Train to become a Master Rain Gardener! Take the class from your own computer or phone. A link to join the online class will be sent via e-mail before class starts. Learn to design your own rain garden step-by-step and get expert feedback on designing, digging and planting. Then, share your knowledge and become your neighborhood's expert on rain gardens.

Rain Gardens capture and soak in the rainwater that runs off hard surfaces like roofs and driveways. This rainwater runoff picks up dirt and is the #1 source of pollution in rivers. Anyone can plant a rain garden in their own yard. You must attend all 5 online classes, and build a rain garden to earn the Master Rain Gardener certification. Field trip TBD. Hosted by Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner's Office. Instructors: Susan Bryan, Rain Garden Coordinator; Harry Sheehan, Deputy Water Resources Commissioner; Shannan Gibb-Randall, Principal at InSite Design Studio, Inc.

To Register:
https://apm.activecommunities.com/aareced/Activity_Search/become-a-master-rain-gardener-online-class/51076

Join us at the Bluff Lake Nature Center for an evening of food, poetry, kid's activities, and walks around the park! We'll eat, mingle, and learn about different outdoor resources in the metro Denver area. Then, while the kids partake in different nature-themed arts & crafts activities, we'll partake in a poetry & nature workshop with local poet, Franklin Cruz. After the workshop, we'll offer the opportunity to walk around the Nature Center as the sun starts to set.

Please RSVP by July 13th, 2019 to Jessica Godinez, jessicag@hispanicaccess.org.

Get ready to raft (or float, sometimes walk) the Rio Bravo for Latino Conservation Week!
Friends of Organ Mountains, the Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project, Latino Outdoors and Hispanic Access Foundation have teamed up to sponsor another awesome trip down the Rio Bravo to honor the contributions of the Hispanic/Latinx community to conservation efforts across the country, and to get out and enjoy nature.

Please RSVP below by Monday, July 1. We are capped at 30 participants, so RSVP sooner than later!

We will provide a float, paddles, lunch, and a good time.

You should plan on bringing sunscreen, huaraches (or your water shoes of choice), agua, a towel, and shades. We will have have a community "cooler" for all your beverages.

Before we launch, we will be learning about the history of the Robledo Mountains, the human habitation of the Rio Bravo in southern New Mexico, and some recent wins for creating equity in outdoor recreation.

RSVP here: 

https://forms.gle/9dBGDS2bqzPG5JWn8

In celebration of Latino Conservation Week, we will be offering a bilingual interpretative hike on the cultural history of Mission Creek Preserve. The preserve sits on ancestral lands of the Serrano & Cahuilla tribes and showcases an incredible diversity of flora and fauna through the meeting of our Sonoran and Mojave deserts.

En celebración de Latino Conservation Week, ofreceremos una caminata bilingüe e interpretativa sobre la historia cultural de la reserva de Mission Creek. La reserva se ubica en las tierras ancestrales de los tribus Cahuilla y Serrano y muestra una diversidad increíble de fauna y flora a través de la union de nuestros desiertos Mojave y Sonora.