"It's working!" Check out the critters big and small who are using Utah's first wildlife overpass to cross Interstate 80. The
@UtahDWR
shared this video on Thursday.
So exciting that
@GavinNewsom
and
@KateBrownForOR
announce progress on Klamath River restoration with Yurok and Karuk tribal leaders. Removing four dams will restore 400 miles of salmon habitat— the largest river restoration project in US history. 🐟 🌲
Wow. What a day. So excited to roll-up sleeves with
@GavinNewsom
and work with the administration of
@JoeBiden
and
@KamalaHarris
to tackle the climate crisis with science and urgency. Lots of good, important work ahead. 🇺🇸💪🏽🌎
Fired up and ready to go!🔥 Just landed in DC,working this week w/ federal agencies & our CA Congressional delegation to utilize HUGE new federal investments into new CA water & energy infrastructure, env restoration and more.🇺🇸
Incredible bravery by this CA fire crew, who sheltered in place while a raging wildfire *burned over them.* 💪🏽🔥🇺🇸These men are incarcerated Californians, who will have a better shot at working as firefighters when they are released thanks to
#AB2147
.
BRAVERY - I had the honor of meeting with the crew members of SugarPine Crew 6 and two of their
@CAL_FIRE
Fire Captains. Their bus burned, then the house they sheltered in burned. They survived by following their training, their orders and using their fire shelters.
#NorthComplex
I wish I could call this hyperbole. But this last month in CA has been brutal. 🔥 Climate change impacts are here with a vengeance. We need to come together more than ever on world-leading climate action. 🌎
What a difference a year makes. 9/20, US President: "Science doesn't know." 9/21: US President: "Scientists have been warning us for years that extreme weather is going to get more extreme... We have to think big." So glad for this
@POTUS
as we combat the climate crisis. 🙏🏽
It’s official!
@saraminzadeh
joins our team at
@CalNatResources
. Welcome Sara!👏🏼
Sara will drive our federal policy & build partnerships to combat climate change🌎, expand outdoor access🥾, & protect biodiversity.🦅 More shared progress ahead⚠️
Breaking 🗞: The CA Coastal Commission (aka
@TheCACoast
) just approved the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project in Dana Point. It will provide up to 5 million gallons of drinking water to local communities each day & improve SoCal drought resilience. My statement below. 🧵1/2
Beyond thankful to
@CAL_FIRE
and partner fire agencies for their *heroic* work in last 24 hrs to protect homes and businesses in the Tahoe basin. 🧑🏽🚒👼🏻Thanks to them, minimal structure loss reported to date in and around South Lake Tahoe. The firefight continues at
#CaldorFire
.
Driving through the Delta this morning to check out progress on a habitat restoration project when this happened.👇🏼 A magical reminder of why we do this work.
#PowerInNature
#30x30CA
#CuttingGreenTape
I love the view of the Sierras from our
@CalNatResources
. Today, the snow capped view is looking *west* to the Coastal Range—between the Central Valley & the Bay Area.🗻 I’ve never seen this in a decade-plus working in Sacramento!👀
Breaking 🗞: El Niño weather pattern detected (and interviewed) in Sacramento this afternoon. Apparently bringing rain to Sacramento region tomorrow.⛈ Enjoy tonight!🎃
Man oh man, it feels so good to see a big winter storm come through California, soaking the landscapes and piling snow in the mountains. Stay safe out there, and remember no one storm is going to break our drought. Let’s keep it up Mother Nature!👏🏼
Visited incident command at the
#CaldorFire
this morning.
@CAL_FIRE
’s focus and organization is incredible. The tireless determination of the 1,000-plus state, federal and local firefighters is beyond inspiring.👩🏼🚒We are all fortunate for these heroes. 💯
Lots of work still ahead to contain the
#OakFire
, but let’s acknowledge the frontline heroes who are turning the tide on this explosive fire. Thank you
@CAL_FIRE
@usfs_r5
@Cal_OES
and local mutual response. Truly incredible! 👏🏽 👏🏿👏🏻
@GavinNewsom
announced today that many state beaches wil close this weekend. Let’s exercise our patriotism over the holiday by keeping our families and communities safe. 🇺🇸😷🙏🏽 Please avoid road trips to the beach or other crowded places that put health at risk.
NEW: All parking facilities at state beaches in Southern CA and the Bay Area will be CLOSED for the upcoming weekend.
#COVID19
does not take 4th of July off. Avoid crowds. Do not gather with people you do not live with.
Wear a mask. Physically distance. Be smart. Do your part.
Tuesday teaser: Know where this is?.... Dos Rios, at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne Rivers. And if all goes well, site of the newest State Park in California. A restored landscape that is as beautiful as it looks here.
So proud to announce $548 million❗️for new and improved parks throughout the state. Thanks to
@CAgovernor
and
#CALegislature
and
#Prop68
, this funding will deliver 112 new and improved parks across the state. Such. Good. News. 🙌🏽
NEW: California is getting 112 new and expanded parks to help build stronger communities and provide more spaces for Californians to enjoy the great outdoors!!
California’s biodiversity is globally unique. 🌎
@GavinNewsom
’s proposed $80 million in expanded funding for
@CaliforniaDFW
and $750 million on nature protection is a critical downpayment on helping our natural environment thrive. 🦉🐝🐋
Really excited about this solar-over-canals pilot project at
@TurlockID
— generating renewable energy while reducing evaporation moving water. ☀️💦 Made possible thx to funding from
@CAgovernor
and
#CALegislature
. Interested with what we learn here. 💡
TID has been selected to pilot first-in-the-nation project involving solar panels over canals, called Project Nexus. Project Nexus could contribute to a more water resilient future for California and position the State to meet its ambitious clean energy goals.
Wow, where to start? As California’s economy roars back 🦁,
@GavinNewsom
proposes historic investments to protect planet and people including 🟢 $11 billion 🟢 to build our climate resilience against wildfires, drought, flooding, extreme heat, and sea level rise.
#CAcomeback
While California leads the way using tech to combat climate change (renewables, electric vehicles etc) we need more *nature-based solutions* to take climate action and protect biodiversity. Thank you
@GavinNewsom
. Let’s get going! 🌎👇🏼
Congratulations to Hoopa Valley Tribe on largest land return in tribal history!10,000 acres returned to tribal ownership to conserve for future generations.🙌🏽🙌🏿🙌🏻 Proud that
@CalNatResources
&
@ca_coastal
could help fund this land return.
#30x30CA
VERY proud to swear-in today Geneva Thompson as
@calnatresources
’ first ever Assistant Secretary for Tribal Affairs.
@GavinNewsom
's appointment of Geneva is a big step forward building our partnership with California tribes.
Man, this rain & snow feels good amidst drought!❄️ Keep in mind that it’s still early days in our wet season. Graphic👇🏼tells the tale: Recent storms have brought us to average precipitation *year to date* but we need a lot more rain in coming weeks to reach the annual average.☔️
Just arrived in San Francisco for
#APEC
events. City looks great & I arrived via clean, on-time
@BART
train.🚄 There’s no better place to host this global convening at this critical moment🌏 than our world-class gateway to Asia.
#CaliforniaProud
Don’t let a little rain fool you 🌧, we are persisting into a third year of drought. We need to step up actions across the state to protect our most vulnerable communities, fish and wildlife, and limited water supplies. We can do this California❗️
Happy Earth Day. Our planet needs us like never before. Each of us can make a difference, in our own communities and across the world. As
@KHayhoe
says, we maintain HOPE by taking ACTION. We can do this.
Wow.👀
@LADWP
announces 25 billion gallons (!) of storm water captured this winter for future use. Groundwater recharge is happening in both rural AND urban areas. Excited that
@CA_DWR
&
@CaWaterBoards
are supporting many more of these projects.💧💧💧
Thank you
@AlexPadilla4CA
for introducing
#SB1459
to protect over 1 million acres (!) and 500 miles of rivers in California. 🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏼 This is a HUGE kick-start to our
#30by30
conservation effort. Our team
@GavinNewsom
is excited to support. 🦅🏕🐾
Thrilled to witness
@POTUS
make history today to protect over 100K acres of public land in California for future generations.🙌🏽🙌🏿🙌🏼 SO proud to stand w/ tribal leaders & allied conservation groups who drove these National Monument expansions! Huge for
#30x30
&
#OutdoorsForAll
!
Breaking 🗞️: Proud to share our first release of beavers 🦫 into the wild in CA almost a century. Worth the watch📺👇🏼. Huge thx to tribes, NGOs and
@CaliforniaDFW
for this paradigm shifting partnership.
#KeystoneSpeciesComeback
For the first time in nearly 75 years, CDFW released beavers into the wild in cooperation with local tribes. The new family group of beavers joins a single resident beaver with the ultimate objective of re-establishing a strong population.
Holy
#YoloBypass
! Thankful for this huge managed floodplain.💡 Now it’s time to restore more places to let rivers roam in winters like this one.☔️ Thx
@CA_DWR
& partners for developing more projects… coming on line soon⚠️ And thanks
@SouthwestAir
for the view!
Very excited with
@GavinNewsom
announcement today to transition to 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035. To clean our air and help lead the global effort against climate change. 🌎🇺🇸🌲
CA is taking action to drastically reduce demand for fossil fuel.
Governor
@GavinNewsom
signed an executive order that directs the state to require all new cars & passenger trucks sold in CA be zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
#CAClimateAction
This announcement at the
#KlamathRiver
shows what we’re capable of when we come together to restore nature and protect people.🙏🏼We’re working toward more of these
#NatureBasedSolutions
!
Along the Klamath River,
@CAgovernor
,
@OregonGovBrown
,
@SecDebHaaland
and tribal leaders celebrated the largest river restoration project in American history.
@Interior
announces add’l $5.8M to tribes to protect aquatic ecosystems. It’s about “Dam” time! 👇🏽
Let’s do this! 🌳🙋🏽♀️🌲🙋🏻♂️State Legislature is currently considering $200 million that
@GavinNewsom
has proposed for urban greening projects focused on communities without enough trees and green space. If approved,
@calnatresources
is excited to help put this $$ to work! 📈
Heading down the
#CentralValley
to Fresno to meet with
@SecDebHaaland
,
@usbr
& local leaders. Will be making the case for federal funding to climate resilient water infrastructure and habitat restoration across our state.💧🌾🐟
This is a HUGE deal: We’re very close to final approval for the largest dam removal & river restoration in American history.👇🏼 Over 400 miles of salmon habitat in the Klamath River will be restored. Tribal leadership & unprecedented partnerships are making this happen.🙌🏽
Important news! California lands and waters benefit from tribal stewardship. Kudos to
@TheYurokTribe
,
@tpl_org
and all parties on this innovative transfer. 👇🏼
Drought conditions are gripping the American West and California is no exception. A second straight dry winter will require us to take several actions in coming weeks and months to carefully manage available water supplies and protect vulnerable fish and wildlife.
Klamath river renewal is in full swing!🙌🏽Recent 📸 of Copco 2 dam👇🏼, 1st of 4 dam removals that is part of largest river restoration in American history.🤩 Thank you tribal leaders & many others for driving this effort over decades. More progress ahead⚠️
Constantly amazed by the heroism of state and federal firefighters, most recently defending the remarkable little town of
#Markleeville
in the Eastern Sierra as the
#TamarackFire
rages.
@CAL_FIRE
is saving lives every. single. day. this summer. 🙏🏼
The Yolo Basin doing its thing today, right next to Sacramento.🕺🏽
Multi-benefit floodplain at its best: protecting our city from flooding🚨 and providing incredible winter habitat for fish and wildlife🐟🦅. We’re restoring more these seasonal floodplains.📈
Flash flooding in NYC... Tahoe basin on fire... millions without power in Louisiana. All THIS week. Climate change must be a national priority. And our federal investments must reflect this. Thank you
#governors
for calling this out
These pictures cry out for change. CA has invested more in wildfire prevention than any time in our history. Enacted bold climate policies. But it’s not enough.
We must do more. We need action at EVERY level. CA cannot do this alone.
Climate change is REAL.
So please — VOTE.
Proud of
@CAStateParks
& all our partners who are expanding outdoor access and ensuring all Californias feel welcome in our parks.🏃🏾♀️🌳 Thank you
@sacbee_news
for highlighting this movement. Happy Latino Conservation Week!
#OutdoorsForAll
California’s animals need room to roam.🐾 Connecting habitat across roads & built infrastructure helps us protect
#biodiversity
& achieve
#30x30Ca
.🌎
This just-released scientific report by
@CaliforniaDFW
shows where connectivity is most important. 1/2
A true American hero has passed: principled, passionate and relentless in her pursuit of equality for all. May her memory be a blessing, and her life a model for all of us. 😔
Amidst horrific wildfires this week, just learning about a call-to-arms from scientists across the globe to protect biodiversity before it’s too late. There’s more we can— an should— do on this California. 🦉🐝🦎🐞
Incredible to see how quickly the Biden-Harris Administration is moving to reestablish America’s environmental leadership. 💪🏽💪🏻💪🏿Can’t wait for restored state-federal partnerships to protect our people and planet. 🙋🏽♀️🌎🙋🏻🌏🙋🏼♂️🌍
Science does know. Thank you,
@POTUS
and
@VP
for demonstrating leadership on day 1. We are ready to roll up our sleeves and build a climate resilient California, U.S. and world.
Some really *good* news amidst a brutal 2020: The US Senate just passed the Great American Outdoors Act. 🐾🏞️⛺️HUGELY significant for environmental conservation in coming decades if this bill can get signed into law.
#FUNDLWCF
🦫 “California aims to tap beavers to help with water issues & wildfires.”👇🏼Excited & proud of
@CaliforniaDFW
, tribes, and other key partners who are working together to shift this paradigm.🦫
Traveling to
#COP26
to share how California is:
✅ moving beyond fossil fuels
✅ conserving nature to combat climate change
✅ building resilience to climate-driven threats like wildfire and drought
Very excited to dive into these books on the long flight(s) to Glasgow 🤓
📢 “We are taking steps to maximize groundwater recharge in a way that the state of California has never really done before. This is an immense opportunity to help recharge these depleted aquifers.”👇🏼
📣 A BIG day for conservation in California!🐾 Dr. Jennifer Norris named to lead our CA Wildlife Conservation Board, bringing decades of scientific expertise and strong
#30x30CA
leadership to this critical role.🚀
Berryessa Snow Mountain and San Gabriel Mountains National Monuments are getting bigger!
Thanks to
@POTUS
, two national monuments in California are expanding by thousands of acres.
We’ll continue to protect our beautiful lands for all to enjoy.
#Nature
based solutions need to be at the center of our climate actions. ⚠️ Great case in point: letting rivers roam again reduces downstream flood risks to communities, restores fish habitat, and recharges groundwater for dry times.👇🏼
Great read detailing new proof points of a changing climate 🌎 and why we need to more quickly transition to clean transportation and energy ⚡️☀️ AND do more to protect nature. 🦈🦋🌲
30x30 is now the law of the land!👇🏼 Ensures that our inclusive movement to protect our land and waters continues beyond the
@GavinNewsom
administration.🐾🦅⛰️ Thank you
@SenDaveMin
@PowerInNatureCA
and so many others! Now let’s get it done🚀
🚨BREAKING NEWS!
@CAgovernor
signs SB 337!
SB 337 is ALL about protecting 30% of our lands & coastal waters by 2030 through
#30x30CA
Together we're safeguarding our environment for future generations & preserving our natural resources, one step at a time!
#PowerinNature
Bittersweet news: Our remarkable
@CALFIRE_CHIEF
Thom Porter will retire in December. I can’t think of a tougher job in CA and Thom brought focus, integrity and incredible perseverance and sense of purpose. An incredible leader in unprecedented times. Thank you Thom! 🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏿
Our 30x30 Partnership is off and running!🏃🏾♀️ Thank you to hundreds(!) of leaders coming together today at
@CalNatResources
to kick this off. California is showing the world how people & nature can thrive together.🦅👵🏽🐟👦🏻🌿 Let’s go!➡️➡️➡️
CA water challenges often get explained as “fish vs. farms,” but I think that’s often inaccurate & limiting. There’s a lot of great collaboration b/t growers & conservation groups.🐟🌾🧑🏽🌾
This work in the Sacramento Valley is a national model.👇🏼 We’re all in this together.
Thankful🙏🏼 to all who are out there keeping us safe during these storms, from first responders like CHP & Caltrans personnel to CA Conservation Corps members such as these young leaders who we thanked today for fighting floods along the Consumnes River.
#CaliforniaStrong
💪🏽 💙!
Big shoutout to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy on closing escrow on Phase 4 of Triangle Ranch in greater LA. 🌄It's the final land acquisition to connect a critical wildlife corridor that provides safe passage for mountain lions & other animals. More of this!
#30x30CA
California lost a great leader yesterday with the passing of Mike Chrisman.😔 Mike served as California Natural Resources Secretary from 2003-2010. He was known far & wide as a constructive, engaged and collaborative leader— admired and loved by so many. 🧵
Glimpse from the Aerial Snow Observatory❄️ this morning (aka my Southwest flight to LA).👀👇🏼
I’ve never see snow covered Coastal Range🏔️ with the ocean & Channel Islands in the background. An extraordinary winter. Mother Nature continues to surprise.🤯
Best part of my job is meeting people across California doing remarkable things.💯 Today I met the folks at
@TheodorePayne
garden in Sun Valley (LA) who are helping to lead the native plant movement in LA. Lots of inspirational things here:
Deeply grateful to
@TheYurokTribe
for spending time with
@GavinNewsom
and our team yesterday. A powerful moment listening and learning from these tribal leaders as we paddled the might Klamath River.
SO excited with this remarkable, history-making appointment. 👏🏽 Once confirmed,
@calnatresources
is excited to begin work with
@RepDebHaaland
on
#30by30
and so much more! 🐾⛰🏕💪🏽
Thank you California residents & water agencies!🙏🏽 Just released national scorecard ranks California
#1
🥇 for Water efficiency & sustainability policies.💧 This leadership helps adjust to hotter, drier conditions & more extreme weather.
#CaliforniaStrong
Daybreak in Santa Fe, NM. Proud to be here as part of CA contingent bringing urgent water conservation solutions to the
#ColoradoRiver
crisis. No. time. to. waste.💧
A great 1-2 punch 🥊 of federal funding into CA: $391M for clean/safe drinking water upgrades & $300M to rehab critical water infrastructure.💧👇🏼
Partnership b/t
@CAgovernor
&
@POTUS
is building our drought & flood resilience.🙌🏾🙌🏼🙌🏿
Amidst the pandemic, good environmental work continues. 🌎Starting construction on the largest restoration project to date at the Salton Sea is a *long time* in coming. It’s a point of progress at the Sea to protect people and nature— with much more work ahead of us.
Construction to create a 4,110-acre network of ponds and wetlands at the Salton Sea began this week. This project will provide important fish and bird habitat and suppress dust emissions to improve regional air quality as the Salton Sea recedes.
Honored and excited to help launch a first-of-its-kind coalition across the world’s largest ocean to combat climate change and its impacts. The crisis is being met by strong leadership across the world here at the UN’s
#BlueCOP
. Doing our part in CA thanks to
@GavinNewsom
.
Sunrise in the San Gabriels!🌄 Here in these incredible mountains this morning for a hike, and to reflect on the opportunity that
@POTUS
has to protect this special place forever…
🧵 Cougars in the Santa Cruz Mountains will soon live better thanks to the HW 17 wildlife crossing at Laurel Curve. 🐅 Second groundbreaking of a nature bridge in two weeks! Sense a trend? Habitat connection + reduced collisions = people & nature thriving together. Who to thank?
Big water day:
@GavinNewsom
proposed:
💧 $1.3 billion for drinking water and wastewater upgrades
🙌🏼 $1 billion to help cover water bill debt during pandemic
🌾 $800 for groundwater sustainability
🐟 $696 million to protect fish and wildlife
➕And more...
Hot off the presses! 🗞️ Here's our draft strategy to conserve 30% of California's land and coastal waters by 2030- to meet California's
#30x30
target. 🏕️🐾🦋Now we need 🟢 your input 🟢 to help us strengthen and finalize this strategy. Let's go!
California, you’re such a stunner.🤩Sunrise hike before hitting a conference and meetings. The river gushing and sun shining.
#CaliforniaDream
#LakeTahoe
This is a *big* deal for California. 🌲 🦅 🐟 Expanded tribal stewardship = improved environmental conservation.
@calnatresources
wants to help more of this happen. 💯
Our beaches in California are incredible. 🌊 And our broad coastal access is part of who we are. But now, we need to respect beach closures and stay local. And where beaches are open for limited use, let’s
#beach
safe.
@CAStateParks
@wsl
@Surfrider
@surfline
So proud to welcome California's first-ever Natural Resources Assistant Secretary for Equity and Environmental Justice Moisés (Moy) Moreno-Rivera. Thank you
@GavinNewsom
for appointing this talented leader. So much important work ahead of us building a more equitable California.
Today, Secretary
@WadeCrowfoot
swore in CNRA's 1st Asst. Secretary for Equity & Environmental Justice, Moisés (Moy) Moreno-Rivera. His work will increase the capacity to implement
@CAgovernor
's vision of a CA for all related to land stewardship, outdoor access & climate action