Discover the difference your support can make. See how your support can help to create a lasting legacy for future generations in the rugged mountains of Las Californias. Read this letter from Mike Sweeney, executive director of The Nature Conservancy of California, thanking you for your support of this critical landscape.

2009 marks The Nature Conservancy’s 50th anniversary protecting California. In these 50 years, we’ve safeguarded hundreds of parcels of land and waterways and millions of acres of ocean - natural habitats essential to the survival of all species, including us.

Today, only 10 percent of grasslands in the Ramona Grasslands Preserve in southern California remain. The Nature Conservancy and its partners recently added more than 3,000 acres to help preserve these lands.

The Nature Conservancy recently purchased a conservation easement on the nearly 10,000-acre Parker Ranch. The ranch serves as a vital wildlife corridor linking the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain Ranges to the east, and the Sierra Madre, Traverse and Peninsular Mountain chain to the west.