2 groups have it in their care
National monument in California, 154,000 acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, designated in 2016.
The defenders
2 groups are on the record for Sand to Snow, each tied to it by a source our editors read, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Grassroots · Oakland, CA
Joined desert residents and local leaders in celebrating the 2016 designation, which its release credits to nearly a decade of work by local leaders.
6 staff + 12 volunteers77¢ to the workFounded 1976
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.
12 staff + 100 volunteers80¢ to the workFounded 1987
On the ground in California
More ways in
The situation
Desert sand gives way to alpine snowfields in a single day’s hike, from the Coachella Valley floor to the 11,500-foot summit of San Gorgonio. One of the steepest ecological gradients in North America. Inland Empire sprawl is fragmenting the wildlife corridors that make this vertical wilderness possible.
Source: The Wildlands Conservancy
No public comment window is open on Sand to Snow right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
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Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Sand to Snow, plus any comment window as it opens.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapBuild my lineup around Sand to Snow: the leading group here opens it, and the other seats fill from this record.
2 groups on the record, California Wilderness Coalition with 6 staff + 12 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
