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California 13 July 2018

The Natural History Museum of L.A. County’s Mobile Museum: An Ocean Experience @ Parks After Dark

The Natural History Museum of LA County’s Mobile Museum: An Ocean Experience is visiting Parks After Dark! Aboard the Mobile Museum, participants experience a simulation of a human operated submersible within the San Pedro Channel! Come to your neighborhood park and take a deep dive with bilingual Museum Educators to learn about the biodiversity of our Southern California coast. We will also have Museum Educators and Museum Scientists there to show off museum specimens and talk about urban wildlife and how you can get involved in local research.

California 13 July 2018

The Natural History Museum of L.A. County’s Mobile Museum: An Ocean Experience @ Parks After Dark

The Natural History Museum of LA County’s Mobile Museum: An Ocean Experience is visiting Parks After Dark! Aboard the Mobile Museum, participants experience a simulation of a human operated submersible within the San Pedro Channel! Come to your neighborhood park and take a deep dive with bilingual Museum Educators to learn about the biodiversity of our Southern California coast.

Nevada 13 July 2018

Antes De La Inundación

Sierra Club y Moms Clean Air Forcé Están presentando una película para conocer cómo el cambio climático afecta día a día a nuestras comunidades y familias en todo el país.

Sierra Club and Moms Clean Air Force present a move to learn how climate change affects the day-to-day within our communities and families around the country.

Cuándo: 19 de julio a las 5:00 p.m.
Dónde: Oficina del Sierra Club 3828 Meadows Ln Las Vegas NV 89107
Comida gratis!!! Bebidas! Mucha diversión!!!! Trae a tu familia disfruta y aprende...

California 12 July 2018

Nature Walk

Join us on a walk through the Nature Gardens to explore the amazing diversity of life that calls L.A. home. Program meets in the Nature Gardens, just outside Nature Lab and under the bridge.*

Únete a nosotros en una caminata por los Nature Gardens para documentar la increíble biodiversidad de Los Ángeles como científicos comunitarios. El programa se reúne en Nature Gardens, a las afueras de Nature Lab y debajo del puente*

*English and Spanish speakers welcome on this program
*Hablantes en español y ingles bienvenidos a este programa

Nevada 12 July 2018

Picnic at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park

Join Chispa NV and the Nevada Conservation League for a day of food and fun at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park! We will have fun activities and presentations around the work Chispa and the Nevada Conservation League are doing to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and our public lands.

We are kicking off Latino Conservation Week with a picnic. Food and drinks will be provided by Chispa/NCL. The event is open to people of all ages and your furry friends are welcome too!

Items to bring:
Blanket, comfortable shoes, sunscreen and a friend!

We will be meeting at the Chispa/NCL office at 10:00 am for folks who need to carpool.

Chispa/NCL office address:
2275 Renaissance Dr Suite C
Las Vegas, NV 89119

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park
6375 Nevada 159
Blue Diamond, NV 89004

Minnesota 12 July 2018

Connecting Latino Youth to Nature

During Latino Conservation Week there will be two camps coming to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge to experience the environment in a whole new way. Latino youth will get to talk about nature and how it surrounds us by doing fun activities such as canoeing, hiking, and fishing!

New Mexico 12 July 2018

Wild Rivers Art Paint Out

Come participate or watch/experience plain air painting at the 3rd annual Wild Rivers Plein Air Paint Out. The paint-out, July 17-20 is open to all artistic levels, ages and art mediums. It will be held at beautiful Wild Rivers Recreational Area and the surrounding Questa area including Red River, San Cristobal, Rio Costilla and Amalia. During this time Peruvian-American artist Sonia Diaz will be sharing her connection to rivers as a Latina activist and leading a discussion on the history of the Rio Grande.

New Mexico 12 July 2018

Forest Bound! - Summer Native Plant Immersion!

Join us for this FREE training for Latino Conservation Week where students are trained in native seed collection and cleaning, proper collection of plant specimens, vegetation monitoring, and data collection. They learn to build their own plant press, use botanical terms to describe and identify plants, cook with plants and make herbal recipes, and much more! Guest speakers from natural resource fields are sprinkled throughout the sessions, providing expert knowledge and a glimpse of careers in conservation as well as opportunities to get involved in conservation work.

New Mexico 12 July 2018

Rio Grande Citizen Science Volunteer Day

Summer volunteers will join together to help monitor water quality along the Wild & Scenic Rio Grande! Lunch will be provided

District of Columbia 11 July 2018

Adventure Station at REI

Come to the Adventure Station at REI to learn about programs and hikes in the area!

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Latino Conservation Week is a collection of events from variety of organizations. Hispanic Access Foundation is only directly responsible for events in which it is listed as a sponsor. 

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