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Defend California's natural landscapes.

CalWild works with communities, Tribes, elected officials and other decision makers to protect, restore, and encourage public enjoyment of California's wild natural landscapes, rivers, and watersheds on public lands.

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Defend the Roadless Rule!
Rolling back the Roadless Rule puts some of California’s most important national forests at risk, from...
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Slinkard Wilderness Study Are in northern Mono Countyblm-bobwick
New Polling Reveals Strong Support for Public Lands Across Political Lines
New polling data released today shows that public lands are extremely important to voters across the...
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Cadiz Dunes Linda Castro
Wilderness Designations And Why They Matter
For decades, federal agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife...
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CalWild protects and restores the state’s wildest natural landscapes and watersheds on public lands. These important wild places provide clean air and water, refuges and habitat connections for plants and wildlife, immense cultural values, outstanding opportunities for recreation and spiritual renewal, and are important tools in addressing climate change. CalWild is the only statewide organization dedicated solely to protecting and restoring the wild places and native biodiversity of California’s public lands.

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