CONNECTING CALIFORNIA
Imagine a California where both wildlife and people thrive — where animals can safely roam mountains, coastlines, deserts, and valleys, retracing ancient migration routes that stretch from Canada to Mexico.
To make this a reality, we must reconnect these landscapes. And we have a vision to make it happen.
California presents a rare opportunity to create a continuous corridor for wildlife.
One of the most biodiverse regions in the nation — and the world — California is a vital link in the Pacific Wildway, a habitat corridor that has sustained iconic species for millennia. The state also has a proud legacy of big, bold environmental action; almost one-third of its lands are already under some level of protection.
But these landscapes are increasingly fragmented.
As wildlife compete for space with 39 million people and are increasingly cut off from crucial habitat by over 177,000 miles of roads, California is currently home to more imperiled animal species than any other state. And as desperate animals risk their lives to cross busy roads, they put human lives in danger, too.
It’s clear that we need to go beyond just protecting California’s lands. We need to connect them.
OUR APPROACH
Gather Data
Learn more about how wildlife use crossings and habitat corridors so we can make them as effective as possible.
Catalyze Collaboration
Actively build networks among our partners — local and state agencies, scientists, engineers, land trusts, community organizations, and more — to raise the funds needed to make changes happen.
Connect Science to Policy
Encourage policies that prioritize ecological connectivity across human-altered landscapes. Wildlife ignores jurisdictional boundaries, and our policies must reflect that.
Policy
Collaboration
Learn how we are catalyzing collaboration to reconnect migratory corridors for deer.
Science
Connectivity is a concept rooted in science — we use foundational ecological tools and concepts throughout our projects to meet the needs of wildlife
Learn more about how Lawyers + Scientists on staff are advancing innovative policy frameworks for California.
We’re a small team with a bold vision: to establish a wildway where life, in all of its diversity, can thrive.
With your support, we can galvanize and sustain the initiatives needed to reconnect California's habitats and help wildlife recover.
Wildlands Network is advancing wildlife crossings to allow wildlife to roam and thrive across the continent.
Over the next five years, we are working to:
Support construction of 25 new wildlife crossings across North America by 2030
Unlock $1 billion in public funding allocated to new wildlife crossings
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Photo credits in order: Ashwin Narayanan, Pathways for Wildlife, Pathways for Wildlife, Senator Alex Padilla Office, Tim Noviello, Pathways for Wildlife, Senator Alex Padilla Office, Wildlands Network, Wildlands Network, Wildlands Network, Adobe Stock, Adobe Stock, Cassia Rivera, Pathways for Wildlife, Virginia Department of Transportation
We’re a small team with a big impact and an even bigger vision.
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California
Where rebounding mountain lion and elk populations show rewilding in action
Shaping state policy
25 years of connectivity legislation changing national infrastructure
Shaping state policy
25 years of connectivity legislation changing national infrastructure
California
Where rebounding mountain lion and elk populations show rewilding in action
Donate today to make roads safer for wildlife and drivers.
Together, we can build a world where humans and animals peacefully coexist.
