Defend California's natural landscapes.
CalWild works with communities, elected officials and other decisionmakers to protect, restore, and encourage public enjoyment of California's wild natural landscapes, rivers, and watersheds on public lands. Join us for our 50th Anniversary Celebration on May 17!
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INTERACTIVE MAP
Our campaigns to protect wild California.
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- Wilderness and National Monument Campaigns
- Statewide Project
CalWild works in acres, not hours, to ensure the long-lasting preservation of California’s beloved wild places.
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Taking Action
Thousands of advocates like you have made California a leader in preserving and protecting our wild places and rivers. Join them and take action!
ACT NOWSigning Up
Signing up for our emails keeps you in the know with new campaigns, stories, events, education, and ways you can take action to protect the places you love.
SIGN UPDonating
Every acre we protect, every river mile kept free-flowing, and every species safeguarded begins with you.
GIVE NOWVolunteering
Have a skillset and some spare time? Volunteers play a critical role at CalWild, supporting our program and administrative staff with a number of important tasks.
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CalWild protects and restores the state’s wildest natural landscapes and watersheds on public lands. These important wild places provide clean air and water, refuges and habitat connections for plants and wildlife, immense cultural values, outstanding opportunities for recreation and spiritual renewal, and are important tools in addressing climate change. CalWild is the only statewide organization dedicated solely to protecting and restoring the wild places and native biodiversity of California’s public lands.
