Planning to enter #CCLTFilmFest26? Join us for a webinar on 1/27 for tips, tricks, and motivation for social media content creation from CCLT Social Media Film Fest judges and communications experts Alex Roa, Griff Griffith, and Michelle Fullner. 🎬 Register: https://bit.ly/4bqPrkN

Thank you to Champion Sponsors @postlandtrust.bsky.social for their support of the 2026 CA Land & Water Conservation Conference. 🧡 About POST 🧡 POST protects open space on the Peninsula and in the South Bay for the benefit of all, and has preserved more than 93,000 acres since 1977.

Showcase your work on social media and connect with a community passionate about conservation and preservation with #CCLTFilmFest26! 🏆 Videos are eligible to win in 3 award categories and the winners will be screened at our annual conference. Visit bit.ly/4ryV4D6 to review updated guidelines.

CCLT is now accepting workshop proposals for sessions at our 2026 California Land & Water Conservation Conference, happening March 16–19 in Sacramento. If you have an idea for a workshop, submit a proposal today and be part of this year’s learning and leadership exchange! 💡 https://bit.ly/48O16sg

Early Bird Registration is now open for the 2026 California Land & Water Conservation Conference! We invite you to join us in Sacramento from March 16–19 and experience the power of our land trust community. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/488COI4

We're looking for a detail-orientated individual w/ a passion for conservation as our new Grants Program Manager to oversee management, implementation, and administration of state-funded grant programs supporting natural resource management and land conservation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gY6USF

We're looking for a detail-orientated individual w/ a passion for conservation as our new Grants Program Manager to oversee management, implementation, and administration of state-funded grant programs supporting natural resource management and land conservation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gY6USF

The CCLT team visited with Vivon Sedgwick, Restoration Program Director @ Ojai Valley Land Conservancy to learn how the Project Advancement Grant has allowed OVLC to prioritize multi-benefit water conservation projects, like the Ventura River Preserve.

While visiting LA Neighborhood Land Trust's community garden in Unidad Park, our team heard more about their work and how the Capacity Building Grant, funded by @calconservation.bsky.social, is being put into action. #CCLTOutOnTheLand

We're still buzzing from #30x30CA Partnership Summit! We heard from conservation experts and built connections that'll help continue our shared commitment to conserve 30% of CA's lands & coastal waters by 2030! Let's keep it up! 🌎 💪💙 📷: @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social‬ and Meghan Hertel, Dept. Secretary

Some great news to send us into the holiday weekend — AB900 was voted out of the Senate Appropriations Committee today. The bill now heads to the Senate Floor for its penultimate hurdle before landing on the Governor's desk. Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. Stay tuned!

Ready to learn how to better respond to complex public funding opportunities? Explore methods for proposal development, key info to gather from grant guidelines, and recommendations on how to write compelling proposals. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/41eEDQZ

🚨ACTION ALERT: Yesterday, CCLT heard that the CA State Legislature Assembly is not planning to appropriate Prop 4 funding this year. Please reach out to your Assemblymember(s) ASAP to let them know that Prop 4 funding needs to be allocated this year: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

During our visit, CCLT's Capacity Building grantee Sierra Foothill Conservancy's Ops. Director and Biologist Jessica Thompson & Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation's Secretary and Director of Stewardship Tara Fouche-Moore spoke about the Mariposa Tribal Partnership & Resilience Initiative Project.

Siskiyou Land Trust's Acquisitions Program Director Alexis Robertson, Conservation Project Manager Jessica Matthews & Stewardship Program Director Erica Harris invited us to learn more about their Siskiyou Migration Corridor and Habitat Acquisition Project Development projects in Siskiyou County.

Ready to learn about land protection? Do you have conservation knowledge to share? Check out a new offering from Sierra Cascade Land Trust Council and CCLT, with generous support from Wildlife Conservation Board and Land Trust Alliance: The Land Protection Academy: calandtrusts.org/land-protect...

Such exciting news to receive! 🎉 Congratulations to @mendocinolandtrust.bsky.social on this new acquisition. This is the first closing that was supported by CCLT's Project Advancement Grant, funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board. 🌲 mendofever.com/2025/07/25/1...

We love when our team is able to spend quality time in nature! 🌲 🌸 🗻 Recently, CCLT's Program Coordinator Claire Marvet backpacked through the Eastern Sierra passes and canyons alongside mountain lakes.

CCLT's Karin Winters talks w/ @mendocinolandtrust.bsky.social's Emily Griffen about their acquisition and land return project at Bell Point. This project is supported by CCLT's Project Advancement Grant, funded by the Wildlife Conservation Board.🌲 Learn more about our grantees: bit.ly/CCLTGranteeMap

Congrats to the CA Natural Resources Agency on the release of the 2025 Pathways to 30x30 Annual Progress Report: bit.ly/3GzAuzV There's much to celebrate for land and ocean conservation and a clear vision for the future!

CCLT's Karin Winters is conducting site visits w/ grantees to learn about their preserves, projects & partnerships. Hear from Lake County Land Trust on: 🌼 The Capacity Building grant, funded by @calconservation.bsky.social, has built their capacity by funding their 1st ED!

Join the California Natural Resources Agency on Thursday, July 10 at noon for Cutting Through the Noise: Federal Impacts on California and What We’re Doing About It. Hear from state officials working with partners to protect CA people and places. Register: www.resources.ca.gov Show Less

CCLT is proud to join The Wildfire Solutions Coalition (WSC), a groundbreaking alliance of cross-sector leaders and orgs throughout the state to secure long-term, sustained funding for wildfire mitigation and resilience, and to fully implement California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan.

On Tuesday, CCLT ED Caroline Godkin and Michael Jared from @nature.org provided testimony in support of AB 900, a new bill authored by @asmdianepapan.bsky.social that aims to strengthen and advance the environmental stewardship of conserved lands under California's 30x30 initiative.

In partnership w/ CA Chapter American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers and Wildlife Conservation Board, we hosted "CA Land Conservation Appraisal Seminar," a continuing education seminar for certified appraisers with the goal to expand the community of qualified conservation appraisers.

The CA Farmland Conservation Program is accepting rolling applications for ag land protection grants. 🌱 💡No workshop—just Office Hours: 📆June 18 & July 2, 11 am. Land trusts, planners, & local govs encouraged to join. Learn more + attend: conservation.ca.gov/dlrp/grant-p...

ATTN: Land trust staff and board members! Apply for our online course "Empowering Land Trusts to Engage Online Audiences: Content Creation for Nature" with @michellefullner.bsky.social. Learn more & apply by July 18: bit.ly/4058haD This program is generously funded by @calconservation.bsky.social

📣 Round 2 applications are now open for Project Advancement Grants that support land trust and their partners in 6-12 month projects that advance the goals of Pathways to #30x30 and the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy. Learn more and apply at bit.ly/CCLT-Project.

Thank you for everyone who participated in this year's sold-out CCLT California Land & Water Conference! Hear from our very own Caroline Godkin, who recapped our inspirational time together on closing day.

In spite of the rain, our Sierra Foothill Conservancy (SFC) McKenzie Preserve field trip was stellar! During our hike, we heard from local experts on unique Preserve features including SFC’s robust Rangeland and Grazing program, fascinating geologic features of McKenzie Preserve and Table Mountain..

What a way to kick-off our 2025 Conference! One of this year's field trip opportunities was a tour of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in #Yosemite National Park.

Thanks to Assemblymember Damon Connolly for meeting with our CCLT team and Eric Lombardo from member land trust, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County while we were at the State Capitol earlier this month during Advocacy Days. Your ongoing support of land conservation in California is invaluable!

Earlier this month, CCLT staff, board members, and representatives from member land trusts spent 2 days visiting CA's Capitol to educate state leaders on the role of land trusts, the implementation of Prop 4, and AB 900 (which CCLT is cosponsoring w/ @nature.org).

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