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Who’s defending California?

16 public places under threat in California

11 groups have them in their care

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

11 groups are on the record for California, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. The other one is likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying it to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

Leading the fight

On the ground

Advocacy · Oakland, CA

Sierra Club

Fought industrial wind proposals on Molok Luyuk and, in a coalition with Tuleyome, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and others, worked with Rep. Garamendi to add the ridge to the monument.

Fighting for Berryessa Snow Mountain and Los Padres and 1 more place in California4 live federal cases across all their work

10,895 volunteers81¢ to the workFounded 1892

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Also in the fight

Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight

16 more work on California

On the ground in California

Conservation Lands FoundationIntervenor defending the monument designation, represented by Advocates for the WestAdvocacyChannel Islands Park FoundationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupDeath Valley Natural History AssociationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupGolden Gate National Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupLassen AssociationThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupPacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's AssociationsThey work only in CaliforniaCoalitionRedwood Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends GroupSequoia Parks ConservancyThey work only in CaliforniaFriends Group

The national muscle

EarthjusticeCounsel for the nine organizations that intervened to defend the designationLegalDefenders of WildlifeIts California program spent nearly two decades advocating for the landscape and pushed the 2024 Molok Luyuk expansion to protect the Mendocino to Cache Creek wildlife corridor.AdvocacyThe Wilderness SocietyListed as an ally of the Nature for All coalition behind San Gabriel Mountains Forever.AdvocacyNatural Resources Defense Council3 live federal cases across all their workLegalFriends of the EarthJoined the coalition suit that halted new oil and gas leasing across the Los Padres regionAdvocacyNational Wildlife Refuge Association2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyWilderness Watch2 live federal cases across all their workLegalGreat Old Broads for WildernessJoined the coalition that fought wind development on Molok Luyuk and campaigned to add the ridge to the monument.Stewardship

The places

Under threat in California

Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.

  1. Threat developingLos Padres National Forest850,000-acre oil and gas leasing plan
  2. Threat developingMojave National PreserveInterior lets the Colosseum rare earth mine resume
  3. On watchChuckwalla National MonumentNew monument targeted for elimination
  4. On watchSattitla Highlands National MonumentNew monument targeted for revocation
  5. On watchBerryessa Snow Mountain National MonumentMonument put under review in 2017
  6. On watchSan Gabriel Mountains National MonumentMonument put under review in 2017
  7. On watchMojave Trails National MonumentBLM approves the Cadiz groundwater pipeline
  8. On watchBodie HillsPolaris gold exploration project approved
  9. On watchJoshua Tree National ParkSurrounding development fragments wildlife corridors
  10. On watchSand to Snow National MonumentDevelopment pressure on monument boundaries
  11. On watchDeath Valley National ParkHundreds of new mining claims staked beside the park
  12. On watchPinnacles National ParkBLM proposes oil and gas leasing on split-estate lands near and beneath the park
  13. On watchYosemite National ParkStaffing cuts threaten park management
  14. On watchCadiz Groundwater Pipeline (Mojave)BLM approves 50-year right-of-way for desert water pumping
  15. On watchCarrizo Plain National MonumentOil and gas leasing plan for the lands around the monument
  16. On watchGiant Sequoia National MonumentMegafires threaten ancient groves

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California has defenders. It needs more.

11 groups on the record, 1 more likely to care, California Wilderness Coalition with 6 staff + 12 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

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Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups are on the record for California: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.