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Latest News and Updates from Audubon in California
California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS
The Department of Homeland Security today announced that it will waive dozens of environmental laws and regulations in order to expedite the construction of the first segment of the border wall. This first segment will run eastward from the Pacific Ocean, and will cut through the Tijuana River Estuary Important Bird Area, which contains critical habitat for birds, including birds covered under the Endangered Species Act, such as the California Least Tern, Coastal California Gnatcatcher, and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. We've taken a broader look at how the wall could potentially impact birds.
Audubon California's Gaylon Parsons and Juan Altamirano were on Treasure Island on July 25th to witness the signing of climate legislation to extend California's cap and trade program. Governor Jerry Brown, Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia, Assembly Member Kevin de León and others reasserted that California will lead on climate change when our Federal Government does not.
Our hope is that in the coming years, our leaders will continue to build on these bills to address ongoing pollution and other conditions that disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities.
The National Marine Sanctuaries off the California coast represent the best that our oceans have to offer birds – protected breeding sites, bountiful food resources, and freedom from disturbance. For people, these sanctuaries offer incredible opportunities for recreation and wildlife viewing. But the Trump Adminstration wants these sanctuaries shrunken or eliminated altogether, and we can’t let that happen. Please join Audubon California in speaking out in defense of these treasures.
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.
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Join the thousands of Californians that support the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument.
