A Voice for Pollinators and People: Meet One of Utah's Latinx Conservation Leaders
Plus, join a Shoshone-led planting day, see recent news stories, and learn about our upcoming volunteer opportunities!
We've loved celebrating Latinx/Hispanic American Heritage Month with our community, joining the Latinxs in the Field event, and sharing Latinx stories. To close this month with meaning, we're excited to share our latest video highlighting Emmanuel Santa-Martínez.
Dr. Santa-Martínez is a pollinator expert and assistant professor, the first Latinx faculty in Biology at Salt Lake Community College, and a leader in Latinx and LGBTQ+ equity on campus. We're honored to have him as our board member, where his expertise and passion support both our ecological and inclusion goals.
From the video: "I'm excited to promote conservation in Latinx communities because we can bring so much to conservation efforts. There need to be more of us out there!"
Learn more about Emmanuel's work on the following platforms:
Our Riverscape Restoration Season Is Almost Over, But It's Not Too Late to Join!
It's not too late to join our Riverscape Restoration Project for one of its final restoration days of the year. No experience, training, or special clothing or equipment needed! We provide boots, gloves, tools and snacks.
Riverscape Restoration makes for a fun day with new friends, stream ecologists, and others! Photo: Sierra Hastings.
Visit our project page below to sign up to join this week or next.
Other Projects
We have opportunities for everyone, whether you'd prefer to join in a group, independently as you explore neighborhoods and wild places, or from your desk! Check out our current projects below.
Photo courtesy Wasatch Wildlife Watch
Photo by Sierra Hastings
Wasatch Wildlife Watch Image Analysis: Help us identify the wildlife in our camera images, taken along the Wasatch. Great for those who want to volunteer independently, and on your own time!
Utah Pollinator Pursuit: Our pollinator project needs you in these final autumn days! Send in your photos of bumblebees and butterfly species in decline, whether in your yard or on a hike.
Join a Restoration Day with the Northwestern Band of Shoshone
Join the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation for a volunteer day planting willows, cottonwoods, dogwoods, currants, and other native plants at Wuda Ogwa, the site of the Bear River Massacre.
When: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 9am-3pm
Where: Meet at the Bear River Massacre Monument on Hwy 91, roughly 4 miles north of Preston, ID.
How: Register at the link below.
Questions: If you have any questions, call or email Maria at 435-734-2286, mmoncur@nwbshoshone.com
In the News: Shorebird Survey
Riverscape Project Manager Jens Ammon records shorebird numbers with one of our partners on the shorebird survey. Photo by Erin Lewis, courtesy of UPR article.
In August, many of our partners and volunteers gathered to conduct the biannual Intermountain West Migratory Shorebird Survey, spreading across Utah's wetlands in search of these incredible birds.
UPR recently interviewed project partner Max Malmquist about this work. Read the article to learn more!
RSVP: End-of-Season Celebration
Volunteers search for pollinators at our Latinx Pollinator Walk at Jordan River Nature Center. Photo: Sierra Hastings
Our 2023 thank you event is coming up! If you've volunteered with us, partnered on our projects, or donated in 2023, join us for a drink or non-alcoholic beverage as we celebrate everything you've made possible for conservation this year.
When: November 8, 6-8pm
Where: Fisher Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah
How: RSVP here
Coming Up: Live PC Give PC
Riverscape restoration supports pollinators and habitat, like this milkweed. Photo: Sierra Hastings.
Park City's big day of giving is coming up on November 3, bringing together nonprofits, donors, and community to support organizations working in Park City, Utah. Our Riverscape Restoration project heals degraded streams in the area.
If you live in Park City, please come join us in person on November 3 for the festivities! Otherwise, plan to help us raise donations and spread the word for matching grants.