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Announcing our Top 5 Threats of 2021
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Each year CalWild takes a hard look at what is coming down the pike threatening specific places on California’s public lands. CalWild has identified what we believe to be the…

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The Trump administration using coronavirus to accelerate destruction of environment
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The administration has shown surprising cunning in its ability to exploit the COVID-19 situation at every turn in many different arenas. From our viewpoint as public lands defenders, the Trump…

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Mountain lion. Photo by Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel
CalWild advocates for endangered listing of mountain lion and others
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During the week of April 13th, the California Fish and Game Commission (the commission) acted towards protecting several species under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). CalWild was one of…

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Cadiz Valley
SB 307 signed into law – effectively ending the ill-planned Cadiz water project
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Good news – actually great news!  Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 307 on July 31st. The bill prohibits removal of water from a groundwater basin (i.e., aquifer) underlying desert lands…

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The Faces of Southern Sierra Activism
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by Joel Caldwell In late September 2018 I traveled the length of California’s southern Sierra Nevada mountains photographing and interviewing environmental justice activists for California Wilderness Coalition (CalWild), in partnership…

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Kyle Sullivan, BLM
A Community Proposal For A Management Plan: Mojave Trails National Monument
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Photo above by Kyle Sullivan, BLM Our Assistant Policy Director Linda Castro recently wrote about the desert community’s proposal for managing Mojave Trails National Monument. You can read it below…

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Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument weathers political storms – so far
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument weathers political storms – so far 1024 576 CalWild

In California, regions where different mountain ranges come together tend to have a great diversity of plant and wildlife species. These places can also serve as critical wildlife migration paths.…

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