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Stand Up For Nature
Save the Date
Stand Up for Nature
Fundraiser for the Santa Fe Conservation Trust
with special guests Ambassadors Tom Udall
and Ken Salazar (former Secretary of the Interior),
former Cochiti Pueblo Governor Regis Pecos,
and historian and author, Dr. Sara Dant.
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion
Dr. Sara Dant is a Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Weber State University, specializing in environmental politics and western American history. She’s the author of Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West (2023) and served as advisor for Ken Burns’ The American Buffalo documentary.
Regis Pecos is the former Governor of Cochiti Pueblo and served as the longest-serving Chief Executive of the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs for 16 years. A Princeton graduate with advanced degrees from UC Berkeley and Harvard’s Kennedy School, he co-founded the Leadership Institute, an Indigenous Think Tank at Santa Fe Indian School.
Ambassador Ken Salazar recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2021-2025) and previously as Secretary of the Interior under President Obama, leading the administration’s energy, climate, and conservation agenda. He made history as Colorado’s first Latino elected to statewide office in 1998 as Attorney General and later, in 2004, he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Ambassador Tom Udall brings over two decades of distinguished public service championing Native American interests and environmental protection. Most recently serving as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa (2021-2025), he previously represented New Mexico as Attorney General, U.S. Representative, and Senator.
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