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Success

California Stands Up To Plastic!

CA Senate Bill 54 just became the most comprehensive plastic reduction law in the country. See how TNC and our partners helped make it happen.

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Interview

Mary Gleason | A 20-Year Legacy

This year, we celebrated a conservation hero. Gleason spoke with TNC about her amazing career as Science Director of TNC's CA Oceans Team.

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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.

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Science

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.

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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.

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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 archaeology, the advances being made here are leading the scientific community across the globe.

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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.

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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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