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Building a more resilient California

California's future depends on preserving our land and resources.

Resilience is California. Resilience lives here.

From the hills of Hollywood to the backs roads of tiny towns, our open spaces make California a beautiful and unique home to millions. We must commit to stewarding these lands or much of what Californians love will vanish.

California is leading the way in fighting climate change and becoming more climate resilient:

Managing fine fuel loads to reduce emissions from catastrophic wildfires.
Leading the world in sustainable food production.
Protecting habitat for California’s threatened and endangered species.
Upcycling food scraps and agricultural byproduct diverting waste going into landfills.
Cutting water use by employing innovative conservation techniques.
& many more.

Hear from the experts

"Livestock systems … are too precious to society to become the victim of simplification, reductionism or zealotry. These systems must continue to be embedded in and have broad approval of society.”

The Dublin DeclarationOF SCIENTISTS ON THE SOCIETAL ROLE OF LIVESTOCK

"Some of our most biodiverse habitat for wildlife and plants are created by cows and by the ranchers that steward them. California needs grazing because cows remove about 12 billion pounds of dry forage or fine fuels, as we call it, from our rangelands every year... They're the most widespread, vegetation management activity and fire prevention activity we have in California today."

Dr. Lynn HuntsingerUC Berkeley

"It’s easy to assume that grassland birds need grassland habitat, but it’s more nuanced than that. Just as there are different species of grassland birds, those different species have different habitat needs. By design, rotational grazing creates areas of short, mid, and tall cover that serve multiple species."

Matt AllshouseAudubon California

“There are areas where grazing is divided by a fenceline. On the side without cattle, the grass is tall and not much else is growing there. But just on the other side of the fence, there’s a healthy field of wildflowers where cattle have been."

Joseph Terry, senior wildlife biologist Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Californians making a resilient California.

Stories of Californians working to make the Golden State's open spaces more resilient.

State Leaders Tour Grazing Allotment Decimated by Wildfire

“It’s important for us as leaders and certainly as the Governor directs us, to listen and learn from those actually out here managing our natural resources and that’s what we’re doing today.”
-Secretary Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resources Agency

California Audubon’s “Hooves on the Ground, Wings in the Sky” Video

“The symbiotic relationship between cattle and birds is significant because the way they graze provides the habitat that the birds utilize.” -Matt Allshouse, Conservation Ranching Program Manager, California Audubon

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California's open spaces?

"Preserving 'working landscapes' has been a growing part of the conservation movement in California in recent years. The idea is that urban pressures are limiting farming and timber opportunities in some areas, particularly the Greater Bay Area. Not every large open space can be a public park."

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"The obvious: it’s good. It’s a good life. It’s beautiful out here. There’s animals. There’s hawks. There’s eagles flying around. There’s wild boars, jackrabbits, squirrels, coyotes, and, of course, all the cows... So it’s a symphony of creation, which I’m right in the middle of. So I thoroughly enjoy it."

Wide Open Spaces. See how they make California resilient.

California is known for celebrities and the Golden Gate Bridge, but get to know some of California's lesser known treasurers: wide open spaces.

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Discover how we can make California more resilient from Lake Tahoe to San Diego.

Diverse communities make California resilient.

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