Northwest California

PRESS RELEASE: Californians Applaud New Agency Shift to Protect Local Lands and Waters
PRESS RELEASE: Californians Applaud New Agency Shift to Protect Local Lands and Waters 1024 682 California Wilderness Coalition

Rule will rebalance Bureau of Land Management focus on conservation, restoration, recreation, and climate impacts March 30, 2023 (Oakland, CA) – Californians welcomed today’s announcement of a plan that shifts the Bureau…

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Giant Sequoia NM. Photo by Liliana Usvat
ACTION ALERT: Give voice to old-growth forests
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Pushing forward: ED Report January 2023
Pushing forward: ED Report January 2023 1000 667 California Wilderness Coalition

By Chris Morrill, Executive Director The new year is a great time to set priorities. The end of 2022 was a bit of a disappointment for us. We made a…

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Dunes and Pacific
Explore Humboldt Bay Trails
Explore Humboldt Bay Trails 1024 623 California Wilderness Coalition

Hike Name: Explore Humboldt Bay Trails Name of area/general location: Ma-Le’l Dunes Cooperative Management Area, Samoa, California Land Acknowledgement: These lands are the ancestral lands and traditional territories of the…

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The Story of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness
The Story of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness 1024 699 California Wilderness Coalition

The 11,001-acre Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness is in Mendocino County between Highway 101 on the north and the University of California’s 7,660-acre Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve (a U.C.…

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Cache Creek Ridge Trail Section 2
Cache Creek Ridge Trail Section 2 1024 768 California Wilderness Coalition

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Ukiah Field Office oversees extensive areas of public land in the Coast Range where Colusa, Napa, Lake and Yolo counties come together around Cache…

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House Passes Legislation To Protect More Than A Million Acres of California Wildlands And Rivers
House Passes Legislation To Protect More Than A Million Acres of California Wildlands And Rivers 1024 683 California Wilderness Coalition

Two days before Valentine’s Day, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an early gift of love to California’s public wild lands and rivers and those who cherish them. On February…

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Our Three Bills Headed for a House Vote
Our Three Bills Headed for a House Vote 1024 770 California Wilderness Coalition

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H.R. 2546, the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act, as early as Wednesday, February 12th. Until that time, we’re urging supporters to write…

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South Fork Elk River Trail
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The 7,472-acre Headwaters Forest Reserve (Reserve) was established in 1999 after a decade-long grassroots effort to protect the world’s last unprotected, intact, old-growth redwood forest ecosystem. Several threatened species call…

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Executive Director’s Report, Dec 2019
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By Chris Morrill, Executive Director For two years the Trump administration talked a very big game about exploiting our public lands. Much of the rhetoric focused on national monuments. Early…

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