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ACTION ALERT: BLM Public Meetings in NW CA
ACTION ALERT: BLM Public Meetings in NW CA https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sac-Bend-Bob-Wick.jpg 960 638 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sac-Bend-Bob-Wick.jpgThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Offices in Arcata and Redding are seeking public input on the future management of nearly 400,000 acres of federally managed public lands in…
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ACTION ALERT: Thank Senator Alex Padilla for being our new public lands champion
ACTION ALERT: Thank Senator Alex Padilla for being our new public lands champion https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alex_Padilla_117th_Congress_portrait-CC-819x1024.jpg 819 1024 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alex_Padilla_117th_Congress_portrait-CC-819x1024.jpg
Historic package of public lands bills passes the House of Representatives
Historic package of public lands bills passes the House of Representatives https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/P1020338-View-down-Eel-W-S-River-to-English-Ridge-1024x768.jpg 1024 768 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/P1020338-View-down-Eel-W-S-River-to-English-Ridge-1024x768.jpgby Ryan Henson On February 26, 2021 the House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness (PAW) and Public Lands Act, also known as H.R. 803, by a vote of…
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Whitebark Pine Being Considered for Threatened Status
Whitebark Pine Being Considered for Threatened Status https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Neal-Kramer-2_CalFlora.jpeg 900 675 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Neal-Kramer-2_CalFlora.jpegPotential Endangered Species listing of an important American West tree species By André Sanchez Often considered the pine species that marks the tree line of mountains in the Western United…
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Spotted owls won’t get needed protection
Spotted owls won’t get needed protection https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Northern-Spotted-Owl-USFWS-Pacific-Region-2.jpg 593 553 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Northern-Spotted-Owl-USFWS-Pacific-Region-2.jpgAn uncertain future for a creature of the night by André Sanchez A long-standing symbol for conservation, the northern spotted owl’s (NSO) future is more uncertain than ever before. The…
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Sorting out the 2020 wildfires and their effect on wild places
Sorting out the 2020 wildfires and their effect on wild places https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ecological-foresty-graphic-from-TNC.jpg 820 845 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ecological-foresty-graphic-from-TNC.jpgby Steve Evans People throughout California are breathing a sigh of relief with the first major storm of the 2020-21 season producing rain and snow to quench the many wildfires…
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Time to increase spending on forest management
Time to increase spending on forest management https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Wild-Cattle-Mountain-Mill-Creek-1024x682.jpg 1024 682 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Wild-Cattle-Mountain-Mill-Creek-1024x682.jpgby Chris Morrill This year’s record breaking wildfire season in California – burning more than 4 million acres, destroying 9,200 structures and killing 31 people – clearly demonstrates that more…
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Details on how the Hyampom Project threatens conservation protections in northwestern CA
Details on how the Hyampom Project threatens conservation protections in northwestern CA https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SF-Trinity-WSR-748x1024.jpg 748 1024 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SF-Trinity-WSR-748x1024.jpgThe Forest Service is seeking public comments about the scope of the proposed Hyampom Fire Resilient Community Project on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in northwest California’s Trinity County. Although supportive…
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Conservationists leverage military spending for protecting public lands
Conservationists leverage military spending for protecting public lands https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Upper-Eel-Red-Mtn-Creek-confluence-NF-Eel.jpg 762 508 California Wilderness Coalition https://www.calwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Upper-Eel-Red-Mtn-Creek-confluence-NF-Eel.jpgOur champions use clever tactic to advance high-priority public lands legislation in the face of an inactive Senate CalWild and other public land advocates in the west may see more…
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