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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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We're All In on Proposition 4

TNC Supports Prop 4: A Climate Bond for Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness and Clean Air. Learn more!

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Nature's Future is Our Future

Our art installation explores two future Californias—one where California has invested in nature, and another that leaves nature behind.

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How the West Fights Fire with Fire

After a century of excluding fires in our Western dry forests, these landscapes are now dangerously overgrown. Urgent action is needed.

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A Road Trip Like No Other | Notes from the Field

Join us in the field with BirdReturns, a program that creates temporary habitat for migratory birds in California's Central Valley. Check in!

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An Anthem for Nature

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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Nature Is Our Solution

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.

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Places We Protect: The Santa Clara River

We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Santa Clara River Preserve, located in Ventura County. The preserve encompasses nearly 1,000 acres of restored riverside forest, wetlands, thriving upland habitat and almost two miles of the river.

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A child playing in the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River.
Sequoia National Park A child playing in the Marble Fork of the Kaweah River in Sequoia National Park in California to celebrate NPS' centennial year. © Nick Hall

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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Notes from the Field

Welcome to Notes from the Field, a video series straight from our TNC scientists in the field. Meet new amazing species with each new episode!

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Make a Difference

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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