California Natural Resources Agency

This Earth Day, we're so excited to announce the biggest expansion to our state parks system in decades! Our State Parks Forward initiative adds three new state parks in the Central Valley — pushing the statewide total to 283 parks — while growing existing parks by 30,000 acres by the end of the decade. Learn more: ca.pulse.ly/2ei2pcmrk8

California is doing more than ever to prepare for wildfire — thanks to @CAgovernor and the legislature’s historic investments. 🌲 More prevention projects deployed faster. 🧑‍🚒 More boots on the ground. ✈️ More planes and helicopters in the sky. 🖥️ More cutting-edge technology.

California continues protecting what matters — our farms, our food, and the communities that depend on them. This week, the @CalSGC’s Sustainable Agricultural Land Conservation program approved more than $45.5 million to permanently protect 17,000+ acres of farmland and rangeland across 16 counties. That means: • Keeping land in agriculture • Supporting local food systems • Reducing climate pollution These projects will avoid emissions equal to taking more than 300,000 gas-powered cars off the road for a year. This is how we grow smarter — protecting land while strengthening communities.

NEW RELEASE! Sierra Nevada Earth Science Atlas The Sierra Nevada Earth Science Atlas provides the most detailed geologic framework mapping of the Sierra Nevada that has ever been made. conservation.ca.gov/cgs/sierra-nev…

Earlier this month Secretary Crowfoot visited Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and chatted with Bri Fordem, Executive Director of the Anza-Borrego Foundation, about our largest state park, what makes it so special, and how partnership with our non-profit partners makes our parks even better.

Project Nexus is a first of its kind pilot exploring solar panels over irrigation canals to evaluate water savings, clean energy generation, and land conservation. Today we celebrated the completion of construction with our project partners, a major milestone made possible through strong collaboration across state, local, academic, and private sector teams. DWR is proud to support climate smart innovation that helps build a more resilient water and energy future for California. #California #SolarPanels

Just last week we announced the biggest expansion in decades to our state park system, and today we recommended 18 projects totally $42.6M to the NPS in Land and Water Conservation Fund grants to create more outdoor recreation, enhancing the Outdoors for All initiative!

Innovation in action. ⚡️ California has completed construction and is now testing a new approach to tackling climate and water challenges through Project Nexus — a first-of-its-kind solar-covered canal in the Central Valley. This pilot will help us understand how we can reduce water loss from evaporation, generate clean energy, and make smarter use of existing infrastructure — all while preparing for a hotter, drier future.

While the Trump Administration tears down clean energy in favor of fossil fuels, California is activating a pilot project for the nation’s first solar-covered canal. We're investing in new technologies to find more solutions for lowering costs, saving water, and preparing for a hotter, drier future.

With historic investments by @CAgovernor and the legislature, we have more @CAL_FIRE boots on the ground than ever before. And we’ve paired those investments in response with billions of dollars in wildfire prevention projects.

California's ocean is not a sacrifice zone for Big Oil. With Donald Trump plotting to sell off our beaches to his fossil fuel industry donors, we're celebrating California Ocean Day by reaffirming our commitment to protect every inch of it.

Last week during SF Climate Week, Secretary @WadeCrowfoot had the opportunity to visit Hummingbird Farm, a project of local organization PODER based on land licensed to the organization by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Thanks so much to PODER and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for sharing their work and this wonderful space with us!

🌊 Happy #CaliforniaOceanDay! California’s coast and ocean are vital to our environment, our economy, and our way of life. We’re working to keep them healthy and accessible for all, every day!

There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s #CaliforniaOceanDay discussion!

🎉📢 We are delighted to welcome California and Massachusetts as new Members to IUCN. They are the first U.S. states to join the Union and are part of growing group of subnational governments. info.iucn.org/4tzLh0h @CalNatResources

Earth Month has been a big month at our agency! Get the latest issue of our monthly newsletter, The Buzz, and subscribe to future issues at: govdelivery.pulse.ly/pswqtzk6dj

We're proud of California's historic acceptance into @IUCN! Membership places us alongside national governments, NGOs, and scientific institutions working together to conserve nature and ensure sustainable use of natural resources.

Tribal land back in action! Yesterday, CAL FIRE, the @PlacerLandTrust, and the Colfax Todd’s Valley Consolidated Tribe came together near Foresthill to celebrate the Owl Creek Project—a 308-acre forest conservation effort and a meaningful step forward in Tribal land return. This project will place ancestral forest land back into Tribal stewardship, ensuring it is protected for future generations while preserving its deep cultural and ecological value. Supported by CAL FIRE’s Forest Legacy Program, the effort will prevent development and maintain the land’s natural integrity. The project reflects strong collaboration among partners committed to conservation, cultural preservation, and climate resilience—demonstrating how protecting forests and supporting Tribal leadership go hand in hand. Learn more about how California is protecting forests for future generations through the Forest Legacy Program: fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/gra… @CALFIRENEU #ProtectingForests #CAForests #TribalLandBack

We had such an amazing time at our Earth Day event yesterday! It was incredible to see people of all ages learning about California's environment and natural resources from representatives of our departments and community partners. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a success, from all of our exhibitors to everyone who showed up to celebrate our Earth (even if you only came on the promise of free ice cream 🙂) See you next year!

Join us next Tuesday morning for a Secretary Speaker Series on California Ocean Day to hear about the findings of the first-ever Coast and Ocean Report! We'll talk about what the data shows, what it means for California, and what comes next. April 28, 10-11 am Note that this event will take place at an earlier time than our usual Speaker Series events! Our panel for this event will feature: •Wade Crowfoot, Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency •Jenn Eckerle, Deputy Secretary for Oceans and Coastal Policy and Executive Director of the Ocean Protection Council •Chris Free, Associate Researcher at UC Santa Barbara •Felicia Van Stolk, Executive Director at Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History •Jeff Boehm, Chief External Relations Office at the Marine Mammal Center •Mario Ordoñez-Calderón, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Un Mar De Colores Register at: zoom.pulse.ly/aipvssvgyh

California is marking Earth Day with a plan to open three new state parks and expand several others, a move officials say represents the largest growth of the state parks system in decades. ktla.com/news/californi…