16 public places under threat in California
10 groups have them in their care
The defenders
10 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 2 are likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, with no source tying them to this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Leading the fight
Grassroots · Oakland, CA
Spent years building the designation campaign with Tribal nations and now defends the monument as an intervenor in federal court
Fighting for Berryessa Snow Mountain and Chuckwalla and 3 more places in California
6 staff + 12 volunteers77¢ to the workFounded 1976
Friends Group · Santa Barbara, CA
Has led opposition to oil drilling in the Los Padres region for two decades and is fighting the plan to reopen 400,000 acres to leasing
Fighting for Los Padres
Founded 2004
On the ground
Friends Group · Bishop, CA
Runs the Eastern Sierra opposition to the gold exploration projects around the Bodie Wilderness Study Area and hosts the Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership’s donation and newsletter operations.
Fighting for Bodie Hills
15 staff + 300 volunteers73¢ to the workFounded 1986
Advocacy · Oakland, CA
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 Bodie Hills and 1 more place in California·5 live federal cases across all their work
10,895 volunteers81¢ to the workFounded 1892
Legal · Tucson, AZ
Plaintiff in the 2020 suit that halted new federal oil leasing across the Los Padres region
Fighting for Chuckwalla and Los Padres·16 live federal cases across all their work
242 staff + 19 volunteers88¢ to the workFounded 1989
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Listed as an ally of the Nature for All coalition behind San Gabriel Mountains Forever.
Fighting for Mojave Trails and San Gabriel Mountains·3 live federal cases across all their work
178 staff + 32 volunteers75¢ to the workFounded 1935
Also in the fight
Friends Group · Palm Desert, CA
Coachella Valley land conservancy that helped establish Sand to Snow and worked with The Wildlands Conservancy on acquisitions inside the monument footprint.
Fighting for Sand to Snow
12 staff + 100 volunteers80¢ to the workFounded 1987
Legal · San Francisco, CA
Counsel for the nine organizations that intervened to defend the designation
Fighting for Chuckwalla and Los Padres and 1 more place in California·4 live federal cases across all their work
698 staff + 33 volunteers81¢ to the workFounded 1971
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Joined the coalition suit that halted new oil and gas leasing across the Los Padres region
Fighting for Los Padres·2 live federal cases across all their work
101 staff + 1,000 volunteers84¢ to the workFounded 1969
Advocacy · Washington, DC
Its 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.
Fighting for Berryessa Snow Mountain·3 live federal cases across all their work
165 staff + 80 volunteers71¢ to the workFounded 1947
Likely to care: a guess from mission and footprint, no source ties them to this fight
Friends Group · Etna, CA
California is one of the 2 states they work in
3 live federal cases across all their work
$78K revenue in 2024Founded 1989
Friends Group · Ventura, CA
They work only in California
2 staff72¢ to the workFounded 2006
On the ground in California
The national muscle
The places
Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.
On watchBerryessa Snow Mountain National MonumentMonument under review
On watchSan Gabriel Mountains National MonumentMonument under review
On watchMojave Trails National MonumentMonument designation under review
On watchSand to Snow National MonumentDevelopment pressure on monument boundariesOn watchCarrizo Plain National MonumentOil and gas leasing plan for the lands around the monument
On watchDeath Valley National ParkLegacy mining claims being revisited
On watchGiant Sequoia National MonumentMegafires threaten ancient groves
On watchJoshua Tree National ParkSurrounding development fragments wildlife corridors
On watchPinnacles National ParkBLM proposes oil and gas leasing on split-estate lands near and beneath the park
On watchYosemite National ParkStaffing cuts threaten park managementYour move
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Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands Map10 groups on the record, 2 more likely to care, California Wilderness Coalition with 6 staff + 12 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
