EXPLORE OUR NATURE PRESERVES
CALIFORNIA
Central Coast Ranges
Desert
Pioneertown Mountains Preserve
West Walker River Preserve (formerly Aspen Glen)
Eel River Canyon
Central Coast Ranges
Desert
Pioneertown Mountains Preserve
West Walker River Preserve (formerly Aspen Glen)
Eel River Canyon
Behold the Beauty of a Wildlands preserve through a free guided program.
Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve
Wildlands has been providing free outdoor education field trips since 1998. If you are a teacher or group leader, these programs are for you!
CURRENT PROJECTS
The need for conservation land acquisition that provides permanent protection and stewardship has drawn The Wildlands Conservancy to one of the most striking regions in the western United States - Southeast Utah.
Cottonwood Wash Acquisition Project
Rana Creek Ranch Acquisition Project
Eastern Sierra Nevada Region Expansion
NATIONAL MONUMENTS
The Wildlands Conservancy led the campaign to create one of the largest national monuments in the nation.
Mojave Trails National Monument
LANDSCAPE LINKAGES
Creating connectivity across large landscapes for the benefit of planet and people.
California Desert Land Acquisition
RIVER PARKWAYS
WILDLIFE CORRIDORS
MAKE A GIFT TO SUPPORT OUR WORK
The Wildlands Conservancy’s preserves and programs are operated solely with private funding.
Every gift makes a difference.
The Wildlands Conservancy is a California 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation. Tax ID 33-0676450. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
A view of Mt. San Jacinto from Whitewater Preserve. Photo by Jack Thompson.
Traversing the Bridgeport Valley floor on the western edge of 417 square mile Bodie Hills lies the 185-acre Bodie Hills Preserve, fronting the tourist’s made famous Highway 395, 8 miles east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This Preserve is in one of the most biodiverse areas in the Great Basin, encompassing healthy pinyon-juniper woodlands, sage scrub, and a wetland meadow. Known to many Californians for its namesake Bodie Hills Ghost Town State Park, the Bodie Hills have fifteen different ecological systems that support a wide range of flora and fauna including antelope, sage grouse, and mink. The Bodie Hills Preserve, with its meeting lodge, will be The Wildlands Conservancy stepping stone into greater protection of the public lands in the Bodie Hills. The Wildlands Conservancy is targeting an acquisition that will join the Preserve via a trailhead off Highway 395 to the 18,000-acre Bodie Mountain Wilderness Study Area.
This Preserve will be another Wildlands “bully pulpit” for greater protection and conservation management of the Bodie Hills. The Wildlands Conservancy will partner with other organizations, businesses, and individuals to designate the Bodie, Bodie Mountain, and Mt. Biedeman Wilderness Study Areas into congressionally designated wilderness areas.