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Conserving our extraordinary land & water resources for all Californians.
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Early Bird Registration is now open for the 2026 California Land & Water Conservation Conference! We invite you to join us in Sacramento from March 16–19 and experience the power of our land trust community.

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/488COI4
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're looking for a detail-orientated individual w/ a passion for conservation as our new Grants Program Manager to oversee management, implementation, and administration of state-funded grant programs supporting natural resource management and land conservation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gY6USF
October 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We're looking for a detail-orientated individual w/ a passion for conservation as our new Grants Program Manager to oversee management, implementation, and administration of state-funded grant programs supporting natural resource management and land conservation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gY6USF
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The CCLT team visited with Vivon Sedgwick, Restoration Program Director @ Ojai Valley Land Conservancy to learn how the Project Advancement Grant has allowed OVLC to prioritize multi-benefit water conservation projects, like the Ventura River Preserve.
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
While visiting LA Neighborhood Land Trust's community garden in Unidad Park, our team heard more about their work and how the Capacity Building Grant, funded by @calconservation.bsky.social, is being put into action. #CCLTOutOnTheLand
September 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We're still buzzing from #30x30CA Partnership Summit! We heard from conservation experts and built connections that'll help continue our shared commitment to conserve 30% of CA's lands & coastal waters by 2030! Let's keep it up! 🌎 💪💙

📷: @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social‬ and Meghan Hertel, Dept. Secretary
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Some great news to send us into the holiday weekend — AB900 was voted out of the Senate Appropriations Committee today. The bill now heads to the Senate Floor for its penultimate hurdle before landing on the Governor's desk. Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. Stay tuned!
August 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ready to learn how to better respond to complex public funding opportunities? Explore methods for proposal development, key info to gather from grant guidelines, and recommendations on how to write compelling proposals.

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/41eEDQZ
August 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨ACTION ALERT: Yesterday, CCLT heard that the CA State Legislature Assembly is not planning to appropriate Prop 4 funding this year. Please reach out to your Assemblymember(s) ASAP to let them know that Prop 4 funding needs to be allocated this year: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
August 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
...and leverage match funding to directly advance and model land stewardship in the rural community of Mariposa that is both disadvantaged and vulnerable to increasing climate impacts.

Learn more about our grantees: bit.ly/CCLTgranteemap

#CCLTOutOnTheLand
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Supported by @calconservation.bsky.social, this grant will allow the partnership to expand capacity for Indigenous-led stewardship and builds up community resilience against natural disasters. In addition, the project will drastically increase the pace and sale of restoration and conservation...
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
During our visit, CCLT's Capacity Building grantee Sierra Foothill Conservancy's Ops. Director and Biologist Jessica Thompson & Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation's Secretary and Director of Stewardship Tara Fouche-Moore spoke about the Mariposa Tribal Partnership & Resilience Initiative Project.
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We also visited their most recent acquisition, Luginbuhl Ranch Preserve. Both projects further expand their existing conservation efforts and are supported by CCLT's Project Advancement Grant, funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board. 🌲 #CCLTOutOnTheLand
August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Grass Lake-Golden Gate Flats is a seasonal wetland along the Pacific Flyway and adjacent to a wildlife crossing being built across HWY 97. During our visit, we even saw a pair of nesting Greater Sandhill Cranes. It's also an important corridor for Roosevelt elk, mule deer, pronghorn & gray wolves.
August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Siskiyou Land Trust's Acquisitions Program Director Alexis Robertson, Conservation Project Manager Jessica Matthews & Stewardship Program Director Erica Harris invited us to learn more about their Siskiyou Migration Corridor and Habitat Acquisition Project Development projects in Siskiyou County.
August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ready to learn about land protection? Do you have conservation knowledge to share? Check out a new offering from Sierra Cascade Land Trust Council and CCLT, with generous support from Wildlife Conservation Board and Land Trust Alliance: The Land Protection Academy: calandtrusts.org/land-protect...
August 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"It's incredible to see just how connected the landscape is...even when it seems like 1 area is so far away from another," she recounted. "I marveled at how rich the Indigenous history must be and how long people have been visiting the homelands of the Western Mono, Nüümü, and Nüümü Witü."
August 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We love when our team is able to spend quality time in nature! 🌲 🌸 🗻 Recently, CCLT's Program Coordinator Claire Marvet backpacked through the Eastern Sierra passes and canyons alongside mountain lakes.
August 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
CCLT's Karin Winters talks w/ @mendocinolandtrust.bsky.social's Emily Griffen about their acquisition and land return project at Bell Point. This project is supported by CCLT's Project Advancement Grant, funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board.🌲 Learn more about our grantees: bit.ly/CCLTGranteeMap
July 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Congrats to the CA Natural Resources Agency on the release of the 2025 Pathways to 30x30 Annual Progress Report: bit.ly/3GzAuzV

There's much to celebrate for land and ocean conservation and a clear vision for the future!
July 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
CCLT's Karin Winters is conducting site visits w/ grantees to learn about their preserves, projects & partnerships.

Hear from Lake County Land Trust on:
🌼 The Capacity Building grant, funded by @calconservation.bsky.social, has built their capacity by funding their 1st ED!
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Join the California Natural Resources Agency on Thursday, July 10 at noon for Cutting Through the Noise: Federal Impacts on California and What We’re Doing About It. Hear from state officials working with partners to protect CA people and places.

Register: www.resources.ca.gov
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July 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We are pleased to share that the bill was passed out of the Senate Natural and Water Resources Committee with unanimous support! Thank you to everyone who has supported us this far — now off to the Senate Appropriations Committee!
June 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thank you to each appraiser, land trust staff, and government agency staff who participated in this sold-out seminar! You are playing a critical role in the success of land protection projects throughout our state.
June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ATTN: Land trust staff and board members! Apply for our online course "Empowering Land Trusts to Engage Online Audiences: Content Creation for Nature" with @michellefullner.bsky.social. Learn more & apply by July 18: bit.ly/4058haD

This program is generously funded by @calconservation.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM