Over the last few centuries, California’s borders and jurisdictional divisions have become ever more prominent in the minds of the public and decision-makers. Despite these divisions, Mari Galloway, our California Program Director, retains a landscape-level perspective as she leads big-picture reconnection for wildlife well beyond California’s borders.

Wildlife need to move to have resource access and to adapt to climate change. However, this once-wild part of Northern California is now highly fragmented due to urban development, particularly roads and highways.

Each year brings with it different challenges and opportunities for wildlife conservation. Check out what we think are some of the biggest positive moments for wildlife this year!

Wildlands Network is celebrating an action-packed year of stewarding state wildlife crossing and environmental legislation across the finish line in the United States and Mexico.

California’s Wildlife Conservation Board recently unanimously approved a $3.17 million grant for the Mammoth Lakes 395 Wildlife Crossing Project, which will increase habitat connectivity along highway 395 and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions between Mammoth Lakes and Crowley Lake.

A new paper illustrates how to implement an evidence-based, strategic approach to conserving lands to combat biodiversity and climate crisis in California.