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California Land Stories

TNC has turned the business of protecting land into the business of building a future for California.

Purple flowers in a grassy valley.
Land Carpenter Valley Preserve was protected in 2017. It is home to species like the threatened willow flycatcher, bald eagle and black bear. © Elizabeth Carmel/www.TheCarmelGallery.com

Land Stories

In the era of extreme global change, we know that simply preserving wild places isn’t enough. That’s why we work to turn our preserves and protected lands into living laboratories where we develop the tools to help nature adapt and persist.

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Fog and clouds enshroud the coastline at Monterey Bay.

Bay of Life: A Model for Protecting a Globally Unique Marine Sanctuary

A new kind of conservation is emerging in California’s central coast, one that protects interconnected ecosystems.

This unique railroad loop passes through one of the 11 land parcels that make up TNC’s new Frank and Joan Randall Preserve in the Tehachapi Mountains.

Securing California’s Crossroad

The new 77,000-acre Frank and Joan Randall Preserve protects one of the Golden State’s most critical wildlands: where the desert meets the mountains and grasslands.

Ground level view of Carpenter Valley Preserve with grasses and purple flowers.

California: Land of Promise

TNC has turned the business of protecting land into the business of building a future for California.

Rolling hills by the ocean at Dangermond Preserve in California.

Dangermond Preserve

Preserving the last wild coast for the advancement of science, education and inspiration.

Birds and tractors on a field.

California Land Management

We're invested in making conservation business as usual so that we can change the trajectory of our planet. It's already working in California!

Photo of electric utility lines against a blue sky.

Power of Place—California

A new study from TNC scientists outlines key strategies to protect nature while creating a clean energy future for California.

Live oaks frame rolling hills at Dangermond preserve

The Crown of the Coast

A landmark deal protects one of the last perfect places on California’s shore.

California coast.

Using Nature to Protect California’s Iconic Coast

With the Pacific Ocean projected to rise 5 feet in some coastal areas of California by 2100, we need to take action to protect the entire coast we love and depend on, whether developed or wild.

A view of yellow flowers in the foreground and coastline in the background.

Santa Cruz Island Anniversary

Celebrating four decades of conservation and innovation.

The sun sets over the Dangermond Preserve.

Saving The Last Perfect Place In California

A living laboratory for scientists and conservationists. A muse for everyone who comes upon it.

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