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California Spring A sunset after a rain in California poppy covered hills. © Jay Huang/TNC Photo Contest 2019
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A rainbow sunset over a mountain range with a small silhouette of a single person.

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Happy Pride from The Nature Conservancy!

Conservation needs all of us, and that means supporting all of us. We couldn't do this work without our amazing LGBTQ+ staff and members.

Split image of a burning forest on one side and a healthy forest on the other to illustrate climate change.

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Climate Change: Two Futures. One Choice.

The Nature Conservancy has a vision for a climate-resilient California, and we have a plan to start making it a reality.

Aerial view of the Colorado River

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Drought in the West

As our climate continues to warm, we may be facing a future without water. The West's water future is still in our hands, but not for long.

Aerial view of Hamilton City

Places We Protect

Making Room for a River: Hamilton City

This is the story of how the community of Hamilton City protected itself from flooding by bringing natural features back to the Sacramento River.

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Check out TNC’s new video anthem, filmed in critical ecosystems across California.

Nature is Our Solution

Ewan McGregor voices TNC's video anthem, filmed in critical ecosystems across California. Experience nature’s role in addressing threats like wildfire and poor air quality and see TNC’s science in action.

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Two Futures. One Choice.

Climate change is here. It's up to us to adapt and fight the worst effects. TNC works to protect the ecosystems, species and natural resources that California relies on and that make our state unlike anywhere else. From stopping megafires to restoring our coasts, we access the power of nature to protect the thing that matters most: our home.

Hills and coast seen from bunkers area on the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve.

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Places We Protect: Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve

Experience the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve through the eyes of our scientists. From large carnivore research to archeology, the advances being made here are leading the scientific community across the globe.

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A child playing in the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River.

See the Places We Protect in California

Across California, we have protected 1.5 million acres of rivers, forests, and lands and 6,000 square miles of ocean.

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Nature isn’t far off in the mountains or the forest, it’s the air we breathe and the water we drink. The way we treat nature determines the way nature treats us, for better...or worse.

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