18 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, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
On the ground
Grassroots · Oakland, CA
Joined local leaders in the near decade-long campaign that won the 2016 designation and now engages the BLM’s monument management planning.
6 staff + 12 volunteers77¢ of every dollar 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¢ of every dollar 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: BLM · January 15, 2025
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.
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Threatened Lands Map2 groups on the record, California Wilderness Coalition with 6 staff + 12 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.
