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Environmental leadership coming from the White House
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by André Sanchez The new presidential administration has hit the ground running and is pushing forth an ecologically friendly agenda. Late last month, President Biden signed several Executive Orders (EO)…

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Details on how the Hyampom Project threatens conservation protections in northwestern CA
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The 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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Joshua Tree CESA Updates
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On August 21st, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) listened to a number of concerned residents of the California desert and beyond about moving forward with protections for the…

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CalWild Joins Lawsuit Against NEPA Rollbacks
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2020 Contacts: Chris Morrill, Executive Director, California Wilderness Coalition · cmorrill@calwild.org Ryan Henson, Policy Director, California Wilderness Coalition · rhenson@calwild.org LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE TRUMP…

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CROP site. Photo: Jackee Riccio.
The PLANT Act: A rare bipartisan effort on behalf of public lands
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Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), TJ Cox (CA-21), and others introduced the Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking (PLANT) Act in July. This bipartisan legislation provides…

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National Forest Roadless Areas Threatened by Logging Projects
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Some of the wildest remaining lands in our National Forests are “inventoried roadless areas.” Conservationists have been working to protect them from logging, road construction, and other development since the…

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IN MEMORIAM: Hall Newbegin
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The CalWild team joins a worldwide community of wilderness lovers in mourning the all-too-early death of our boardmember Hall Newbegin. Hall is perhaps best known as the founder of Juniper…

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Statement of Support for Black Lives Matter
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This has been a tumultuous few months. We’ve seen the inequities of our society laid bare with the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic, a severe economic recession, the murders of…

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Trump administration plans for Vinagre Wash leave a sour taste in the mouths of conservationists
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The Vinagre (Spanish for “vinegar”) Wash Special Management Area (SMA) in eastern Imperial County is south of Blythe with the Colorado River and Cibola National Wildlife Refuge to the east,…

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More info on the proposed roadbuilding and logging in Lake Tahoe roadless areas
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The Forest Service, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and California Tahoe Conservancy are proposing a massive “forest health” project on public lands upslope of Lake Tahoe’s west shore. Stretching north from…

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