16 December 2024
Extension celebration! Featured
The month of December is known as a time for celebration due to holidays and the approaching new year. But for the RAPs, December brings a special moment in that many of us received extensions…
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13 December 2024
Hispanic Access Welcomes New Chief of Programs
Hispanic Access is proud to announce the appointment of Patricia Patrón as the organization’s new Chief of Programs. With an impressive career spanning over 18 years of executive leadership in healthcare, behavioral health, human services,…
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11 December 2024
MSN: Wildfire toolkit helps California Hispanic families prepare
Low-income Latino communities often bear the brunt of wildfires, so the Hispanic Access Foundation offers a wildfire management toolkit and video series to help families and policymakers prepare. So far this year, more than 1…
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06 December 2024
Working with LIDAR Technology
Over the past three months, my RAship in the Coronado National Forest has been an incredible learning experience, combining fieldwork, technical skill-building, and hands-on ecological restoration.
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29 November 2024
Learning More About National Trails
The Continental Divide Trail (CDT) is one of eleven national scenic trails in the United States. Given this designation, the trail is part of the larger National Trails System that is made up of National…
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25 November 2024
Into the Fellowship – Sharpening the Arrows Featured
In my first three blogs (see editor’s note below), I shared my introduction to the USDA Forest Service Resource Assistants Program (RAP) , my bumpy transition into this new experience, my relationship with nature and…
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