EP 38: Recreating in Color: Promoting Ethnic Diversity in Public Lands

Breaking Green Ceilings

Francisco, recently retired from his position as the director of recreation tourism, heritage and wilderness resources for more than 22 million acres of national forests and grasslands and national monuments in the Forest Service’s Southwestern Region. He served at the U.S. Forest service for more than 35 years. Valenzuela helped guide the development of over $500 million in infrastructure at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. It is the largest comprehensively planned investment in recreation infrastructure and services in Forest Service history. Francisco has contributed creating a sustainable relationship between human communities and the rest of the living world around the globe. He is now the Board Chair of PUP Global Heritage Consortium, which works to unite people and organizations dedicated to emerging paradigms in heritage management for a more holistic sustainable and vital future.

Show Notes: https://watersavvysolutions.com/recreating-in-color

Topics Discussed:

• Recreation Equity
• Ecology is White Man's Problem
• Recognizing our Racist Environmental History

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