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The Cocopah Indian Tribe and the City of Somerton celebrated the 25thn Anniversary of the Somerton Cocopah Fire Department. Somerton council made a proclamation that June 19th is the Somerton Cocopah Fire Department Day.

The Cocopah Indian Tribe’s Environmental Protection Office successfully completed its first ecological restoration project, restoring 40 acres at the Cocopah North Reservation.

KAWC Civic Engagement Reporter Alexandra Rangel joins Miss Cocopah Jocentah Miller and Miss Cocopah Committee member Rosa Santos in a round table discussion about what is means to be to be am ambassador.

After more than six months planning, preparing, and planting, Cocopah Head Start children reaped the fruits and vegetables of their labor. Cocopah Head Start Director Tabitha Navotny, Elder Paula Koolick, EPO Border Projects Technician Luis Sanchez and EPO Director Jen Alspach talk about this milestone for the tribe.

Cocopah Environmental Protection Office Director Jen Alspach talks about resiliency as it pertains to environmental restoration projects. Arizona Conservation Corps crew members Martin Leon, Derrick Lameman and Helen Eifert talk about their experiences from projects on other regions in the state compared to the desert southwest.

Mass shootings in the US have forced first responders to change their tactics. Among those changes is to outfit paramedics with the same ballistic helmets and vests as the police have in their inventory. Cocopah Emergency Manager Mike Fila, Cocopah Public Safety Director Paul DeAnda, and Somerton Cocopah Fire Department Chief Javier Hernandez talk about how first responders have changed their tactics to protect the public

Representatives from the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society visited Cocopah to get a first hand look at a $5 million restoration project encompassing 400 acres of Cocopah land. Cocopah Environmental Protection Office Director Jen Alspach and Museum Manager Joe Rodriquez talk with NAFWS Executive Director Julie Thorstenson and Grants Coordinator Megan Hawkins about their partnership.

Cocopah Environmental Protection Office Director Jen Alspach, Border Projects Technician Luis Sanchez, Air Quality Specialist Emily Matcham, and Tribal member Krista Phillips discuss air quality and pesticide safety training.

Cocopah EPO Border Projects Technician Luis Sanchez, EPO Director Jen Alspach, Councilmember Jennifer Townsend and Cocopah Mom Jessica Serrano talk about the intersection of education, the environment and culture.

Cocopah Environmental Protection Office Director Jen Alspach talks with Councilmember Jennifer Townsend and Cocopah Mom Jessica Serrano about the learning process for children as they prepare to plant a garden.

Cocopah EPO Border Projects Technician Luis Sanchez and Cocopah Head Start Director Tabatha Novotny talk about teaching children how to make seedlings.

Cocopah Environmental Protection Office Director Jen Alspach, former Miss Cocopah Santana Salazar, and Parks & Rec Administrative Assistant Kat Gibbs reflect on the first Cocopah Earth Day Festival that was held on Saturday, April 20.

More than a dozen college students from around the country toured the Cocopah Museum. For some of them, this was their first time in Arizona, but for most of them, it was their first time visiting a Native American tribe.

Crews started grading the land and installing the framework for a new garden in the playground portion of Cocopah's Head Start facility on the East Reservation. The project will be completed after five phases. The Cocopah Environmental Protection Office and Head Start won a GroMoreGood Garden Grant, totaling $5000. The funding came from The Scotts Miracle-Grow Foundation and the national Head Start Association.

Cocopah Environmental Office Director Jen Alspach, Museum Director Joe Rodriquez and KAWC Reporter Victor Calderon discuss the intersection of history, culture, environmental restoration and journalism.