Latino Conservation Week, which is July 15-23, is a nationwide initiative that began in 2014 to recognize many Latinos' role on the front lines of environmental challenges like climate change and pollution.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns can take a canoe trip down the Jordan River, participate in a trail cleanup or learn about Mayan cultural connections to food and the environment during a weeklong push to celebrate and expand Latino involvement in the outdoors and conservation.
"Latinos have a deep connection to the natural world and a strong tradition of conservation," said Meisei Gonzalez with the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate the contributions of Latinos to environmental protection during Latino Conservation Week."
"We feel deeply connected to Mother Nature. I don't want this heritage to die here, I want this to continue for our new generations, for them to become integrated into what the earth is, integrating into what this community is, because the more our new generations integrate, the bigger we can be too," said Judith Magaly, of Artes de Mexico en Utah.