For land trusts, protecting and preserving our Earth’s natural resources is our passion and life’s work. We want to celebrate our member land trusts and all they do to conserve California’s extraordinary land and water resources this Earth Day.
California’s land trusts have already conserved over 5.7 million acres of diverse habitats, from forests and chaparral to wetlands and deserts. CCLT’s member land trusts are actively collaborating with various partners to implement nature-based climate solutions, contributing to the statewide initiative of conserving 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030. Our member land trusts are poised to conserve another 3.5 million acres, but we need funds from the natural resources climate resilience bond to make this goal a reality.
CCLT is urging the state legislature, including Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire, to invest in their 30×30 promise by finalizing and sending Assembly Bill 1567 and Senate Bill 867 to Governor Gavin Newsom urgently to ensure these crucial funding bills make it onto the November ballot. Thanks to legislative champions Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia and Senator Ben Allen, these bonds have funding for the programs land trusts will need to help meet 30×30 and other state goals.
Join us in this crucial effort by tagging CCLT’s social media accounts linked below and including the hashtags #2024CAClimateBond and #30x30CA in your Earth Day posts, so we can amplify and celebrate the efforts of our member land trusts!