwood Springs are coming together to celebrate Latino Conservation Week with a fully bilingual conservation day at Linwood Cemetery (Doc Holliday’s Trail).

Join us as we care for this historic site while working together to improve trails, restore the landscape with native seeds and pine straw, remove invasive species, and improve the sustainability of the area. It’s an opportunity to learn, give back, and enjoy our public lands together as a community!

Spanish interpretation will be available, and we’ll share a meal together in Glenwood Springs afterward.

For more details, please visit: https://wildernessworkshop.org/lcw/

Join us for a fun, family-friendly celebration of Latino Conservation Week! Together with Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Latino Outdoors, Wilderness Youth Project, and Los Padres Forest Watch, we'll explore the amazing plants, animals, and insects that call our local environment home. This free bilingual and bicultural event is open to all ages and is a great opportunity to connect with nature, learn something new, and spend time with your community. Registration is required as there is a 50-person limit for this event. 

The event takes place at Elings Park in Santa Barbara, where you'll receive a brief lesson on local biodiversity efforts, a nature zine created by the Botanic Garden, and meet 4 local organizations doing conservation work in the region. We'll also take a short, easy walk (about 15 minutes) to a nearby native plant restoration site, where you'll see how restoring local habitats helps birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife thrive. You'll participate in a native seed collection effort and also see how native plants differ from their non-native counterparts. Along the way, you'll discover simple ways we can all help protect the natural places around us. You'll leave the event with your very own native plant to take home and care for!!

Please bring a hat, a reusable water bottle, comfortable walking shoes, and a sense of curiosity. Whether you're new to exploring the outdoors or already love spending time in nature, we look forward to sharing this experience with you and your family.

Coffee and pan-dulce will be served in the morning and burritos from Del Pueblo Cafe will be provided for lunch.

Latinos throughout Central Florida are invited to celebrate Latino Conservation Week with Orange Audubon and partners.

Activities will be constructing bird nest boxes and taking a walk at the Apopka Birding Park, a restoration site located at the entrance to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive.

Date is Saturday, September 12th. Time is 8:30 to 11 am.

Address is 2923 Lust Road, Apopka, FL 32703.

Dress in closed toe shoes and long pants and bring your own water. We will have some cold water onsite.

Our bird box making is supported by a Latino Conservation Week grant from Hispanic Access Foundation.

Join us as we kick off FPAN's Honrando Nuestra Historia (HNH) with a free community celebration at Mound House! Honrando Nuestra Historia celebrates Florida’s Latine/x heritage and the connections between our communities, history, archaeology, culture, and the natural environment.

In celebration of Latino Conservation Week, this family-friendly event invites visitors to explore local heritage, connect with community organizations, and discover the many ways people and place are connected.

Museum admission will be FREE for the day, with activities and opportunities to explore throughout the event, including:

• Engaging Mound House tours
• Atlatl demonstrations
• Lawn games
• Hands-on activities
• Opportunities to meet and connect with local organizations

Come explore, learn, and celebrate with us as we kick off another year of Honrando Nuestra Historia!

Join the San Joaquin River Conservancy and our partners in a week of events and activities to get the community engaged and active in the outdoors.

The week starts on Saturday September 13th with a Cochinil Making Workshop featuring Teaching artists from Arte Américas. 

Bonita Family Resource Center (BFRC) will be hosting a charla de comprando rico y sano or workshop on how to buy tasy and healthy foods! A community promotora will share practical tips on how to shop for healthy, affordable foods and make the most of your grocery budget. We will also share information about available resources and programs, such as CalFresh, and how BFRC can help families apply and access these benefits.

¡Bonita Family Resource Center (BFRC) estará ofreciendo una charla de “Comprando Rico y Sano”! Una promotora comunitaria compartirá consejos prácticos sobre cómo comprar alimentos saludables y económicos, y cómo aprovechar mejor su presupuesto. También hablaremos sobre recursos y programas disponibles, como CalFresh, y cómo BFRC puede ayudar a las familias a solicitar y acceder a estos beneficios.

• Presented by Bayou City Waterkeeper, FotoFest, & Latino Outdoors
• Date and Time: September 19, 2026 | 8:30 am gather, 9:00 am start
• Location: Robert C. Stuart Park
• Admission: Free with registration
• Recommended for: All ages and photography experience levels 

Join Bayou City Waterkeeper, FotoFest, and Latino Outdoors for a guided photo walk exploring the connections among water, birds, people, and place.

Participants will walk through Robert C. Stuart Park, an area that provides habitat for resident and migratory birds while also demonstrating how natural and nature-based infrastructure can help manage stormwater, reduce flooding, improve water quality, and support healthier ecosystems.

No photography experience or specialized equipment is required. Participants may use a phone, digital camera, film camera, or simply join the walk to observe. Along the route, guides will invite participants to look closely at the wetland landscape: the movement of water, the plants and wildlife that depend on it, evidence of human intervention, and the relationships connecting the park to the surrounding city.

The program is presented in connection with FotoFest’s fall exhibition, Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America and Latino Cultures in the United States. Drawing from the exhibition’s consideration of landscape, territory, identity, history, and extraction, the walk will explore photography as a way to document place, reflect on environmental change, and imagine more reciprocal relationships between people and the natural world.

This event also overlaps with Latino Conservation Week, a national initiative of Hispanic Access Foundation that celebrates Latino communities’ relationships with the outdoors and their leadership in protecting land, water, air, and wildlife. 

Together, participants will consider what becomes visible when we slow down and pay attention, and how images can help us better understand, value, and protect the shared habitats around us. After the walk, participants will be invited to stay for refreshments and a kid-friendly activity station. This event is free with registration. 

What to Bring

• A phone, digital camera, or film camera
• Binoculars, if available
• Comfortable walking shoes
• Drinking water
• Sunscreen
• A hat, sunglasses, or other sun protection 
• Weather-appropriate clothing

Photography equipment and binoculars are optional. Participants are welcome to attend simply to walk, observe, and learn. 

About Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America and Latino Cultures in the United States

FotoFest’s fall 2026 exhibition, Across the Americas: FotoFest, Latin America and Latino Cultures in the United States, explores FotoFest’s long-standing engagement with artists across Latin America and Latino cultures in the U.S. Featuring work by more than forty artists, the exhibition embraces diverse photographic approaches to history, place, imagination, and identity.

Organized into four thematic chapters, Image and the Constructed Self; Memory, Archive, and History; Place, Territory, and Transformation; and Experimental Worlds: Concept and Fiction, the project brings together documentary, conceptual, and experimental practices that illuminate shared histories and cultural dialogues across Latin America and Latino cultures in the U.S.

The galleries will not be organized strictly around medium or geography. Instead, the historical and contemporary works will present a multi-faceted conversation between different times and histories. Unexpected pairings will revisit many of the ways FotoFest has fostered diverse discourse between generations of artists, national histories, and photographic traditions over the past four decades in Latin America and Latino Cultures in the United States.

Register Here

Celebrate California’s unique biodiversity on September 13th with free admission to the Garden and discover why our incredible native plants make our state so special.

In addition to free admission, we're kicking off our celebration of Latino Conservation Week with bilingual Spanish/English activities.

8:00am - 4:00pm Grab coffee and baked treats from Marigold Coffee Collective

9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, & 12:00pm Bilingual behind-the-scenes tours of the CalBG Production Nursery (limited availability; first come, first served)

10:30am, 11:30am Bilingual behind-the-scenes tours of the CalBG Herbarium, the third largest herbarium in California (limited availability, first come, first served)

10am, 11:15am Native Plant Lotería game with our friends from the Chino Basin Water Conservation District

9am - 1pm Visit the cooling station east of the administration building to meet exhibitors from Chino Basin Water Conservation District, Lopez Urban Farm, Growing Roots, and Bloom Wild Bookshop as well as hands-on activities for all ages. Pick up a scavenger hunt about the different water features in the Garden on your way in for some fun for the whole family!

A limited number of free tickets are available for public general admission so reserve your tickets ahead of time!

Admission tickets for the public (non-members) are valid for the entire day during our opening hours (8 AM to 7 PM): there is no specific entry time or duration of your visit.  

Members may enter free at any time, without a reservation.

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El Jardín Botánico de California celebra la Semana de la Biodiversidad de California con entrada gratuita el domingo 13 de septiembre. También celebraremos la Semana Latina de la Conservación (Latino Conservation Week) con actividades bilingües en español e inglés:

8:00am - 4:00 pm Disfruta de café, agua fresca, y productos horneados de Marigold Coffee Collective

‍9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, & 12:00pm Recorridos bilingües de nuestro vivero de producción (capacidad limitada; por orden de llegada)

10:30am, 11:30am Recorridos bilingües detrás de escena por el Herbario de CalBG, el tercero más grande de California (capacidad limitada; por orden de llegada)

10am, 11:15am ¡Juega Lotería de Plantas Nativas con nuestros amigos del Chino Basin Water Conservation District!

9am - 1pm Visita la estación de enfriamiento al este del edificio administrativo para conocer a los expositores de Chino Basin Water Conservation District, Lopez Urban Farm, Growing Roots, y Bloom Wild Bookshop, y disfruta de actividades prácticas para todas las edades. Al entrar, recoge una actividad de búsqueda sobre las diferentes fuentes de agua del jardín y disfruta de un momento divertido para toda la familia!

Hay un número limitado de entradas gratuitas disponibles, ¡así que asegúrate de reservar tu entrada con antelación!

La entrada general es válida durante todo el día (8am - 7pm) y no hay una hora específica de entrada ni una duración determinada para la visita. Los miembros pueden entrar sin reserva previa.

Connecting urban and rural communities between Nampa and Boise, this inclusive 5K invites participants of all ages and abilities to run or walk a scenic route through a Meridian park. Hosted alongside the Latino/Latine Run Club in celebration of Latino Conservation Week, the event combines outdoor movement with cultural vibrancy, featuring an energizer warm-up, live music, dance, local vendors, and food. The initiative aims to raise awareness of Idaho’s natural spaces, provide environmental resources, and foster long-term community stewardship of local parks.