The Future of Sharks Depends on Us

By: Dr. Camila Cáceres, Dr. Val Schüll, Kristin Butler Sharks have been around for almost 450 million years, before trees evolved on Earth and longer than Saturn has had its rings. Sharks are an incredibly diverse group of fish, with over 500 different species ranging from 8 inches in length (the dwarf lantern shark) to […]

George Meléndez Wright Made It Right. We Can Too.

135 years ago on October 1, an Act of Congress established Yosemite National Park making it the third national park designated after Yellowstone and Sequoia. There, the first Latino National Park Service employee of El Salvadoran heritage joined the Park Service as an Assistant Park Naturalist in 1927: George Meléndez Wright. At 23 years old, […]

Del borrado al empoderamiento: Historia latina, tierras públicas y la lucha por la verdad

By: Olivia Juarez Will you tell the next generation you did everything you could to defend public land and the truth? Take the pledge to future generations. Cinco de Mayo has long been misunderstood and misrepresented in mainstream American culture,  stripped of its roots in anti-imperialist resistance and Latino resilience. Today, reclaiming the truth behind […]