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We’ve received requests from members for more information and updates on the 30x30 plan so are sharing what we’ve gathered to keep you all up to date. From our Sierra Club California 30x30 website :
“To halt mass extinction of endangered species and the devastation of ecologically important natural systems, it’s crucial that we take definitive steps to preserve our wild lands and waters. 30x30 is a global movement aimed at preserving 30% of lands and water by 2030, with the broader goal of protecting "half earth", or 50% of lands and water by 2050. 30x30's conservation efforts are necessary to address the growing impacts of the climate crisis, and preserve our water, air, and natural areas across the country.
Sierra Club chapters across the U.S. support this crucial campaign in their own unique and distinct ways. In late 2020, Governor Newsom released a landmark, first of its kind Executive Order on Biodiversity and Climate Change designed to utilize California lands to fight climate change, conserve biodiversity and boost climate resilience (Executive Order N-82-20 (EO)). The EO directed California state agencies to advance strategies to conserve at least 30 percent of California’s land and waters by 2030.
The California 30x30 Campaign is a partnership of Sierra Club California, volunteers from the Sierra Club Grassroots Network, and the Our Wild America campaign. Sierra Club's statewide footprint and vast array of volunteers and staff makes us uniquely positioned to support this vital effort. We are also part of a statewide coalition of environmental groups across the state working to advance conservation, equity, and access.”
The list of local sites we’ve prioritized for conservation in Sacramento County include expanses of the Blue Oak Woodlands in the Southeast portion of the county where the forest and wetlands are rapidly diminishing due to development, 20+ acres on the American River Parkway in Rancho Cordova between River Bend and Gristmill County parks where completion of the parkway trails is needed, the Stone Lakes Wildlife Refuge (one of the most threatened refuges in the nation), and the Natomas Basin where development threatens completion of the existing Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan.
All of these sites are worthy of support - they each meet several of the criteria for inclusion in the 30x30 lands noted here:
- Protect and restore large, intact landscapes and wildlife corridors
- Support the conservation and stewardship vision and priorities of Tribal Nations
- Support Climate resilience
- Conserve more open lands and parks near communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.
Thanks for all you do for our environment!
Contact us anytime via email at sacramentosierraclub@gmail.com
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Barbara Leary
Group Chair
Sacramento Group
Sierra Club
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