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Giant Sequoia NM. Photo by Liliana Usvat
ACTION ALERT: Give voice to old-growth forests
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The Importance of California’s Recovering Wolf Population
The Importance of California’s Recovering Wolf Population 800 533 CalWild

OR-7 and wolves’ early presence in California Photo by Wiki Commons In 2011, a gray wolf, known as OR-7, dispersed from his natal pack in search of new territory and…

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BLM suspends oil and gas leasing in Central CA
BLM suspends oil and gas leasing in Central CA 1024 576 CalWild

By André Sanchez One million acres of public land will continue to be spared for now from oil and gas leasing on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands spanning eight…

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CalWild Settles Border Wall Lawsuit
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CalWild does its best not to just protect new public lands, but make sure they continue to be managed well into the future. That takes diligence and consistent engagement. In…

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Conglomerate Mesa Cause for Celebration
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Conglomerate Mesa, the ancestral homelands and traditional territories of the Timbisha Shoshone and Paiute-Shoshone Tribes, is located in a remote area of the Inyo Mountains, east of Highway 395 and…

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EVENT: Stand By Your Lands – Northwestern CA, October 19
EVENT: Stand By Your Lands – Northwestern CA, October 19 1024 768 CalWild
Major Developments, Both Good and Bad, for Threatened Walker Ridge
Major Developments, Both Good and Bad, for Threatened Walker Ridge 575 234 CalWild

Walker Ridge is a prominent north-south trending mountain in the Coast Range east of Clear Lake and west of the Central Valley that serves as the divide between Lake and…

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Oberon Solar Project Poses a Serious Threat to Desert Conservation
Oberon Solar Project Poses a Serious Threat to Desert Conservation 1024 438 CalWild

On Friday, August 13th, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and proposed land use plan amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan…

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Feather Falls Post-Fire Project: Restoration of a Beloved Hiking Trail
Feather Falls Post-Fire Project: Restoration of a Beloved Hiking Trail 1024 683 CalWild

By Steve Evans By any measurement, 2020 was a hellacious wildfire year in California. More than 9,000 wildfires burned over 4.3 million acres of land. At one point in September,…

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Crisis in the Jacumba Wilderness
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By Michael Lerner, CalWild Volunteer The Jacumba Wilderness consists of 31,357 acres of beautiful desert washes, mountains, and canyons in southern California, located on the Mexican border, about a two…

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