Over the last few centuries, California’s borders and jurisdictional divisions have become ever more prominent in the minds of the public and decision-makers. Despite these divisions, Mari Galloway, our California Program Director, retains a landscape-level perspective as she leads big-picture reconnection for wildlife well beyond California’s borders.

Michael Dax, our Western Program Director, has led our Western team to incredible success in making tangible progress toward the vision of a reconnected, restored, and rewilded Western Wildway.

Today, Wildlands Network unveiled an interactive map of wildlife crossings across California, presenting the first-ever comprehensive database of crossings across the State. Developed in collaboration with the California Department of Transportation and other road ecology partners, this tool will enhance efforts to reconnect vital wildlife habitats.

Red wolves, elk, alligators, rattlesnakes, raccoons, opossums, flying squirrels, lynx, wolves, and black bears are just a few of the abundantly biodiverse wildlife inhabitants native to North America’s eastern regions.

This video was created in partnership with the team at Right of Passage to bring wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots to bring the locations into vivid focus. Witness how roads fragment natural landscapes across North Carolina and learn about the wildlife that must navigate them to survive.

Last week, the Sierra Club announced its long-awaited settlement in its case Sierra Club vs. Biden, which marks a monumental victory for wildlife and borderland communities impacted by illegal wall construction.