Join us in our release party for our Conservation Loteria! You can join us by downloading and printing the loteria at home. Join us by watching along on the Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Instagram Live.

You can download the game boards and deck here: https://organmountainsdesertpeaks.org/

Being a minority student aspiring to work in a conservation related field is challenging due to lack of representation and exposure to diverse pathways that may lead to a rewarding career. Higher education institutions play an important role in breaching this gap for minority students. Join us on a panel with current and recently graduated students as they talk about their experience in internships and programs that helped expose them to diverse opportunities in conservation related work with different state and federal land management agencies.

Join us for our last LCW community webinar of the year that will highlight a few of the LCW Signature Event coordinators this year. We'll share the event details for those events, as well as highlight other opportunities for you to be involved and engaged online for a virtual Latino Conservation Week 2020! Some of the groups we'll hear from include HAF's Ocean's Advisory Council, Latino Outdoors Colorado, and Friends of Organ Mountain Desert Peaks. Hope to see you there!

Register for the webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5GI6ysKiThegeWDnxvoGwA

Celebrate Latino Conservation Week with Gates of the Arctic National Park! Explore Gates of the Arctic virtually, and challenge yourself with our short family-friendly virtual expeditions on our Facebook page. Share your expedition adventures and get inspired by using these hashtags #LCW2020, #LatinoConservationWeek, and #FindYourPark / #EncuentraTuParque. We can't wait to see you online!

Families representing Aurora, Denver, and Westminster including students ages 6 to 17, parents, and volunteer chaperons will visit the Downtown Aquarium from 10am-2pm for a special tour and educational event called "Keeping our Oceans and Rivers Clean". Youth and adults will enjoy their first visit to the Downtown Aquarium and will view ocean wildlife and engage in educational activities. This event will help promote connections between youth and families and their oceans and rivers. Translation will be available and lunch is included.

Las familias que representan a Aurora, Denver y Westminster, incluidos los estudiantes de 6 a 17 años, los padres y los chaperones voluntarios visitarán el Downtown Aquarium de 10 am a 2 pm para un recorrido especial y un evento educativo llamado "Mantener limpios nuestros océanos y ríos". Jóvenes y adultos disfrutarán de su primera visita al Downtown Aquarium y verán la vida salvaje del océano y participarán en actividades educativas. Este evento ayudará a promover las conexiones entre los jóvenes y las familias y sus océanos y ríos. Habrá traducción disponible.

Hello! Please join us at your own time and pace for an outdoor treasure hunt during the weekend of July 25-26! We will have a list of things to find outdoors and invite you to join us in getting to know our plant and animal neighbors. To see the list, visit this Facebook page or email us at afuerawesternMA@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/sarah.rippere.14

For anyone that participates, you can enter to win a $20 gift certificate to El Comalito, South Amherst, MA - we will have 5 to award! We hope you will enjoy this game with us and find lots of interesting things - let’s go outside!

¡¡Buenos días!! ¡Por favor, Únete a nosotros en su tiempo para jugar afuera en el fin de semana de Julio 25 y 26!Nosotros tendremos una lista de cosas encontrar afuera.Únete a nosotros para unirte junto con nuestros vecinos plantas y animales.Para ver este lista, visitar este pagina de Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sarah.rippere.14) o enviar un mensaje electrónico a afuerawesternMA@gmail.com. 

Todos participantes pueden al ingresar recibirán $20 a gastar a El Comalito restaurante, en Amherst, MA - ¡tenemos cinco para otorgar! ¡Esperamos que todos ustedes disfruten de esta actividad y ustedes encontrarán muchas cosas interesantes afuera con nosotros – Buscanos estamos afuera!

In this webinar, we will discuss the impact of shade grown coffee on bird conservation in Quindío, Colombia from a local perspective. Colombia is home to the largest diversity of birds in the entire world and particularly impacted by the drastic and horrifying downwards trend in bird populations worldwide since 1970. Deforestation in tropical regions due to agriculture contributes to loss of habitat. We will get a chance to speak with Alberto Córdoba from Finca La Palmera about how he has conserved native guadua stands on his third generation family farm in Quindío and taken action to produce only organic, shade grown bird friendly coffee. We will discuss what shade grown coffee is, why it is important and how you as a coffee consumer can help protect wild birds.

En este seminario, analizaremos el impacto del café de sombra en la conservación de aves en Quindío, Colombia desde una perspectiva local. Colombia es el hogar de la mayor diversidad de aves en todo el mundo y se ve particularmente afectada por la tendencia a la terrible disminucion las poblaciones de aves en todo el mundo desde 1970. La deforestación en las regiones tropicales debido a la agricultura de monocultura contribuye a la pérdida de hábitat. Tendremos la oportunidad de hablar con Alberto Córdoba de la Finca La Palmera sobre cómo ha conservado los bosques de guadua nativos en su granja familiar de tercera generación en Quindío y ha tomado medidas para producir solo café ecológico, a la sombra. Discutiremos qué es el café de sombra, por qué es importante para las aves y cómo usted, como consumidor de café, puede ayudar a proteger las aves silvestres.

We plan to reach the Latino community with a multi-faceted, one-hour webinar in English and Spanish with several components that all work together to showcase the value of native plants and pollinators (especially hummingbirds and monarchs) in their local neighborhoods. We’ll show pictures of the existing native plant restoration project that we have been working in OVRP and give an update to the folks that volunteered to plant these natives in early 2020.

We will also translate existing San Diego Audubon Education activities and resources into Spanish, and share those for free with the webinar participants if they are looking for family-friendly activities over the summer. We’ll partner with the California Native Plant Society San Diego Chapter to share tips for growing native milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis and A. speciosa) at home and explain the lifecycle of milkweeds and monarchs. This live portion of the webinar will be in Spanish, as well. We’ll include information and stories about how to take care of Monarch caterpillars if their milkweeds attract them, show a video/photos of raising Monarch butterflies and releasing them, and we’ll include links to community science projects that are collecting information on our rapidly dwindling (December 2020 is when the USFWS decision on listing Monarchs is due) western population of Monarchs (https://www.monarchmilkweedmapper.org/, and/or https://transom.org/2013/google-earth-tour-monarch-butterflies/).

Beforehand, we’ll send webinar participants who have signed up a care package with narrow-leaved and/or showy milkweed seeds, brochures on where to buy more, information on how to plant them, as well as bird guide brochures in Spanish. At the end of the webinar, we will give away 10 Spanish bird guides by doing a free raffle and mailing the guides.

In order to celebrate Latino Conservation week this workshop is free and available to the public! We will talk about the history, chemistry, and conservation aspects of soap making! We will be using the melt and pour technique, no lye or chemicals involved. They are fun to make, and they make great gifts! Get your family together for a creative evening, or make new friends (online) while learning a new craft.

Appropriate for ages 7 and up with parental supervision. This technique is often thought of as an introduction to soap making. Many people move on to cold process soap making. But many people also just enjoy the melt and pour technique as well! Register in advance to reserve your materials! A majority of materials, shipping, and virtual instruction are included.

In order to register please contact Sasha Azeez at Sasha_Azeez@Fws.gov!

We will be shipping out supplies so please include your name, phone number, and shipping address. Materials you will need that are not included: rubbing alcohol, a microwave or supplies for a double broiler, A cutting instrument, and bowls. Two kits available per household. Use instruments that you are able to part with. Many people have dedicated soap making supplies, because some fragrances and additives stay with the objects. Especially if they are made with porous material. AKA don’t use your favorite bowl or try to make cupcakes with the silicon molds that are provided.

As part of our summer work with the Boys and Girls club and the Lynn Community Middle School, this event is for underprivileged middle school students who have not experienced the beauty of nature.