SENATE RESOURCES AND WATER
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER
GOOD MORNING AS WE CONTINUE TO
TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS TO MANAGE
ONGOING COVERT NINETEEN RISKS
THE SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME
THE PUBLIC AND HAS PROVIDED
ACCESS TO BOTH IN PERSON AND
TELECONFERENCES A PATIENT FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR INDIVIDUALS
WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT BE THE TELECONFERENCE
SERVICE THE PARTICIPANT TOLL
FREE NUMBER AND ACCESS CODE IS
POSTED ON OUR COMMITTEE WEBSITE
AND I'LL ANNOUNCE IT NOW A
PARTICIPANT NUMBER IS.
877-226-8216 AND THE ACCESS CODE
IS. SIX TWO ONE SEVEN ONE SIX
ONE. I WILL MAINTAIN DECORUM
DURING THE HEARING AS IS
CUSTOMARY ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
DISRUPTIVE MAY BE REMOVED FROM
THE ROLE OF MEETING SERVICE OR
HAVE THEIR CONNECTION NEEDED WE
ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE ADMINISTRATION AND VERY
SPEAK STAKEHOLDER GROUPS FOR
PARTICIPATING REMOTELY TODAY.
FOR OUR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS
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TODAY'S HEARING WILL BE HEARING
ALL OF THE PANELS ON THE AGENDA
PRIOR TO TAKING ANY PUBLIC
COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL
ONLY BE A PERMISSIBLE ON THE
TOPIC OF TODAY'S AGENDA. SO
THERE'S BROAD SCIENTIFIC
CONSENSUS THAT WE ARE THE SIX
MATH MASS EXTINCTION WITH
EXTINCTION RATES HUNDREDS OR
THOUSANDS OF TIMES FASTER THAN
WHAT WOULD NATURALLY OCCUR.
THERE'S ALSO BROAD CONSENSUS
THAT SIMILAR TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
THIS IS HUMAN CAUSED IN
REFERENCE THAT REPRESENTS AN
EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO HUMANITY.
CALIFORNIA IS NOT IMMUNE FROM
THIS THREAT. OUR STATE IS A
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOT.
BUT THIS BIODIVERSITY IS UNDER
THREAT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
HABITAT LOSS AND FRAGMENTATION.
INVASIVE SPECIES DISEASE PASS
AND POLLUTION. THIRTY BY THIRTY
THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S HEARING IS
INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT TO
PROTECT 30% OF THE WORLD'S LAND
AND WATER. AS INTACT NATURAL
ECOSYSTEMS BY TWENTY THIRTY.
IT'S A MILESTONE TO A LARGER
GOAL TO PROTECT 50% OF THESE
AREAS BY TWENTY FIFTY. IN ORDER
TO HALT AND REVERSE THE WORLD'S
EXTINCTION CRISIS. THE COMBAT
THIS CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA.
GOVERNOR NEWSOM ISSUED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER IN TWENTY TWENTY
ADOPTING A GOAL TO CONSERVE AT
LEAST 30% OF CALIFORNIANS LAND
IN COASTAL WATER BY THE YEAR
TWENTY THIRTY. THE CALIFORNIA
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY LATER
RELEASED OFFICIAL STRATEGIES TO
GUIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
GOAL IN TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
FURTHER IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR
HAVE PARTNERED TO ALLOCATE TWO
POINT NINE BILLION DOLLARS OVER
MULTIPLE YEARS. FOR NATURE BASED
SOLUTIONS INCLUDING THIRTY BY
THIRTY AND COASTAL RESILIENCE.
TODAY THE NEW SOME
ADMINISTRATION IS BEGINNING TO
IMPLEMENT POLICIES PROGRAMMES
AND ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE THESE
GOALS. WHAT I WANT TO APPLAUD
THE NEW SENATE MINISTRATION FOR
ITS LEADERSHIP IT'S GREAT
LEADERSHIP AT HOME AND GLOBALLY.
IN ADOPTING AN AMBITIOUS GOAL IN
LINE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. GAINES
UNCLEAR HOW THE STATE WILL
ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS IDENTIFIED
IMPORTANT STRATEGIES THAT
REPRESENT A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. HOWEVER TO DATE THE
STATE LACKS A DETAILED PLAN FOR
HOW IT WILL GET TO THIS GOAL
INCLUDING ACT ACTIONAL
ACQUISITION PRIORITIES. IN A
MILESTONE TARGETS AND TARGETS
FOR BIODIVERSITY ACCESS AND
CLIMATE. RESILIENCE FURTHER
QUESTIONS REMAIN ON WHETHER AND
HOW VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES. WILL
REVISE THEIR POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS TO LINE WITH INITIATIVE
AND HOW THEY WILL COORDINATE
ACROSS PROGRAMS. ADDITIONALLY
THE NEW SOME ADMINISTRATION
RECENTLY PROPOSED ROLLING BACK
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR THIS
INITIATIVE. RAISING CONCERNS
WHETHER THE STATE WILL HAVE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO RAMP UP
CONVERT CONSERVATION ACROSS THE
STATE. WHILE IT'S STILL EARLY IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE THE SECTION
REFACTOR MEANS THAT WERE JUST A
FEW YEARS AWAY- TO THE- TWENTY
THIRTY. SEVEN YEARS AWAY SO WE
WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THIS
COMMITTEE IS CONVENING A HEARING
TODAY TO EVALUATE THE STATE'S
APPROACH TO CALIFORNIA'S THIRTY
BY THIRTY INITIATIVE. AND HERE
PERSPECTIVES FROM VARIOUS
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC.
THROUGH THIS HEARING THIS
COMMITTEE HOPES TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND. THE NEWSOME
ADMINISTRATIONS THIRTY BY THIRTY
STRATEGIES POLICIES AND
ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE ROLE OF
THE CANNOT CALIFORNIA NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY. AND KEY
DEPARTMENTS HELPING TO IMPLEMENT
THIS INITIATIVE. PROGRESS
TOWARDS A THIRTY BY THIRTY GOAL
AND OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
ENCOUNTERED UNDER THIS
INITIATIVE. HOW THE
ADMINISTRATION IS BALANCING THE
INITIATIVES BIODIVERSITY AND
PUBLIC ASSET ACCESS OBJECTIVES.
HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
PARTNERING WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES IN OUR NON GOVERNMENTAL
PARTNERS. AND WHAT ADDITIONAL
ACTION IS NEEDED TO HELP US MEET
THIS GOAL. I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR
PANELISTS IN ADVANCE FOR SHOWING
UP THIS MORNING TO SHARE YOUR
INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES. I
KNOW YOU'RE ALL VERY BUSY IN
YOUR TIME HERE'S APPRECIATED.
THE SENATE LOOKS FORWARD TO
PARTNERING WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION AND STAKEHOLDERS
TO MAKING THIS GOAL A REALITY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THIS
HEARING WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON
THE LAND GOAL THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY INITIATIVE. SHORT
COMMENTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS
GOAL ARE ALSO WELCOME. WITH THAT
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS
TO ALLOW MY SENATE COLLEAGUES
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR
OWN OPENING REMARKS. I DO ANY OF
OUR MEMBERS HAVE AN OPENING OR
STATURE THEY ARE TO I THANK YOU
VERY MUCH AND I HAVE TO. TO
HEARINGS I'M JUGGLING THIS
MORNING SO I WANTED TO. GET SOME
OF THESE OUT EARLY AND HOPEFULLY
THE PANELISTS WILL BE ABLE TO-
ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS
ARE ADDRESSED SOME OF THESE
ISSUES WHILE THEY'RE GOING
ALONG- YOU KNOW. IT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO CONSERVE LAND AND-
IN NOT ONLY IN CALIFORNIA BUT
EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD- BUT IT
IT SEEMS IN CALIFORNIA WE HAVE A
LOT OF CLASHING POLICIES- THAT
WIND UP. WORKING AGAINST
THEMSELVES IN OUR EFFORTS- WHEN
YOU START TO CONSERVE LAND YOU
START TO ENCROACH ON PEOPLE'S
PROP PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY
RIGHTS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH-
CONSERVATION. LAND ACQUISITION-
JUST IN SOME OF THE REGIONAL
EFFORTS TO DO CONSERVATION- BUT
YOU KNOW. IF WERE CONNED THE
CONSERVING MORE PUBLIC LANDS.
THAT MEANS WERE REDUCING THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO. GENERATE MORE
OF OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY VIA-
SOLAR PANELS VIA- WINDMILLS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT- WE ALSO HAVE
HOUSING GOALS THAT REQUIRE LAND-
TO BE ABLE TO BUILD MORE
HOUSING. AND ACCOMMODATE GROWTH
IT'S COMING IN THE COMING YEARS
- SO YOU. SO THAT IN ITSELF IS
KIND OF AN ISSUE- WE HAVE TO WE
HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT THAT.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT HAS CROPPED
UP EVERSENSE CONSERVATION OF
LANDS HAS BEEN INSTILLED IN AND
THE COMMUNITIES- THROUGH SOME OF
THEIR- HOUSING ELEMENTS AND LAND
AT- USE ELEMENTS. IS CITIES WERE
FORCED TO- BUILD IN CONSERVATION
AREA LANDS. AND WERE TOLD TO
KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF OF IT. AND
NOW THE PROBLEM IS THAT DOES
HAVE AN OVERGROUND NOBODY IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THEM
AND- AND NOBODY IS SUPPOSED TO
BE ABLE TO ACT WITH YOU KNOW I
COULD GO INTO THEM AND THEN WE
HAVE THESE FIRES THAT COME IN
AND THREATEN NEIGHBORHOODS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERTWINED WITH
THIS THE CONSERVATION AREAS SO
THAT'S A QUESTION THAT'S GOING
TO HAVE TO BE ANSWERED IS NOT
ONLY THE QUESTION AT HOME HOW
MUCH DOES IT COST TO GET THROUGH
AND CONSERVE THE LANDS BUT ALSO
HOW ARE WE GOING TO- MAINTAIN
THOSE LANDS IN PERPETUITY- THE
CONSERVATION GROUPS. ARE GOOD
AT. LOBBYING TO CONSERVE AREAS
BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOOD
AT- MAKING SURE THAT THOSE
CONSERVED AREAS THAT THE DEBRA
ASHER WE HAVE A 50% REDUCTION IN
DEAD DEAD FUELS SO THAT WE DON'T
HAVE. A MASSIVE WILDFIRES- ON
THE OTHER FRONT. IT IT SEEMS TO
CONTRADICT OUR EFFORTS WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT. REDUCING OUR FOR OUR
OUR OUR ENERGY OUR ENERGY POLICY
AS REGARDS TO IN REGARDS TO- AG
GAS IN AND GASOLINE AND
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. WHEN WE'RE
SUPPORTING. THE DESTRUCTION. OF
OUR- AMAZON RAINFOREST. THE
BIGGEST NATURAL. AIR CLEANER IN
THE IN THE WORLD AND WE'RE
SUPPORTING THAT. AND YET WE'RE
TRYING TO DO MORE LANDS HERE.
WHEN THAT IS IN ACTUALLY YOU'D
BE BETTER CLEANSER OF THE AIR I
GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT- THAN
ANYTHING WE HAVE HERE. SO WE
NEED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH ALL
OF THESE DIFFERENT IMPACTS. THAT
ARE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER
WE WANT WE HAVE ALL THESE GOALS
BUT IT SEEMS THEY'RE FIGHTING
AGAINST THE OTHER GOALS. AND AND
SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO COBBLE
SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT MAKES
SENSE. AND SO THAT'S MIKE MY
CONCERN WITH THE WITH THESE
EFFORTS IS. THEIR GREAT EFFORTS
BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT WE'RE
DOING AND WHETHER THEY ARE
ATTAINABLE. GIVEN THE IMPACTS
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT
HAVE ON THOSE OTHER EFFORTS LIKE
HOUSING AND CLEAN AIR AND
CONSERVING THE YOU KNOW. THE
PRESERVATION OF THE WORLD I
GUESS- WHEN WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY
DOING THINGS TO DESTROY IT AT
THE SAME TIME. SO THOSE ARE MY
COMMENTS LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
SOME OF THESE I WILL HERE I WILL
TRY TO LISTEN VIA- MONITOR WHEN
I'M NOT HERE- BUT AT THE SAME
TIME I'LL BE ANOTHER HEARINGS
THANK YOU THANK YOU VENTURE
SENATORS SENATOR LETTER. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MR CHAIRMAN THANK
YOU FOR. FOR SCHEDULING THIS
HEARING ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS. IN THE STATE'S CLIMATE
PROGRAM HAS BEEN QUANTIFYING AND
DEALING WITH WITH NATURAL LANDS
AS A PIECE OF OUR GOALS AND WHAT
WE DO. AND IN THE- PASCO PLANS.
THE QUANTIFICATION OF THAT HAS
BEEN- BAFFLING TO SOME PEOPLE
AND I THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS IN
THE FACE OF A CRASHING CLIMATE.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO DEAL WITH THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY IN A WAY THAT SENATORS
QUANTIFIED AND DEMONSTRABLY
MEETS THE GOALS. AND THAT'S
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN THIS HEARING
AND GIVEN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS
COMMENT THERE IS WORK. TO
RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES SO IF YOU
LOOK AT ONE OF THE TWO CALLS FOR
OFFSHORE WIND. IT IS BEEN
ALIGNED WITH A POTENTIAL
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY SO
BOTH MOVE AHEAD AND BOTH MOVE
AHEAD IN A WAY THAT THEY DON'T
GET. IN THE WAY OF EACH OTHER.
AND V. A. N. COASTAL RESILIENCE.
OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND I KNOW
THIS IS NOT A BUDGET HEARING BUT
THE ADMINISTRATION REDUCED BY
43% THE AMOUNT THAT WAS THERE
FOR COASTAL RESILIENCE PLANNING
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. AND IN
THEIR DEFENSE- THAT WAS DONE
BEFORE THE FIRST OF NINE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS HIT
CALIFORNIA. BUT A REPRESENTING
THE DISTRICT THAT WAS GROUND
ZERO IN THOSE STORMS- NOW
THEY'RE REALLY DIFFICULT
DECISIONS TO BE MADE. ABOUT OF
WHETHER TO ACCEPT WHAT'S
HAPPENING WHETHER TO REBUILD
STATE PARKS HAD A R. C. WALLET
SEACLIFF BEACH WIPED OUT FOR THE
SIXTH TIME OVER THE LAST SIXTY
YEARS IT MIGHT BE TIME TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT.
YOU REBUILD THAT SEQUEL AND
THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT
THE BUDGET THAT'S WHAT'S
IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS HEARING IS
HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS ALL
TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO ECHO THE
CHAIR IN ONE WAY THIS. THIS
EXACT EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS DONE
IN TWENTY TWENTY WE ARE IN
TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND
ADMITTEDLY THERE WAS A PANDEMIC
IN BETWEEN. UP BUT- PROCESS IS
NOT AN OUTCOME. AN OUTCOME IS AN
OUTCOME AND I THINK THE ONE OF
THE MAJOR QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF
US TODAY AT THE HEARING IS HOW
DO WE GET TO THE END. HOW DO WE
GET TO A POINT THAT THERE'S
ACTIONABLE ITEMS AND WHAT IS IN
THE BUDGET HAS A PROGRAM TO
ACTUALLY BE INVESTED AND I THINK
THAT FOR ME WILL BE ARE THE
HEART OF TODAY'S HEARING IS
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. HOW AND
WHEN WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THAT
POINT BECAUSE- OF THE CLOCK IS
TICKING IN ANY OF A NUMBER OF
WAYS AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE.
THAT THIS IS ACTIONABLE AND WE
GET TO THE END SO THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OPENING
COMMENTS ANNA I REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO LISTENING TO OUR
PANELISTS IN THE DISCUSSION
THANK YOU SENATOR A CENTER FOR
THE- THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR
CHAIRMAN JUST BRIEFLY FIRST THE-
GRATITUDE TO UNION LEADERSHIP
FOR CONVENING THE OVERSIGHT
HEARING. ON THIS MATTER
OBVIOUSLY MY PREVIOUS SERVICE IN
GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO
A NUMBER OF THESE ISSUES THAT
REMAIN CLOSE TO MY HEART- TO
ECHO. OUR FORMER SECRETARY AND
COLLEAGUES COMMENTS THE CLOCK IS
TICKING- THIS IS EXISTENTIAL IN
NATURE- I VIEW IT AS- SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE OF A
PRIORITY FOR THE STATE
GOVERNMENT APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT THE AGENCY'S BEEN DOING. IN
JUST TO PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE
I TO MAY BE RUNNING IN AND OUT
AND- I'M GONNA BE PARTICULAR
INTERESTED IN THOUGHTS ON. WHAT
THE SPECIFIC TIME MIGHT AS FOR
INTEGRATED STRATEGIES AROUND
PRIORITIZATION TARGETS PUBLICLY
AROUND ACQUISITION- WHAT THOSE
PROTOCOLS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE
TIME LINE FOR THOSE LOOK LIKE-
WHAT THE THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT
INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE
COORDINATION AMONG AGENCIES SO
THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING
POLICIES OR NOT CREATING AN
EXTENDED TIMELINE. CERTAINLY THE
QUESTION OF ON GOING PROTECTION
MAINTENANCE ONCE THERE ARE
DESIGNATED PROTECTION- POLICIES
AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
IN PLACE. AND CERTAINLY LAST BUT
NOT LEAST RESOURCE PLANNING- AND
AS IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AT A
BUDGET HEARING THAT IS VERY
RELEVANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
THINKING ABOUT- IF WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY RESOURCING
IF WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC
TIMELINES AND STEPS AROUND THAT
SORT OF- A DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS- WHEN THE
CLOCK IS TICKING SO WITH THAT
SAID I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.
HEARING FROM OUR VERY
DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS. AND
AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR
CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU SENATORS
RECONNAISSANCE. THIS IS MY FIRST
DURING THIS YEAR SO- I HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THE
FIRST WITNESS OF MY FIRST
HEARING EVER AS CHAIR- SECRETARY
OF KILL THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL
RESOURCES AGENCY WAY CROWFOOT.
WELCOME MR CROWFOOT. THANKS SO
MUCH CHAIRMEN AND SENATORS IT'S-
A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE
WITH YOU WERE REALLY EXCITED TO
SHARE WITH YOU OUR PROGRESS. I'M
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND TO UNPACK
THE VERY GOOD QUESTIONS THAT YOU
ARE ASKING. WE WELCOME THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO
ACHIEVE THIS. AMBITIOUS GOAL AND
HOW TO DO SO IN COORDINATION
WITH OTHER STATE PRIORITIES
INCLUDING ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND
HOUSING. I WOULD SAY ALSO WE
WELCOME YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK
ACTUALLY MEETING THESE GOALS. SO
TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION
FROM OUR STATE TEAM WHICH I HOPE
ASSETS THAT SETS THE FRAMEWORK
FOR THIS DISCUSSION. I'LL SHARE
A BIG BROAD OVERVIEW OF THAT
SORT OF WHY AND WHAT AND A
LITTLE BIT OF THE HOW. AND THEN
I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUE DR
JENNIFER NORRIS WHO WAS
RECRUITED INTO THE FIRST EVER
POSITION OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
FOR BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT AT
OUR AGENCY. AND IS SPEARHEADING
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND THEN WE'LL
TURN IT OVER TO SOME BALLOT YOU
LEADERS ON THIRTY BY THIRTY
WITHIN STATE GOVERNMENT. CHUCK
BONHAM WHO NEEDS OUR DEPARTMENT
OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND OUR
MONDO CAN TERO WHO NEEDS. ARE
PARKS THERE ARE STATE PARKS.
MARK ABOUT STATE PARKS THIS. AND
THEN OF. ARE YOU ALL OF
ORGANIZED A GREAT PANEL OF
PARTNERS THAT ARE ARE NOT FROM
STATE GOVERNMENT BUT THAT ARE
EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS
DRIVING THIRTY BY THIRTY FOUR.
SO AGAIN LET ME WILL LET ME IF
IN THE END AS WE START THIS
DISCUSSION SHARE WITH YOU. WHAT
OUR VISION IS AND THE PROGRESS
WE'VE MADE TOWARD THIRTY BY
THIRTY WHICH OF COURSE IS. THIS
COMMITMENT WE SHARE TO CONSERVE
THIRTY PERCENT. OF OUR OVER A
HUNDRED MILLION ACRES IN
CALIFORNIA'S LANCE. AND 30% OF
OUR COASTAL WATERS WHICH OF
COURSE GO FROM THE BEACH OUT
THREE MILES. ALONG AN ELEVEN
HUNDRED MILE COASTLINE. SO WHY
THIRTY BY THIRTY. WE KNOW
CALIFORNIA IS LEADING THE WORLD
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE. AND
FOR GOOD REASON WE'RE ALSO ON
THE FRONT LINES. A LOT OF US ARE
SPENDING. A LOT OF OUR TIME.
ADDRESSING THE EMERGENCIES THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVING.
WHETHER THAT'S DROUGHT RECENTLY
FLOODING. WILDFIRES EXTREME
HEAT. I'M SO CALIFORNIA IS
TRULY. TRULY MEETING THE WORLD.
AND WE KNOW THAT ACTUALLY NATURE
LANDS PLAY A ROLE IN THIS
EFFORT. I AND HISTORICALLY WE
HAVEN'T FOCUSED AS MUCH ABOUT
THE ROLE OF NATURE AND LANCE
BOTH COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE BY
SEQUESTERING CARBON IN OUR LANDS
AND OUR PLANTS. BUT ALSO
CREATING BUFFERS FOR THESE
IMPACTS THAT WE'RE FEELING. LAST
KNOWN CRISIS THAT SENATOR MAN
REFERENCE IS THE EXTINCTION
CRISIS ACROSS OUR WORLD. WE ARE
LOSING PLANTS AND ANIMALS MOUNT
MALLS ACROSS OUR OUR WORLD
FOREVER. CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF
OUR GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS
THAT CHUCK MAY TALK ABOUT A
LITTLE LATER. AND WE KNOW WE
NEED DIFFERENT TACK THIS
INCREDIBLE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
NOT ONLY FOR ITS INTRINSIC VALUE
BUT THIS BIODIVERSITY IS ALMOST
A CANARY IN THE COAL MINE AND
ADDS WE LOSE OUR BIODIVERSITY WE
KNOW WE'RE LOSING INTEGRATING
THE NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE
SUSTAINING OUR LIVES. AND OF
COURSE ON THE ON THE TOPIC OF
INEQUITY CALIFORNIA IS LEADING
THE WORLD AROUND HOW TO REDRESS
INEQUITY. WE TALK ABOUT A
CALIFORNIA FOR ALL AND IN OUR
AGENCY GET OUTDOORS FOR ALL. HOW
DO WE RECONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE
LAND AND HOW TO RE READ DRAFTS
SOME HISTORIC ROCKS. FIRST AND
FOREMOST TO INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW IT'S REMARKABLE OVER
HALF OF OUR BIODIVERSITY ACROSS
THE WORLD IS MANAGED BY
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. BUT
THESE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM
STEWARDSHIP. YOU KNOW IN NO
MORE. THAN THAT NO MORE THAN IN
IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN
CALIFORNIA. WHERE THE GOVERNMENT
WE REPRESENT HAS DISCONNECTED
THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS FROM THE
LANDS THAT WERE NOW WORKING TO
CONSERVE. SO CLIMATE CHANGE
BIODIVERSITY EQUITABLE ACCESS-
TRIBAL LEADERSHIP THESE ARE ALL
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
THAT THIRTY BY THIRTY IS
UNIQUELY POSITIONED. TO ADDRESS.
I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW IT CAME ABOUT AND
SENATOR MAN I POINTED OUT THAT
GOVERNOR NEWSOM IN TWENTY
TWENTY. MADE HISTORY WHEN HE
ESTABLISHED AN OFFICIAL POLICY
OF THIRTY BY THIRTY IN
CALIFORNIA. FIRST STATE IN THE
NATION TO DO THIS. IMPORTANTLY
SEEDS WERE PLANTED BY NON
GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS IN
CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD THAT WERE DRIVING AN
EFFORT TO CONSERVE OUR PROTECT
ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR PLANET. IN
THIS DECADE. FURTHER OUR
LEGISLATURE- ADVANCE THIS EFFORT
AND THERE WAS A LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSAL AB THIRTY THIRTY BIOS
KALRA I TO ESTABLISH THIRTY BY
THIRTY SO. A NUMBER OF SORT OF
TWO CURRENT STREAMS LED TO THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER I'LL ALSO
MENTION A FISHING TRIP THE CHUCK
AND I WERE ON WITH THE GOVERNOR
WHEN. WE WERE TALKING WITH HIM
ABOUT WHAT ROLE IN NATURE PLAY.
MORE VISIBLY AND CENTRALLY AND
ALL THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON
CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH ALSO DROVE
JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER. WE ARE
GRATIFIED THAT AFTER GOVERNOR
NEWSOM ESTABLISHED THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDER IT WAS THREE OR
FOUR MONTHS LATER THAT THE NEWLY
ELECTED BIDEN HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION ADOPTED THIRTY BY
THIRTY. FOUR THE UNITED STATES
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THEN
WE WERE REALLY GRATIFIED TO BE
PART OF A DELEGATION LED BY
SEVEN STATE LEGISLATORS
INCLUDING FOR STATE SENATORS.
THE MONTREAL THIS PAST DECEMBER
JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. WHEN
VIRTUALLY. ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY
OF THE WORLD AGREED TO A TREATY
ESTABLISHING THIRTY BY THIRTY IN
THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. SO ONCE
AGAIN CALIFORNIA LEADS AND THE
WORLD COMES ALONG. WE NOW HAVE A
THIRTY BY THIRTY FRAMEWORK
ACROSS THE WORLD WITH THE
RECOGNITION THAT NATURE PLAYS A
ROLE IN ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE FACE. AND CALIFORNIA HAS A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE
WORLD SHOWING HOW THIRTY BY
THIRTY GETS DONE IN AN
EFFECTIVE. BALANCED WAY. SO
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY WHICH IS HOW DO WE DO THIS
. SO I'LL REPEAT YOU'LL HEAR
THAT A LOT OF OUR TEAM TALK
ABOUT THIS BUT THIRTY BY THIRTY
IS A VOLUNTARY LOCALLY LED.
EFFORT I CALL IT A MOVEMENT TO
PROTECT LANDS IN COASTAL WATERS
IN THEIR NATURAL STATE.
VOLUNTARY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT A REGULATORY
PROGRAM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ACTIONS TAKEN. SOMETIMES BY
WILLING SELLERS OF LAND AND
WILLING BUYERS OF LAND OR OR
OWNERS OF LAND I WANT TO PUT
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON THEIR
LAND. OR PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES
FOR PUBLIC LANDS ALL FOCUSED ON
HOW CAN WE IMPROVE CONSERVATION
ACROSS OUR STATE. WE KNOW THAT
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF SEVERAL
PRIORITIES AND REFERENCE IN THE
SENATORS OPENING REMARKS WERE
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING.
IS TO KEEP PRIORITIES. WE KNOW
THAT EFFECTIVELY PLANNED
CONSERVATION NOT ONLY DOESN'T
CONFLICT WITH THOSE OTHER
PRIORITIES BUT CAN HELP
FACILITATE THEM. BECAUSE WE KNOW
THE MOST AFFECTED LANDS TO
CONSERVE AND THEN WE KNOW THE
LANCE TO CONCENTRATE THAT
DEVELOPMENT IN. THIRTY BY THIRTY
IF IT'S GOING TO SUCCEED IS NOT
A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IT'S NOT A
STATE INITIATIVE WITH RESPECT TO
ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT'S NOT EVEN
AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. PROMISE
IT'S A MOVEMENT IT'S THOUSANDS
OF GROUPS AND LEADERS FROM
ACROSS CALIFORNIA COMING
TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
DR NORRIS WILL TALK ABOUT THE
MILLIONS OF ACRES OF LAND THAT
WE NEED TO CONSERVE IN THE NEXT
SEVEN YEARS TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT. THIS IS GOING TO BE ON ALL
HANDS ON DECK EFFORT. IF WE'RE
SUCCESSFUL IN STATE GOVERNMENT
WERE PUTTING THE WINDS IN THE
SALES OF. COMMUNITY GROUPS LAND
TRUST NON GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
REALLY HELPING THEM ACHIEVE
THEIR PRIORITY CONSERVATION
EFFORTS AND SOME OF YOU HAVE
ALREADY ARTICULATED IN A VERY
DETAILED WAY WHAT OTHER
PRIORITIES IN YOUR OWN DISTRICTS
TO CHEAT. SO THE WAY I SEE IT
THIRTY BY THIRTY AS A VEHICLE TO
ACHIEVE COMMUNITY DRIVEN
CONSERVATION ACROSS THE STATE
AND ACROSS ITS- LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICTS. WHAT DOES SUCCESS
LOOK LIKE- SIX SAST LOOKS LIKE
IN THIS IN SEVEN YEARS FROM NOW
BUT IN COMING DECADES. ANCESTRAL
LAND RETURN. WHERE WE FIND
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND
COMMUNITIES TO GET LAND BACK
UNDER OWNERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP.
OF OUR TRIBES. WE SEE SUCCESS AS
MORE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES FOR THE
ENJOYMENT OF ALL OF OUR STATE
STATES RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY IN
AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
OPEN SPACE TO ENJOY. SUCCESS IS
SENSITIVE ECOLOGICAL AREAS
PROTECTED. MORE WILDLIFE
CROSSINGS AND WILDLIFE
CONNECTIVITY. AREAS OF REFUGE AS
OUR CLIMATE CHANGES CONDITIONS
AND NEEDED HABITAT. IF WE'RE
SUCCESSFUL IN THESE AREAS ON
CONSERVATION IN THE ECOLOGICALLY
SENSITIVE AREAS. WILL PROVIDE
MORE HOLISTIC HEALTH TO OUR
ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW WE HAVE A
REMARKABLE SET OF PROTECTIONS
FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES BOTH IN
CALIFORNIA AS A RESULT OF OUR
STATE'S ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.
AND FEDERAL YOUR NATIONALLY
BASED ON THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT. BUT I TALK ABOUT
THIS A LOT AS EMERGENCY ROOM
MEDICINE. THAT IF THE ONLY
HEALTHCARE POLICY WE HAVE TO
KEEP NATURE HEALTHY IS THAT
EMERGENCY ROOM APPROACH WHEN THE
PATIENT IS ON THEIR DEATH BED.
WE'RE IN TROUBLE. SO IF WE CAN
ACTUALLY UTILIZE THIRTY BY
THIRTY TO PROTECT UPSTREAM THE
HEALTH OF OUR ECOSYSTEMS NOT
ONLY WILL IT BE BETTER FOR OUR
ENVIRONMENT BUT WILL IT IT WILL
AVOID THE SOMETIMES UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES THAT ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS. HALF
SIX ALSO LOOKS LIKE IMPROVE
CONSERVATION ON OVER 50% OF OUR
LAND MASS IN CALIFORNIA THAT IS
UNDER OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOW
CAN WE IMPROVE LAND CONSERVATION
AND PROTECTION IN THOSE ALREADY
FEDERAL PUBLIC AREA. ULTIMATELY
IT MEANS HEALTHY STABILIZE
PLACES BOTH FOR NATURE AND
PEOPLE TO BE. IT MEANS INCREASED
OUTDOOR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES
INCLUDING BETTER FISHING AND
HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE
MORE ABUNDANT. ECOSYSTEMS MEANS.
MORE ABUNDANT FISH AND WILDLIFE.
SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT AMBITIOUS
SET A VISION IT'S AN AMBITIOUS
GOAL BUT I AM GLAD THAT THANKS
TO YOU ALL IN THE LEGISLATURE
DRIVING ON THE SO HARD THANKS
THE GOVERNOR KNEW SOMETHING.
CALIFORNIA HAS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LEAD THE WORLD ON WHAT IS NOW
A GLOBAL COMMITMENT.
DEMONSTRATING OVER THE NEXT
SEVEN YEARS HOW WE WILL GET THIS
DONE IN CALIFORNIA AND PROVIDE A
MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD.
SO WITH THAT SAID AND I'LL
INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE DR NORRIS
JENNIFER TO WALK US THROUGH A
LITTLE BIT MORE THE NUTS AND
BOLTS YOU'VE HEARD THOUGH THE
WHY AND THE WHAT. I'M A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT THE VISION AS AND
NOW JENNIFER DOCTOR NORRIS IS
GOING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW
WE PLAN TO GET THERE. AND THANK
YOU INTEND DOCUMENTS I JUST WANT
TO SAY THAT FOR PURPOSES OF TIME
WE HAVE TO BE OUT HERE BY NOON-
I THINK YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES TO
SPEAK. THANKS OKAY I WILL I WILL
TRY TO ZOOM THROUGH MY POWER
POINT I DID PREPARE A LITTLE BIT
OF. A THIRTY BY THIRTY ONE A ONE
BUT THE SECRETARY COVERED A LOT
OF IT SO I WILL- I WILL GO
QUICKLY I DO HAVE A POWER POINT
TO SHARE. YOU JUST DO NOT. GOT
THAT IN THE ROOM. YES WE DO.
RIGHT IT SHOULD BE. THERE WE GO
OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY AGAIN MY NAME IS
JENNIFER NORRIS DEPUTY SECRETARY
FOR BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT AT
THE RESOURCES AGENCY- I WON'T
COVER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WE
ALREADY ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT.
BUT IN PLACE IN TWENTY TWENTY A
KEY PART OF THAT THOUGH IS THE
GOVERNOR DID ASK US TO DEVELOP A
STRATEGY FOR HOW TO ACHIEVE
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND THAT'S WHAT
I WANT TO WALK. YOU THROUGH
TODAY- FOR I DO I WANT TO SHARE
THAT WE SPENT. OVER A YEAR AND
REALLY AGGRESSIVE- PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT TO DEVELOP A
STRATEGY. WE HAD SEVENTEEN
WORKSHOPS IN A LITTLE OVER A
YEAR. IN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE WE
MET WITH OVER SEVENTY CALIFORNIA
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. RECEIVED
OVER A THOUSAND LETTERS AND
INTERACTED WITH OVER FOUR
THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS OVER THE
COURSE OF THIS TIME SO. THE
INPUT WE RECEIVED- IS REALLY
REFLECTED IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT
I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH TODAY I
CALL IT A- A CROWDSOURCED
STRATEGY- AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS ACROSS
THE STATE WHO HELPED US BRING
THIS TO LIGHT- SO THIS DOCUMENT.
WAS RELEASED LAST APRIL IT'S
CALLED OUR PATHWAYS TO THIRTY BY
THIRTY. AND THE SUBTITLE
ACCELERATING CONSERVATION OF
CALIFORNIA'S NATURE IS
PURPOSEFUL IT'S REALLY ABOUT AS
THE SECRETARY SAID PUTTING THE
WIND IN THE SAILS OF LOCAL
CONSERVATION- ACROSS THE STATE.
SO OUR OUR OUR DOCUMENT STARTS
WITH SORT OF WHAT ARE WE TRYING
TO ACCOMPLISH RIGHT 30%
CONSERVATION IT DOESN'T JUST
MEAN ANY ACRES ANYWHERE- IT
REALLY MATTERS WHICH ONES WE
CHOOSE. SO WHEN WE DO
CONSERVATION ACROSS THE STATE WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE
IDENTIFYING PLACES THAT PROTECT
AND RESTORE OUR STATE
BIODIVERSITY. EXPAND ACCESS TO
NATURE FOR ALL- AND THAT WE
PROTECT LANDS THAT BOTH
SEQUESTER CARBON AND PROVIDE
RESILIENCE- TO THE EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE. OUR FRAMEWORK
ALSO DOESN'T TALK ABOUT JUST
WHAT WE WANT TO DO BUT ALSO HOW
WE WANT TO DO IT AND THESE CORE
COMMITMENTS REALLY- PERMEATE ALL
OF OUR WORK AND THEY'RE ON.
THEIR AND THEY REPRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT AND
THAT'S THAT- WE WANT TO ALWAYS
AS WE'RE DOING OUR WORK THINK
ABOUT ADVANCINGJUSTICE EQUITY
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
STRENGTHENING OUR TRIBAL
PARTNERSHIPS. AND TO THE POINT
OF THE VICE CHAIR PROTECTING OUR
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY CLEAN ENERGY
RESOURCES AND OUR FOOD SUPPLY.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT CALIFORNIA
REALLY IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF
THIS WORK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED
THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE WE'VE MORE
TO DO IN THE SPACE- BUT- WE
THINK THIRTY BY THIRTY IS A
GREAT VEHICLE FOR GETTING THAT
DONE. SO CONSERVATION IS OLD IS
A BIG WORD- IN THE- IN THIS
CONTEXT FOR TO BE A THIRTY BY
THIRTY CONSERVATION AREA- I WILL
TELL YOU THAT TO LAND ON THE
DEFINITION OF CONSERVATION WE
CONVENE TWO EXPERT PANELS- WE
TOOK OVER SIX HOURS OF PUBLIC
COMMENT. AND WE RECEIVED- AS I
MENTIONED- OVER A THOUSAND
LETTERS GIVING INPUT AND MANY OF
THEM WERE ON THIS ONE SENTENCE
WHICH WE WROTE ABOUT THREE
TIMES. BUT OUR CONSERVATION
DEFINITION IS LAND AND COASTAL
WATER AREAS THAT ARE DURABLY
PROTECTED AND MANAGED TO SUSTAIN
FUNCTIONAL ECOSYSTEMS. INTACT
AND RESTORED AND THE DIVERSITY
OF LIFE THAT THEY SUPPORT. AND
ITS KEY HERE THAT THE GLANDS ARE
DURABLY PROTECTED IT CAN'T BE
EASILY ON DONE AND THAT
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IS AT
THE CORE. AND THIS SHOWS UP
REALLY ON A BROAD RANGE OF
LANDSCAPES ACROSS THE STATE
THOSE AREAS IN GREEN ON THE
RIGHT- ARE ALL THE PLACES IN
CALIFORNIA THAT ALREADY MEET
THIS DEFINITION. WHICH FOR OUR
LAND AREA IS TWENTY FOUR
PERCENT. AND THIS INCLUDES MANY
OF THE DEDICATED CONSERVATION
AREAS THAT YOU CAN ENVISION
LIKE- A WILDERNESS AREAS AND
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. BUT ALSO
MANY OF OUR RECREATION LANDS AND
OPEN SPACE SAYS THIS CAN INCLUDE
OUR REGIONAL OPEN SPACES LIKE
MAYBE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS
BUT ALSO- DUCK CLUBS IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. AS WELL AS
WORKING LANDS- WE HAVE A LOT OF
CONSERVATION LANDS UNDER
PERMANENT EASEMENT- I THINK A
LOT ABOUT THE CENTRAL VALLEY
VERNAL POOL CONSERVATION THAT IS
REALLY EFFECTIVE. IN PROTECTING
A LOT OF ARE A RARE PLANTS- AND
THOSE MEET OUR DEFINITION AS
WELL. BUT WE MAKE THE POINT
THAT- CONSERVATION THAT OCCURS
IN THE AREAS THAT DON'T MEET
THIS DEFINITION IS EQUALLY AS
IMPORTANT AND THERE'S LOTS OF
GREAT WORK HAPPENING ACROSS THE
STATE- TO PROTECTING THOSE RARE
AND ENDANGERED SPECIES- AND TO-
BE MORE SUSTAINABLE. STATEWIDE
IN OUR COASTAL AREAS ARE 16% OF
OUR COASTAL WATERS MEET OUR
DEFINITION AND CURRENTLY THAT
IS- REPRESENTED BY OUR MARINE
PROTECTED AREA NETWORK. I'D LIKE
TO POINT OUT THAT- DECATUR
MANAGEMENT REVIEW IS IN PROCESS
FOR THAT NETWORK AND WILL BE
USING THAT TO DETERMINE- WHAT
ADDITIONAL- AREAS WE MIGHT NEED
TO. CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE- ARE
OTHER KEY STRATEGIES INCLUDE
WORKING WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS TO
STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS THAT A
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES. ARE
ALSO WORKING TO CREATE
INDIGENOUS MARINE STEWARDSHIP
AREAS- AND WE'RE EVALUATING
OTHER SPECIAL MANAGEMENT
MEASURES ACROSS. OUR COASTAL
WATERS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY
MEET THE DEFINITION OF CONSERVE
SO AT THE MOMENT ARE TAKEN NO
TAKE AREAS IN RANGE TEXT PROTECT
AREAS MEET OUR DEFINITION FOR
EVALUATING ALL OF THESE OTHER.
ARE POSSIBILITIES. OUR DOCUMENT
OUTLINES TEN PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVE
THIRTY BY THIRTY MANY OF THESE
ARE STATE FUNDED BUT NOT ALL ARE
AS THE SECRETARY MENTIONED-
NUMBER FOUR FOR EXAMPLE.
REQUIRES WORKING WITH OUR
FEDERAL PARTNERS ON- ENHANCING
CONSERVATION EXISTING PUBLIC
LANDS. BUT MANY OF US MUCH OF
OUR WORK RELIES ON ACQUISITIONS
AND EASEMENTS BUT ALSO BEING
MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE
DEPLOY MITIGATION- AND THEN
WORKING TOGETHER MORE
EFFECTIVELY ACROSS THE STATE IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME I WON'T GO
THROUGH ALL THESE BUT I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THEM. A REALLY IMPORTANT THING I
WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE DID
DEVELOP THIS- CALIFORNIA NATURE
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
THIS IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO
ADVANCING CALIFORNIA'S THIRTY BY
THIRTY AND MISSION OF. THIS IS A
SUITE OF VISUALIZATION AND
DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS IT SHOWS
YOU IN THE STATE- WHERE IN THE
STATE ARE EXISTING PROTECTED
AREAS ARE LOCATED IT'S GOING TO
HELP US TRACK OUR PROGRESS
TOWARDS THIRTY PERCENT. AND IT
HELPS US PRIORITIZE THE MOST
IMPORTANT PLACES TO PROTECT IN
ANY GIVEN REGION. SO- THAT
PREVIOUS KNOB WAS THE PROTECTED
AREAS MAP ACROSS THE STATE AND
THIS IS A SLIDE SHOWING YOU THE
OTHER KINDS OF LAYERS THAT YOU
CAN THEN BRING IN- YOU CAN
OVERLAY THE PROTECTED AREAS WITH
BIODIVERSITY SHOWN IN THE UPPER
RIGHT. ACCESS SHOWN IN THE
BOTTOM RIGHT- AND CLIMATE CHANGE
CONDITIONS LIKE THE PANEL ON THE
LEFT SHOWING PROJECTED-
TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS. SO THEN
YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE ARE
DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION
TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY IMPORTANT
AREAS TO. TO PROTECT THAT
OVERLAY WITH EXISTING PROTECTED
AREAS. YOU CAN ALSO RUN
STATISTICS ON- WHAT'S BEEN
PROTECTED AND HOW THAT'S A G.
AND GETTING US TO ACHIEVE OUR
GOALS SO LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM
RIGHT- THIS IS- A SNAPSHOT OF L.
A. COUNTY. WHERE ONLY 3% OF THE
POPULATION IS WITHIN A HALF MILE
OF A PROTECTED AREA. SO A SYSTEM
LIKE THIS IS REALLY VALUABLE FOR
HELPING US TRACK OUR PROGRESS
AND I'M IDENTIFYING
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE. AS THE
SECRETARY SAID OUR
IMPLEMENTATION VISION IS
VOLUNTARY REGIONALLY LED
CONSERVATION WITH THE STATE
SUPPORTING AND ACCELERATING THE
EFFORTS. OF REGIONAL COALITIONS
TRIBAL PARTNERS FEDERAL STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACADEMICS-
AND MORE AND IT'S REALLY IT IS A
MOVEMENT WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
ENGAGED WITH THIS WORK- IN THE
SUMMER OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO WE
HELD A DAY LONG IN PERSON
GATHERING TO SHARE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT. HAS BEEN
PROVIDED BY THE LEGISLATURE- THE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE
THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US
IMPLEMENT THIS WORK. AND OUR
OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH
EACH OTHER. WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR
THIRTY BY THIRTY PARTNERSHIP
COORDINATING COMMITTEE THESE ARE
LEADERS ACROSS OUR STATE WHO ARE
HELPING US- GET THE WORD OUT.
FIGURE OUT WHERE IT MORE
INFORMATION IS NEEDED AND ENSURE
THAT ALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
STATE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PLUG AND- TO THIS IMPORTANT WORK
. WE FOLLOWED OUR SEPTEMBER
GATHERING WITH A VIRTUAL EXPO-
WHERE WE SHARED INFORMATION-
AGAIN ABOUT FUNDING AND PROGRAMS
THIS REALLY REPRESENTS OUR
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY. BECAUSE
NOT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN PERSON AND IT WAS
A TRULY STANDING ROOM ONLY
EVENTS- SO THOSE VIDEOS ARE
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE YOU CAN
ALSO FIND FAQS LINKS TO PAST
WEBINARS AND THAT CA NATURE THAT
I MENTIONED. AND I'M PLEASED TO
SAY THAT WE ARE ALREADY-
INVESTING. IN THESE PROGRAMS ARE
ALREADY TAKING OFF WE SPENT
NINETY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
ALREADY ON FIFTY FIVE PROJECTS-
BETTER CONSERVING LANDS
INCREASING ACCESS AND BUILDING
THE RESILIENCE OF NATURAL
SYSTEMS AND THERE ARE SCORES OF
PROJECTS IN REVIEW- WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED FOR THE WORKING
HEAD. AND DIRECTOR BONHAM AND
DIRECTOR CAN TERO HAVE SOME
GREAT- EXAMPLES TO SHARE I JUST
WANT TO SHARE MY FAVORITE- WHICH
IS THAT PURCHASE AND RETURN OF
FORTY SIX ACRES OF ANCESTRAL WE
OUGHT LANDS- ACCOMPLISHED
THROUGH A TRIBALLY LED
PARTNERSHIPS. WITH ACADEMIC AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THIS WAS
FUNDED BY A ONE POINT TWO
MILLION DOLLAR PROP ONE COASTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT FROM
THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL.
THE LAND OF BEEN RETURNED TO THE
WE OUT TRIED STEWARDSHIP AND
WILL BE RESTORED AND CONSERVED
TO PROTECT IMPORTANT CULTURAL
CEREMONIAL AN ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES ON THE PROPERTY. NOW
FORTY SIX ACRES ISN'T A LOT OF
ACRES BUT THIS IS REALLY BIG ON
WHAT WE MOST WANT TO DO- AND
THIS LAND RETURN IS AN EARLY
EXAMPLE OF PARTNERING WITH
CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR
THIRTY BY THIRTY GOALS. I'M
REALLY PROUD OF THAT SO IN
CLOSING I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR
VISION AND OUR PROGRESS LOOK FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS AND I'LL PASS THE
MIKE TO DIRECTOR CHUCK BONHAM OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE. THANK YOU DOCTOR
NORRIS- WE'LL HEAR NEXT FROM-
DIRECTOR MONICA. THANK YOU CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS DR NORRIS
SECRETARY CRAWFORD. MY NAME IS
CHUCK BONHAM AND I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
AND THE ME POSTURE AND JUST MAKE
SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME AND SEE ME
CLEARLY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM.
WE CAN'T THANK YOU. PERFECT WHAT
I'D LIKE TO DO IN MY TEN MINUTES
OR LESS IS GIVE YOU CONCRETE
EXAMPLES. THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE TURNED
ILLUSTRATIONS OF HOW WE
IMPLEMENT. THIS VISION. ALONG.
THE CHIEF THIS VISION BECAUSE-
THESE INTEREST ARE COMPLEMENTARY
AND SYNERGISTIC. I'D LIKE TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
ABOUT STRATEGIC TIME LINES. AND
HOW WE SET PRIORITIES FOR
IMPLEMENTATIONS. LET ME STEP
BACK AND JUST SAY- IN MY VIEW
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE'S MISSION IS
BIODIVERSITY. SO WHAT IS
BIODIVERSITY FRANKLY IS A FANCY
WORD CREATED BY SCIENTISTS BUT
WHEN YOU DISTILL IT DOWN IT
MEANS SAVE NATURE. BIODIVERSITY
IS THAT METRIC ARE SCIENTISTS
USE TO JUDGE THE WEALTH THE
RICHNESS OF THE NATURAL WORLD.
AND YOU'VE HEARD IT REFERRED TO
BUT TURNS OUT CALIFORNIA HAS AS
MUCH BIODIVERSITY AS MOST OTHER
PLACES ON THE ENTIRE PLANET. OUR
NATURAL WEALTH IS A MAN'S IT'S A
REASON WHY WE HAVE ECONOMIC
WEALTH THOSE DYNAMICS OF OUR
NATURAL WORLD AND OUR ECONOMIC
WORLD FIT HAND IN GLOVE WHEN YOU
STORE THEM TOGETHER. AND THE
DEPARTMENT'S MISSION. ISRAELI TO
MANAGE ALL OF THE ANIMALS AND
PLANTS IN THIS STATE. AND THE
HABITATS THEY DEPEND UPON. WHERE
THEIR ECOLOGICAL VALUE AS WELL
AS THEIR USE AND ENJOYMENT. SO
IN SOME WAYS THE DEPARTMENT WAS
THIRTY THIRTY BEFORE THIRTY
THIRTY WAS A THING. THIS IS WHO
WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
SINCE OUR CREATION. AND WE HAVE
EXAMPLES OF IMPLEMENTING THIS
VISION JUST IN RECENT DAYS AND
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. IF ONE
GOES TO THE MARINE LANDSCAPE AND
I KNOW THERE'S MORE CONVERSATION
TO BE HAD IN SUBSEQUENT HEARINGS
ABOUT THE MARINE WORLD. WE
MANAGE ALL THE SWIMMING FISH
FROM OUR SHORELINE TO THREE
MILES OUT INTO THE OCEAN. AND WE
ARE AS DOCTOR NORRIS MENTIONED
RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF A
CONVERSATION ABOUT- TEN YEAR
REVIEW OF OUR MARINE PROTECTED
AREA NETWORK OFF THE SHORES OF
CALIFORNIA AND- BOTTOM LINE UP
FRONT. THE SCIENCE INDICATES IS
WORKING. WHEN YOU HAVE A
CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE
CONSERVATION NETWORK THAT'S
DURABLE WITH PROTECTIONS. WHAT
THE SCIENCE IS SHOWING YOU HAVE
BIGGER FISH YOU HAVE HEALTHIER
ECOSYSTEMS AND IN SOME PLACES IN
OUR MARINE NETWORK WHAT WE THINK
WE'RE SEEING AS- THIS CONSERVE
MARINE LANDSCAPE IS ACTUALLY A
BUFFER TO CLIMATE CHANGE. SOME
PLACES IN THE NETWORK APPEARED
TO HAVE SURVIVED THE MARINES
MARINE HEAT WAVE. MORE
SUCCESSFULLY THAN OTHER PLACES
SO IT'S WORKING. THIS IS TRUE ON
THE LAND FRONT. YES ALSO TRUE ON
THE SPECIES FRONT IF YOU THINK
ABOUT JUST PLANTS IN CALIFORNIA
. WE HAVE MORE TYPES OF PLANTS
FOUND NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
THEN ALL THE OTHER. FORTY SEVEN
CONTINENTAL US STATES COMBINED.
AND THIS DIVERSITY OF NATURAL
WEALTH TRACKS THE DIVERSITY OF
OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE
DIVERSITY OF OUR ECONOMY. THIS
CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY I THINK
IS THE UNDER PENDING. FOR THIRTY
BY THIRTY SO WHEN WE LOOK AT.
THE TEN PATHWAYS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION WHETHER IT'S
PROTECTION RESTORATION EXPANDING
ACCESS TO NATURE SUSTAINING OUR
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY CLEAN ENERGY
RESOURCES FOOD SUPPLY ALL THOSE
THINGS WE BELIEVE RUN THROUGH
OUR DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS ASKED IN OPENING
REMARKS WAS HOW WE INTEGRATE
WITH OTHER ENTITIES AS AN
EXAMPLE. OUR DEPARTMENT
COLLEAGUES TO CALIFORNIA BIO
DIVERSITY NETWORK WHICH
PURPOSEFULLY BRINGS TOGETHER
EXPERTS. COMMUNITY LEADERS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT STATE AND
FEDERAL. TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE PARTNERS TOGETHER TO
IMPLEMENT THIRTY BY THIRTY. WE
ENGAGE THE STEWARDS THIS TRIBAL
REPRESENTATIVES THE SCIENTISTS
AND EDUCATORS FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE. THE DESIGN WHERE WE'RE
GOING WITH OUR PRIVATIZATION IN
PROTECTION OUR PRIORITIZATION
AND STORESHIP OUR PRIORITIZATION
IN EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC IN
COURT. SO IS BUT ONE EXAMPLE
THERE'S AN EXISTING NETWORK THE
CALIFORNIA BIODIVERSITY NETWORK
PURPOSEFULLY CREATED IN BEING
USED AS AN IMPLEMENTATION TOOL
FOR THIRTY BY THIRTY. THERE ARE
OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT EXISTS
TO BE EMBRACED WHERE WE'RE
HEADING WITH THIS IS VISION.
MOST OF YOU KNOW SINCE NINETEEN
FORTY SEVEN. THERE'S SOMETHING
CALLED THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
BOARD IN CALIFORNIA. IT'S HOUSE
WITH IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND
ARGUABLY IT'S THE STATE'S
PRIMARY OR PRIME REAL ESTATE
CONSERVATION AGENT. FOR
PROTECTION OF LANDS AND ANIMALS
RIGHT NOW ALL THAT WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD. IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF UPDATING ITS STRATEGIC
PLAN AND TWENTY TWENTY THREE. TO
AMPLIFY AND IDENTIFY IT'S
PRIVATIZATIONS FOR ACQUISITION
WITH WILLING COMMUNITIES AND
LANDOWNERS TO IMPLEMENT AND
ACHIEVE A THIRTY BY THIRTY
PASSWORDS SO WORK HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW ABOUT SETTING
PRIORITIES AND ESTABLISHING
TIMELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT I THINK IN A MOMENT THE
DIRECTOR OF STATE PARKS WILL
MIMIC IMPART MY NEXT EXAMPLE. WE
CAN ALSO THINK ABOUT
IMPLEMENTING THIRTY BY THIRTY
WITH OUR OWN ASSETS SO FOR
EXAMPLE OUR DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY
OWNS AND MANAGES OVER ONE
MILLION ACRES OF WILDLIFE AREAS
WHICH ALLOW CONSUMPTIVE USES AND
RECREATIONAL ACCESS LIKE HUNTING
AND FISHING. SO THIS IDEA OF
CONSERVATION AND CONSUMPTIVE USE
ARE NOT AT ODDS THEY NEED NOT
FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER YOU CAN
CONSERVE LANDS AND STILL
INCREASE RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY LIKE WE DO ON OUR
WILDLIFE AREAS. WE ALSO OWN A
MANAGE ECOLOGICAL RESERVES OFTEN
THOSE RESERVES ARE PURCHASED FOR
THE INTENT OF THE STABBING IS A
REFUGIA FOR NATURAL DIVERSITY
WHERE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
MAY BE LESS THAN THEY ARE ON
WILDLIFE AREAS. WE ALSO MANAGE
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND
MITIGATION LANDS ALL OF THIS IS
A CROSS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FORTY PROPERTIES. THAT COMPRISE
THE HABITATS. THAT CAN SERVE
EVERY MAJOR ECOSYSTEM IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA HOW DO WE
KNOW THAT. WE ALSO HAVE AN
UNDERLYING DOCUMENT CALLED THE
STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN IT'S
A REQUIREMENT ON THE FEDERAL
FRONT. EACH STATE WILDLIFE
AGENCY TO PROBE COULD DO SUCH A
PLAN TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR ECOSYSTEM INVESTMENT
. OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WON A
NATIONAL AWARD. OF ALL THE
STATES FOR THE BEST PLAN AS TO
DETAILING THE METRICS TO
CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY THE TYPES
OF LANDS TO ACQUIRE. THE RATIOS
OF LANDS TO ACQUIRE WITHIN WHICH
WATERSHEDS AND WE'RE NOW IN THE
PROCESS OF UPDATING THAT PLAN.
RESPECTFUL OF THIRTY BY THIRTY
IN THE FEDERAL COMMITMENT FOR
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL SO ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF IMPLEMENTATION
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE
LANDSCAPE. IN THOSE EXAMPLES
CONTINUE REFINING. OUR WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD AND THE
DEPARTMENT ARE POISED TO SOON
RELEASE GUIDELINES ON HOW OUR
COMMUNITIES CAN AVAIL THEMSELVES
OF THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS. TO
DESIGN MORE AND IMPLEMENT MORE
NATURAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION
PLANS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF.
EXERCISING OUR TOOLS TO
ACCELERATE RESTORATION THROUGH
CUTTING THE GREEN TAPE. AND THE
FIRST EVER STATE AUTHORIZES USE
OF SEQUEL EXEMPTIONS FOR
RESTORATION PROJECTS SINCE APRIL
TWENTY TWENTY TWO OUR WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD HAS APPROVED
OVER EIGHTEEN PROJECTS THAT
THEMSELVES WILL CONSERVE MORE
THAN THIRTEEN THOUSAND ACRES AS
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR FEE
TITLE TRANSACTIONS. THAT FACTOR
INTO THE METRICS DOCTOR NORRIS
PRESENTED A MOMENT AGO. IN AS AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW THINGS NEED NOT
BE IN CONFLICT. THERE WAS
MENTIONED IN THE OPENING
COMMENTS ABOUT THE SYNERGY
BETWEEN CONSERVED LANDS. AND
RENEWABLE ENERGY ONE MUCH CAN BE
DONE IN THIS SPACE IT SHOWS HOW
WE CAN ACHIEVE A WIN WIN WIN WIN
. JUST LAST YEAR OUR DEPARTMENT
WORKING WITH A FEDERAL AGENCY
THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
AND A SOLAR DEVELOPMENT. EIGHT
MINUTE ENERGY WHICH IS NOW
CALLED ADVANTIS. REACHED AN
AGREEMENT ON THE UNEX RANCH
CONSERVATION PROJECT WHICH WILL
TAKE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN
THOUSAND ACRES. OF FORMALLY FOR
FEDERALLY GROW LACED LAND. AND
NOW CREATE A RESERVE FOR THOSE
ACRES THAT ALLOWS THE ENERGY
COMPANY TO USE IT IS MEDICATION.
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR
SOLAR PROJECT AND SETS ASIDE AN
AREA THAT IS SEVEN TIMES LARGER
THAN SAN FRANCISCO. IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE MOJAVE DESERT FOR
THE CONSERVATION OF WESTERN
JOSHUA TREE AND OTHER IMPORTANT
ECOSYSTEMS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK
RIGHT NOW OUR ACTIVITIES THAT
SHOW THE POWER OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS VISION.
IT'S SUPER EXCITING FOR ME IS
THE ARC OF A JOURNEY I'VE BEEN
ENGAGED ON IN MY ENTIRE CAREER
TO ELEVATE THIS DYNAMIC AROUND
SAVING NATURE TO THE FOREFRONT.
I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU ALSO
LEADERSHIP AT THE COMMITTEE
LEVEL I SET MY TIMER I REALIZED
IN THAT TEN MINUTES I HAVE SO
MUCH MORE LOVE TO SAY BUT LET ME
PASS IT ON TO DIRECTOR CAN TERRA
STATE PARKS. THANK YOU DIRECTOR
RON M. AND YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE
I THINKING Q. IN A- HOPEFULLY TO
EXPRESS MORE- WELCOME OUR MONDO
CAN TERO DIRECTOR. OF THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION. GOOD MORNING
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND I
AM PLEASED TO FOLLOW SECRETARY
CROWFOOT DOCTOR NORRIS AND
DIRECTOR CHUCK BONHAM IN TALKING
ABOUT STATE PARKS. WHICH I WHICH
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA
STATE PARKS MISSION STATEMENT IS
CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE THIRTY
BY THIRTY GOALS IT REALLY IS OUR
JOB TO PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH
INSPIRATION AND EDUCATION OF THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. BY HELPING
TO PRESERVE THE STATE'S
EXTRAORDINARY BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY AS WE PROTECT ITS MOST
VALUED NATURAL AND CULTURAL
RESOURCES. AND WE WORK TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH QUALITY
OUTDOOR RECREATION. AND STATE
PARKS WE COORDINATE WITH
PARTNERS ON THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
GOALS THROUGH THE NATURAL
RESOURCES. AGENCY LET EVENTS
LIKE THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
PARTNERSHIP KICK OFF LAST
SEPTEMBER. AND THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY EXPO SERIES STATE PARKS
ALSO COORDINATES WITH
NEIGHBORING ENTITIES ON DAY TO
DAY MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. WHICH
INCLUDE PROJECT PLANNING AND
PROJECT EXECUTION ALL OF WHICH
SUPPORT THIRTY BY THIRTY. AND
STATE PARKS WERE WORKING WITH
TRIBAL ENTITIES STATEWIDE TO
MEET THE THIRTY BY THIRTY CALLS
ON THIS COORDINATION BILLS ON
THE YEARS OF COLLABORATIVE WORK
WITH TRIES ON THE STEWARDSHIP.
OF THE STATE'S IRREPLACEABLE
NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO BROADEN
ACCESS TO PARKS. RESULTS OF OUR
TRIBAL COLLABORATIONS INCLUDE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNED
MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES LIKE
THE CORONATION THE QUESTION I A
PROMO THE YUROK THE WASHINGTON.
AND THE NON FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
TRIBES. LIKE THE ON THE MOODS
AND- THIS COLLABORATION HAVE
READ SPECIES X. HABITAT. AND PUT
TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT PRESCRIBED BURNS INTO
PRACTICE AT OUR PARKS
ADDITIONALLY WE CONTINUE MAKING
PROGRESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN HERITAGE
CENTRE IN WEST SACRAMENTO WHICH
HONORS THE DIVERSITY. THE
HISTORY OF AS WELL AS THE
HISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN
PEOPLE BY PRESERVING CULTURAL
AND TRIBAL TRADITIONS AND WE
WORK TO NURTURE THE CONTEMPORARY
EXPRESSIONS AND FACILITATE- BOTH
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN THESE
EFFORTS. WHICH DRIVERS JOINTLY
TOWARD THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
GOALS. STATE PARKS MANAGES OVER
ONE POINT SIX MILLION ACRES
ACROSS TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
STATE PARK UNITS IN CALIFORNIA
WHICH IS MORE AND MORE THAN 70%
OF THAT LAND OR ABOUT EIGHTY
NINE OF THE YEAR THOSE UNITS.
ARE CLASSIFIED AS STATE PARKS
WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PRESERVE
OUTSTANDING NATURAL SCENIC AND
CULTURAL VALUES. ALONG WITH
INDIGENOUS AQUATIC AND
TERRESTRIAL FLORA AND FAUNA.
LANDS CLASSIFIED AS STATE PARKS
PROTECT AN ARRAY OF ECOSYSTEMS
INCLUDING WETLANDS COASTAL DUNES
GRASSLANDS AND FOREST LANDS IN
EVERY REGION OF THE STATE. THESE
LANDS ALSO INCLUDE EXCEPTIONAL
OR RARE ECOSYSTEMS AND HABITATS
WHERE RARE THREATENED OR
ENDANGERED SPECIES ARE FOUND.
STATE PARK LAND IS CLAD
CLASSIFIED USING THE USGS IS GAP
ANALYSIS WHICH- DR NORRIS SPOKE
ABOUT WHICH AIMS TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION OF HOW WELL WE'RE
PROTECTING COMMON PLANTS AND
ANIMALS. THE CLASS OF THE GAP
ANALYSIS CLASSIFIES LEADS INTO
THE FOUR CATEGORIES. WHICH
DOCTOR NOR SPOKE ABOUT AND THE
THIRTY BY THIRTY DEFINITION OF
CONSERVE LAND INCLUDES LANDS
CLASSIFIED AS BOTH CAP ONE AND
GAP TO. FOLLOWING THIS
DEFINITION OVER 80% OF LAND IN
THE STATE PARK SYSTEM INCLUDING
ONE POINT THREE SEVEN FIVE
MILLION ACRES IS CLASSIFIED AS
CONSERVED. HOWEVER AFTER SEEN
HOW SIMILAR LANDOWNING AGENCIES
APPLY THE THIRTY BY THIRTY GAP
CLASSIFICATIONS ACROSS THEIR
LANDS WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT
EVEN MORE LAND UNDER OUR
MANAGEMENT COULD BE CLASSIFIED
AS GAP ONE. SIGNIFYING THAT
STRONGEST PROTECTION MEASURES.
MANY SYSTEMS IN THE CALIFORNIA
STATE PARK SYSTEM HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY HISTORIC USES AND
FOR EXAMPLE THOUSANDS OF ACRES
OF STATE PARK FOREST HAVE BEEN
AND HAVE BEEN IMPACTED OR
UNHEALTHY YOU TO STATEWIDE
HISTORIC FIRE SUPPRESSION
PRACTICES. AND ADDITIONALLY MANY
STATE PARKS WERE REQUIRED
FOLLOWING INDUSTRY AND RESOURCE
EXTRACTION AND REQUIRING THE
REMOVAL OF LEGACY INFRASTRUCTURE
LIKE LOGGING ROADS AS WELL AS
ONGOING ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
AND STEWARDSHIP SUCH AS THE
REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES.
SOME COASTAL PARKS CONTAIN
RENDON DUNE SYSTEMS FROM
HISTORIC USES AND STATE PARK
STAFF HAVE DEVELOPED METHODS TO
RESTORE THESE IMPORTANT
ECOSYSTEMS TO PROVIDE HABITAT.
TO ENDANGERED SPECIES SPECIES
WHICH WE HAVE SEEN IMPROVING
THEIR BREEDING SUCCESS AND WE
HAVE DEVELOPED RESILIENCE
STRATEGIES TO SEA LEVEL RISE.
MANY OF THESE HIGHLIGHTED
ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE GENEROSITY OF VOTERS WHO
PERIODIC BONDS OR THE FOR SIDE
OF THE LEGISLATURE WITH DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE ALLOCATIONS. MORE
RECENTLY THIS WORK HAS BEEN
SUPPORTED BY MAJOR STATEWIDE
INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND WILDFIRE AND
FOREST RESILIENCE THIS IS REALLY
CRITICAL NOT ONLY IN PROTECTING
PARKS THE PROTECTING THE
COMMUNITIES IN THE VICINITY AND
ADJACENT TO STATE PARKS. YET ARE
ONGOING AND DEDICATED FUNDING TO
MAINTAIN THE RESTORATION
ADVANCES IS ALWAYS NEEDED TO
ASSURE RESTORED LANDS AND WE
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
STATEWIDE BIO DIVERSITY GOALS.
EXCUSE ME. STATE LANDS HAS AN
INTERNAL WORKING GROUP AN INTRA
DEPARTMENTAL TEAM OF HIGH LEVEL
MANAGERS PRIORITISING
ACQUISITIONS ALL ACQUISITIONS IS
A SLOW MULTIPARTY PROCESSOR
REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT DUE
DILIGENCE STATE PARKS WORKS TO
ENSURE THAT EACH ACQUISITION IS
VITAL AND MEETS MULTIPLE GOALS
REFLECTED IN THIRTY BY THIRTY.
STATE PARKS HAS RECENTLY
ACQUIRED AN ADVANCED SIGNIFICANT
NEW ACQUISITIONS IN OUR NEWEST
STATE PARK IS DOES REELS RANCH
IN STANISLAUS COUNTY. THIS NEW
PARK WILL ALLOW THE RETURN OF
NATURAL FLOODPLAIN PROCESSES
LITERALLY PUTTING WATER BACK
INTO AN AQUIFER. WETLAND AND
RIPARIAN RESTORATION AND WE ALSO
THIS PARK WILL ALSO PROVIDE
HABITAT FOR MANY NATIVE SPECIES
INCLUDING RARE AND ENDANGERED.
SPECIES SUCH AS A RIPARIAN BRUSH
RABBIT AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A-
THERE'S BIRDS ARE TO RETURN TO
THIS AREA THAT HAVE IN SOME
CASES BEEN SEEN IN SIXTY YEARS
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO
REINTRODUCE AND JUST RESTORING
THIS AREA ATTRACTED NATIVE
SPECIES BACK INTO THIS HABITAT.
THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET
ALSO INCLUDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CONNECTING RESTORE ADJOINING
PARK LANDS BY PROTECTING THE
CINEMA DEVELOPMENT CENTER. YOUR
REAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH
ACQUIRING NEW PROPERTIES FOR THE
STATE PARK SYSTEM INCLUDING BOTH
ONGOING OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THESE NEW
ACQUISITIONS AS WELL AS THE
DEPARTMENT SIGNIFICANT DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE BACKLOG OF OVER A
BILLION DOLLARS. THEREFORE THE
DEPARTMENT IS FOCUSING ON
INCREASED PROGRAMMING AND
EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF
INFILL PROJECTS THAT WON'T
INCREASE THE DEPARTMENT'S
OPERATIONS COSTS WHILE WE WORK
TO SUPPORT THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
GOALS. STATE PARKS IS WORKING AS
AGGRESSIVELY AS POSSIBLE TO
RESTORE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH ACROSS
THE STATE PARK SYSTEM AND THIS
IS SUPPORTED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION'S INVESTMENT IN
CLIMATE RESILIENCE WILDFIRE
FOREST RESILIENCE AND
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. FOR
EXAMPLE STATE PARKS IS ADVANCING
FOREST HEALTH YOU STEWARDSHIP
FORESTRY AND PRESCRIBED BURNS
ACROSS MORE THAN A HUNDRED STATE
PARK UNITS. BECAUSE THE STATE.
IN THIS DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO BEEN
ABLE TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT FLOODPLAIN
RECONNECTION AND WATERSHED
RESTORATION. STATE PARKS HAS
BEEN ABLE TO IMPLEMENT HUNDREDS
OF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
PROJECTS ACROSS DEGRADED
RIPARIAN MOUNTAIN MEADOW AND
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OVER THE LAST
FIFTEEN YEARS. THE
ADMINISTRATION'S TWENTY TWENTY
ONE BUDGET INCLUDED FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO
LOCAL COMMUNITIES THIS IS NOT
WITHIN THE STATE PARKS BUT IT'S
ACTUALLY IN TOWNS AND CITIES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. AND THESE
GRANTS WERE FOR PARKS
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PROGRAMS
INCLUDING IN PROGRAMMING RATHER
INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION AND
EDUCATION AS WELL AS FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION TO EXPAND ACCESS
TO STATE PARKS AND OTHER STATE
FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. THE
DEPARTMENT FUNDED ONE HUNDRED
AND TWELVE PROJECTS OR FIVE
HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT MILLION
DOLLARS IN WHICH ENDED UP
CREATING FIFTY NEW PARKS WITH AN
COMMUNITIES. AT THE NINE STATE
REGULAR RECREATION AREAS WE
PROVIDE MOTORIZED ACCESS IN A
WAY THAT CONSERVES AND IMPROVES
WHILE HIGH WILDLIFE HABITAT OVER
TIME. WE USE HAVEN'T WILDLIFE
HABITAT PARK PROTECTION PLANS HE
DESCRIBES SPECIES CONSERVATION
ACTIONS AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
FRAMEWORK TO ADVANCE A LONG TERM
COMMITMENT TO RAISE TWO RICHARD
VALUES ON EVEN THE MOST HEAVILY
USED RECREATIONAL AREAS. STATE
PARKS BALANCE IS A THIRTY BY
THIRTY OBJECTIVES OF HIGH
QUALITY RECREATION WITH
PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE
STATE'S MOST VALUABLE NATURAL
AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. THIS
BALANCE HAS ALWAYS PRESENTED A
CHALLENGE THERE IS A DUALITY AT
THE CENTER OF OUR MISSION
REQUIRING US TO MAKE OUR RARE
AND RESTORED LANDS ACCESSIBLE TO
A DIVERSE PUBLIC. WITH THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE ADMINISTRATION
AND THE SUPPORT OF USE A
LEGISLATORS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
ADVANCE THE OBJECTIVES OF
CLIMATE RESILIENCE BY
ACCELERATING THE PACE AND SCALE
OF OUR STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES TO
RESTORE DEGRADED SYSTEMS SUPPORT
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND FOSTER
RESILIENCE. STATE PARKS HAS ALSO
BEEN A LEADER IN EXPANDING
CALIFORNIA'S ACCESS FOR ALL
EFFORTS THROUGH PUBLIC ACCESS TO
THE OUTDOORS. THE DEPARTMENT IS
SUPPORTED THIS WORK YOU EXPANDED
PROGRAMMING INCLUDING THE
SUCCESSFUL CALIFORNIA STATE
PARKS LIBRARY PASSED ADVENTURE
PASSES FOR FOURTH GRADERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES AND THE GOLDEN
BEAR PASSED FOR DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. TOGETHER THESE
THREE PROGRAMS WITH THE
LEGISLATORS SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE
SUPPORT HAS CREATED AN ASSET HAS
CREATED OVER NINETY THREE
THOUSAND PASSES ACROSS
CALIFORNIA FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM
THESE GROUPS INCLUDING PEOPLE
WHO VISIT LIBRARIES. YOUR MANY
PLACES IN PARKS ACROSS THE STATE
WITH THE DEPARTMENT ACTIVELY
WORKS WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS ON
NATURAL RESOURCES STEWARDSHIP.
OUT WE ALSO WORK WITH THEM AS
RESTORATION AND RECREATIONAL
ACCESS EFFORTS WE HAVE SEEN
THESE COLLABORATE FOR
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS INCREASE
ACCESS TO FUNDING FROM BOTH
FEDERAL AND STATE AND EVEN
PRIVATE SOURCES. FOR EXAMPLE AT
REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE
RECORDS IN TERROR WOULD YOU MIND
CLOSING JUST FOR PURPOSES OF
TIME THANK OKAY I'M THERE. WELL
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH ALL OF
YOU THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMITTEE. FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY THANK YOU SO MUCH
DIRECTOR COMPARE THOSE VERY
INFORMATIVE I THANK YOU TO ALL
OUR GOVERNOR THE OFFICIALS TODAY
I WILL NOW MOVE TO QUESTIONS FOR
THIS PANEL- DO ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES. HAVE QUESTIONS A
CENTER LET. OUR THANK YOU. I
JUST LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE
SECRETARY AND ON A COMMENT I
MADE- IN THE OPENING COMMENTS.
GIVEN THAT TESTIMONY THE FOR
VIEW. WHEN COULD WE EXPECT. TO
GET TO RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE
BUDGET MONEY OR A PROCESS FOR
THE BUDGET MONEY HOW ARE WE
GOING TO. WHAT'S YOUR TIME FRAME
FOR GETTING TO THE END. YEAH I
THINK SO MUCH CENTER LAYERED AND
- I SHOULD HAVE SAID. WELL NOW
THEM TALKING YOU DIRECTLY THANKS
FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DID FOR
EIGHT YEARS IN THIS ROLE AND I
FEEL LIKE WE'RE STANDING ON YOUR
SHOULDERS WITH A LOT OF WHAT
WE'RE ABLE TO DO. AND YOU
RIGHTLY POINTED OUT THAT. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION PRESENTED IN
JANUARY DOES INCLUDE PROPOSED
CUTS IN THIS AREA AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION OF
BOTH EXPLAINING THOSE CUTS AND
WORKING THEM THROUGH WITH YOU. I
ENVISION IT HAPPENS THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS LATER THIS WEEK
WE INITIATE A REVIEW OR THIS THE
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE OVER OUR
BUDGET INITIATES ITS REVIEW OF
THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THOSE
CONVERSATIONS BEGAN ON THURSDAY
AND I VIEW THAT. THE DISCUSSION
A DIALOGUE ON THIS BUDGET AND
HOW IT IMPACTS THIRTY BY THIRTY
REALLY PLAYING OUT THROUGH THAT
BUDGET COMMITTEE PROCESS AND
THEN ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW WHAT
THE BROADER LEGISLATURE IN MAY
AND JUNE. DOES THAT MEAN THAT.
SORT OF THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION IS A BUDGET QUESTION
THAT IF WE ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE
MONEY. YOU EXPECT IN THE YEAR WE
APPROPRIATE AT THAT THERE WOULD
BE SOME PROCESS FOR SENDING IT
OUT THE DOOR. WELL I DON'T KNOW
THIS DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT A LANCER DIRECTLY
AS I CAN OUR GOAL ONCE. THE
LEGISLATURE YOU KNOW AND THE
GOVERNOR APPROPRIATE THE FUNDING
IS TO SPEND IT AS EFFICIENTLY AS
POSSIBLE. SO WE REALLY PRIDE
OURSELVES ON GETTING FUNDING OUT
THE DOOR IN MANY AREAS OF OUR
AGENCY BUDGET FASTER THAN WE
EVER HAVE GIVEN THE THREATS WE
FACE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THE
URGENCY. OF ALL THESE CHALLENGES
SO OUR GOAL IS- AS YOU
APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO GET IT
OUT THE DOOR AS QUICKLY AS- AS
POSSIBLE AND PRACTICABLE AND
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW AS EFFECTIVE
AS POSSIBLE. SO WILL LOOK TO THE
LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR
ALTERNATELY TO DECIDE YOU KNOW
WHAT FUNDING GETS CHANGED AND
THEN OUR GOAL IS IMPLEMENTING
THE FUNDING. AND THE FOUR OF YOU
ALL TALKED ABOUT PROCESS. AND
THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.
THAT YOU JUST DID IMPLIES. THAT
THE PROCESS. WILL BE RIPE AT
SOME POINT IN THE BUDGET YEAR TO
BE ABLE TO. TO MAKE ACTUAL
GRANTS OR PROCREATION IS THAT
WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT
GETTING THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR
IN THE BUDGET YEAR. DR BONHAM.
YES YEAH WITH AN EXCLAMATION
POINT- SECRETARIES PLURAL AND
SENATOR. JUST USING OUR
DEPARTMENT AS AN EXAMPLE. AND IT
KNOWLEDGE AND THESE WILL BE
QUESTIONS AND BUDGET SUB
COMMITTEE FOR SURE. WHEN ONE
THINKS ABOUT THIRTY TO FIVE
THIRTY THE GOVERNOR'S
INVESTMENTS THE SECRETARY
CROWFOOT LEADERSHIP. WE'VE
MAINTAINED A LOT OF OUR NATURAL
NATURE BASED SOLUTION
INVESTMENTS IN THE CURRENT
CYCLE. SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE
FORTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO
INVEST IN WILDLIFE CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE STATE.
WE HAVE THIRTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR NATURE BASED
SOLUTIONS AND FOR BEAVER LOVERS
OUT THERE THAT'S THE FUNDING
SOURCE FOR US TO. DO CO
MANAGEMENT WITH TRIBES AND BRING
BEAVERS BACK TO LANDSCAPES
WE'VE- KEPT OUR FIFTY FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS FOR WHAT
WETLANDS IN MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
RESTORATION. AND WE HAVE A
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE TO INVEST IN
SALMON. OUR DEPARTMENT IS POISED
AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE
COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS TO SHOW
HOW ALL THOSE FUNDS WILL MAKE A
DIRECT DIFFERENCE ON THE
LANDSCAPE WITH PARTNERS. AND YOU
KNOW LET ME ASK A FOLLOW UP
QUESTION BECAUSE I'M NOT. I
CHAIR THE EDUCATION BUDGET SUB
COMMITTEE NOT RESOURCES. IS ARE
THERE SPECIFIC POTS YOU JUST
MENTIONED PART OF THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY APPROPRIATION OR THOSE
SEPARATE POTS THAT ARE IN YOUR
BUDGET THAT REALLY. COMPLEMENT
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIRTY BY
THIRTY. SECRETARY QUITE YEAH
MAYBE I MAY JUST END IN JANUARY
BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY BUT- A LOT
OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU ALL HAVE
PROVIDED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS CERTAINLY ADVANCES THIRTY
BY THIRTY BUT ALSO OTHER KEY
PRIORITIES. SO IN THE M. THE WAY
I SEE IT IN MY UNDERSTANDING
THERE HASN'T BEEN WITHIN THE
ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS
NECESSARILY A THIRTY BY THIRTY
POCKET. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE
ROLLED UP ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR THIRTY BY
THIRTY TARGET OR HELP US MEET
THE THIRTY BY THIRTY TARGET SO.
THE FED BUCKETS OR THE FUNDING
SOURCES THAT DIRECTOR BONHAM
REFERENCED- CONTRIBUTED THIRTY
BY THIRTY BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY
ARE. NOT WITH IN SORT OF A
SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION OF THIRTY
BY THIRTY. JENNIFER IS THAT
CORRECT YEAH I JUST WANNA ADD
YOU KNOW I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD
THESE LISTENING SESSIONS IN THIS
AND INFORMATION GATHERING. AND
ARE ONE OF OUR KEY QUESTIONS WAS
WATER THIS PROGRAMS THAT ARE
ALREADY DELIVERING CONSERVATION
ACROSS THE STATE. AND THERE ARE
A MULTITUDE SO OUR APPROACH
RATHER THAN CREATING A BRAND NEW
THIRTY BY THIRTY PROGRAM WAS TO
INVEST IN THE EXISTING PATHWAYS
TO CONSERVATION THAT ARE ALREADY
ONGOING AND SUCCESSFUL SO THE
DIRECTOR. BONTA MENTION THE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD THAT
IS OUR ONE OF OUR MOST
EFFECTIVE- ORGANIZATIONS
FORGETTING CONSERVATION ON THE
GROUND SORRY INTENTION IS TO
PROVIDE FUNDING TO THOSE KINDS
OF PROGRAMS. AND WORK WITH THEM
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
ACHIEVING OUR THIRTY BY THIRTY
OBJECTIVES WHICH IS. ALREADY
HAPPENING AND- MUCH OF THE MONEY
THAT WAS APPROPRIATED LAST YEAR
IS ALREADY. OUT THE DOOR ARE ON
ITS WAY- TO BE APPROPRIATE AS
FAR TO BE SPENT AS WE SPEAK SO-
WE ARE EFFECTIVELY STARTED USING
EXISTING STRATEGIES SO JUST
WANTED NOTE THAT WE HAVE TEN
MINUTES LEFT FOR THIS SESSION.
THANK THAN THAT AND THEN I'LL
JUST ASK ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
M. THAT. IS USED AS YOU GOES.
EACH OF THE FOUR OF YOU
OUTLINED. SORT THE PROCESS
FOLLOWING. AND YET IT SOUNDS
LIKE FROM JUST THE PREVIOUS
EXCHANGED AT ALL THIS MONEY'S
GOING OUT THE DOOR ALREADY. SO
SOME OF THE PROCESS HAPPENING
AFTER MONEY IS GOING OUT THE
DOOR AND ISN'T GONNA DIRECTLY
GUIDED WHERE IS THAT
COMPLIMENTARY AS WELL. I WOULD
SAY A COUPLE THINGS ONE IS AS AS
JENNIFER NOTED. YOU KNOW THIS
THIRTY BY THIRTY EFFORT
CONTINUES AND ACCELERATES AND
EXPANDS CONSERVATION ALREADY
UNDERWAY SO THE WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION BOARD FOR EXAMPLE.
HAS BEEN ALLOCATING FUNDING
REALLY EFFECTIVELY FOR YEARS AND
DECADES AND THAT'S GOING TO
CONTINUE. THANKS TO YOUR
LEADERSHIP THE LEGISLATURE'S
LEADERSHIP GOVERNOR WE NOW HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FUNDING TO
RAMP UP THAT CONSERVATION. SO
EVEN AS WE WERE DEVELOPING
THIRTY FIVE. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
A GLITCH. DOES IT DO ANY OF THE
OTHER PANELISTS WANT TO PICK UP
WHERE SECRETARY CROWFOOT WAS.
EVEN LESS. IT'S COMPLIMENTARY
CENTER EARLIER TO MONTHS LATER
THE FUNDING THAT CONTINUES ON
CONSERVATION HE'S BACK. AND THEN
I WOULD JUST SAY SOON WORK. I
WITH AN ANNUAL REPORT AND
SHARING WITH YOU TO PROGRESS ON
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND ADAPTIVELY
MANAGING SO I THINK SENATOR OVER
TIME OUR FUNDING WILL BE SHAPED
BY ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT BY YOUR
PRIORITIES BY YOUR LEGISLATION.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE
ALREADY CHARGING DOWN THE FIELD
EXPANDING CONSERVATION TO
ACHIEVE THIRTY BY THIRTY. OUR I
APPRECIATE THE EXCHANGE THANKS
FOR THE CHAIRS AND DAHLE JOHNSON
I THINK THE WHOLE EXCHANGE. JUST
EMPHASIZES OUR HOPE THAT. THAT
IT MOVES TO SPECIFIC OUTCOMES AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE MUCH SOUNDS
LIKE THERE'S A GOOD PATH THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MR. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MISTER CHAIR COUPLE QUICK.
QUESTIONS MAY GET A LITTLE
GRANULAR THE FIRST ONE IS
RELEVANT I THINK ULTIMATELY TO
WHERE WE MIGHT. THINK IN TERMS
OF BUDGET AND ALLOCATION OF
RESOURCES IN THE TIME HONORED TO
BE STRATEGIC GIVEN THE OVERALL
GOAL- HAVE WE GIVEN THOUGHT. IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
FRAMEWORK THE PATHWAYS SUGGESTS.
WHERE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES
THAT HAVE BEEN ARTICULATED MAY
IN FACT. BE INCONGRUENT OR NON
COMPLEMENTARY IN TERMS OF THE
OVER ARCHING GOAL HERE WHICH IS
TO. ADDRESS DIRECTLY THE
EXTINCTION CRISIS- BY ENHANCING
AND RESTORING BIODIVERSITY AND
PROTECTING ECOSYSTEMS. I'M
SPEAKING CRITICALLY ABOUT- SOME
OF THE STRATEGIES ARTICULATED
ABOUT ACCESS. IS IT WE ALL KNOW
THAT THERE ARE OCCASIONS IN FACT
WERE LIMITED ACCESS OR
RESTRICTING ACCESS IS ACTUALLY
THE ACTION REQUIRED TO ENHANCE
THE- THE CONSERVATION GOAL- AND
YET IT'S ARTICULATED WITHIN THE
STRATEGIES AS A AS AN IMPORTANT
VALUE IN. THE FRAMEWORK POINTS
OUT ALL THE PERSONAL HEALTH
BENEFITS AND- SOCIAL BENEFITS
AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF
ACCESS AND WHOLLY. UNDERSTAND
THAT HAVE WE GIVEN THOUGHT TO
HOW WE ACHIEVE BALANCING THEIR-
BECAUSE THAT MAY BE VERY
RELEVANT TO HOW STRATEGIC WE
ARE- IN THE TIMING OF WHERE WE
PUT RESOURCES. ANOTHER WORDS
THERE MAY BE CASES WHERE.
ENHANCING ACCESS IS ACTUALLY
INCONGRUENT WITH ACHIEVING THE
CONSERVATION GOAL AND THEN.
SECONDLY I NOTE THAT IN THE
FRAMEWORK WE'VE INCLUDED AT
LEAST AT THIS POINT
AUTOMATICALLY THE INCLUSION OF
STATE AND FEDERAL PARK LANDS. IN
DEEMING THEM- AS FITTING THE-
INITIAL DESCRIPTION OF BEING
CONSERVE- BUT IT ALSO POINTS
OUT. THE FACT THAT WHERE SOME OF
THESE THAT FEDERAL AND STATE
PARKS ARE DESIGNATED- PRESERVE
LANDS MAYBE UNDER RESOURCE-
UNDER MANAGE THEY MAY ACTUALLY
NOT HAD ANY ACTUAL BENEFIT TO
THE CONSERVATION GOAL. AND ARE
WE THINKING ABOUT- SORT OF A
PROTOCOL WHERE WE MAY HAVE A
THRESHOLD STANDARD TO EITHER
INCLUDE THOSE IN THE TOTAL- THE
TOTAL OF GOALS FOR- CONSERVE
LANDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF- THE
CONSERVATION GOALS. OR EXCLUDING
THEM AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
AUTOMATICALLY SORT OF INCLUDED
IN THE TOTALS. BUT ARE WE
THINKING ABOUT A PROCESS BY
WHICH WE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE TO
SET A DIFFERENT SET OF STANDARDS
THANK YOU MR TRUMP. SENATOR
APPRECIATE BOTH QUESTIONS ACT
ACTUALLY QUESTIONS FOR MY VIEW
THE FIRST ONE IS- TO YOUR POINT
ABOUT BALANCE AB WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THESE THREE GOALS OF
THIRTY BY THIRTY CONSERVATION
FOR BIODIVERSITY BUT ALSO TO
CONNECT PEOPLE WITH LANDS AND
ADVANCED CLIMATE ACTION. YOUR
RIGHT NOT EVERY SPECIFIC ACTION
OR PIECE OF LAND WILL
NECESSARILY ACHIEVE EACH OF
THOSE GOALS AND IN SOME CASES
THEY DO CONTRADICT SO FOR
EXAMPLE WE'RE HAVING- CONDITIONS
THIS WINTER THAT MAY LEAD TO A
SUPER BLOOM OF FLOWERS. SO
YOU'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT. A
LOT OF CAUTION ABOUT US
EXPLAINING THAT WHILE THIS IS
BEAUTIFUL AND THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THIS WE
WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT FOLKS
DON'T GO OUT THERE AND DESTROY
THE BIODIVERSITY THAT EVERYBODY.
WANTS TO APPRECIATE. SO WE
VIEWED AS MUCH MORE AS A
PORTFOLIO APPROACH WHERE WE HAVE
LANDS THAT YES NEED TO BE
PROTECTED. AS VERY SENSITIVE
LANDS THAT MIGHT LIMIT PUBLIC
ACCESS OR HUMAN ACCESS. BUT
THERE ARE ALSO GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE I LAND
ACQUISITION IS IMPORTANT TO
PROVIDE ACCESS FOR EXAMPLE TO A
COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A
LOT OF PARKS OR OPEN SPACE. IT
ALSO HAS AT LEAST SOME
BIODIVERSITY BENEFITS SO THEN.
IN SEVEN YEARS TIME WHEN YOU
LOOK AT ALL OF THE CONSERVATION
THAT'S HAPPENED. I THINK WE'LL
WE'LL LOOK AT AS A PORTFOLIO
WHERE THERE ARE SOME- ACTIONS
AND LANDS THAT ARE MAYBE HIT ALL
THREE TARGETS AND SOME THAT HIT
. ONE BUT IT'S REALLY THAT
PORTFOLIO APPROACH. SECOND
QUESTION AND THEN I'LL TURN MY-
YOU RAISE A REALLY GOOD POINT
ABOUT THE ON GOING. STEWARDSHIP
OF THESE CONSERVED LANDS AND I
KNOW DIRECTOR BOTTOM AND
DIRECTOR CAN TERO WOULD AGREE.
THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN ONGOING
CHALLENGE AND- IN OUR STATE WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
RESOURCE AGENCIES. ARE A REESE
ARE ARE FUNDED TO ACTUALLY.
MAINTAIN THOSE LANDS. AND SO
RIGHT NOW THAT. AREA FOR
INCLUSION IN THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY CUT DEFINITION IS DURABLE
CONSERVATION FOR ECOLOGICAL
BENEFIT. BUT I THINK YOU RAISE A
FAIR POINT WHICH IS WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LANDS. ONCE
CONSERVE DOOR THAT ARE CONSERVE
OUR MANAGED EFFECTIVELY FOR
CONTINUED BENEFIT. I JUST THINK
THAT'S A GOOD OPEN QUESTION
MOVING FORWARD. BUT DIRECTOR
BOTTOM AND THEN OTHERS. CENTER I
GIVE YOU TO. THE FOLLOWS.
CRAWFORD'S RESPONSE FIRST. YES
THERE CAN BE. MOMENTS THAT
YOU'RE- WORKING THROUGH
POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN LAND
USE AND LAND AS A NATION. BUT I
THINK WE SHOULDN'T FORGET IT IS
FOR OUR DEPARTMENT HISTORICALLY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUND TO
COVER. ON CREATING. EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO NATURE IN OUR EXISTING
OWNERSHIP. SO AS A RESULT WE'RE
RIGHT NOW FUNDING. INTO OUR OWN
PROPERTIES FIFTEEN OF THEM WHERE
WE USED ALL THE APPROPRIATE
SCREENING ANALYTICAL TOOLS TO
IDENTIFY PROPERTIES WE OWN NEAR
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. AND
WE'RE FUNDING INTO THOSE
PROPERTIES NEW PARKING AREAS
PICNIC TABLES TRAILS
INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS AND ON
THE INTERPRETIVE FRONT. ARE
WORKING WITH TRIBAL LEADERS TO
USE OUR SIGNAGE AS A WAY TO
ADVANCE THAT ASPECT OF EDUCATION
AND OUTREACH SO WE CAN DO MORE
ALREADY WITH WHAT WE HAVE. ON
THE IMPROVED ACCESS FRONT. AND
THEN JUST SINCE APRIL TWENTY
TWO. WE USE FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING TO
CLOSE ON SIX B. TITLE
ACQUISITIONS OF ABOUT SIXTY FIVE
HUNDRED ACRES. FIGURE OUT WHICH
SIX TRANSACTIONS WE USE THREE
SCREENING TOOLS. WOULD WE BE
ACQUIRING THE LAND THAT COULD
ACHIEVE A SIGNIFICANT NET
BENEFIT TO THE NATURAL RESOURCE.
AND IN SOME CASES THE
TRANSACTION INCLUDED A
COMMITMENT TO INCREASED
MANAGEMENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO
MAKE THE TRANSACTION FINANCING
HELP CREATE THAT PUBLISHED FOR
MANAGEMENT. WE FUNDED
TRANSACTIONS WHERE WE WERE
REQUIRING PROPERTIES CONTIGUOUS
TO ALREADY CONSERVE LANDS TO
EXPAND THE BENEFIT. AND THEN WE
ACQUIRED PROPERTIES THAT WERE
ABOUT A SPECIFIC RARE TYPE OF
SPECIES ONLY FOUND THERE AND
NOWHERE ELSE. SO THERE IS WAYS
TO PRIORITIZE- IN THAT
TRANSACTION SPACE TO GET TO YOUR
QUESTION. I MIGHT ADD JUST A
COUPLE THINGS ONE OF THEM IS
THAT THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE
BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER THE TRIBES
REALLY IS BRINGING IN. THE OF
THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE TEAMWORK
OF RIVALS- TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THE PARKS
AND AROUND BARS THAT WE'RE
MANAGING. OF THE YUROK OF NORTH
IN THE NORTH COAST REDWOODS AREA
THE- A MOOD ST DOWN IN THE SANTA
CRUZ AREA AND THE WASH YOU UP IN
THE TAHOE AREA. WE HAVE
AGREEMENTS HERE WHERE THEY
ACTUALLY CO MANAGING THE
LANDSCAPE WITH THE SO I THINK
WE'RE- LOOKING FOR WAYS OF NOT
ONLY BE INEFFICIENT BUT BY
BRINGING IN PARTNERS AND
KNOWLEDGE IT REALLY ADVANCES OUR
ABILITIES TO DO EFFECTIVE
PROTECTION ANOTHER THING THAT WE
DO IS WE WORK WITH LANDSCAPE
SCALE NETWORKS WE CREATE. FORMAL
PARTNERSHIPS WITH ADJACENT LAND
MANAGERS SO THAT WERE LITERALLY
CO MANAGING THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM
OF WHICH STATE PARKS ARE PART
AND I'LL FINISH BY SAYING THAT.
KEEPING TRACK OF THE METRICS OF
THE SPECIES AND THE HELP OF THE
SYSTEMS THAT WE MANAGE IS A
DAILY AND REGULAR TASK FOR US AS
WELL AS BALANCING PUBLIC ACCESS
. THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT
WE'VE GOT OUR EYES ON. I THANK
YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU CENTER
TODAY AND ELSE. UP THANK YOU
WORLD TIME BUT I'M GONNA
EXERCISE THE CHAIR'S PREROGATIVE
AND ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS I
JUST ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR
ANSWERS BRIEF IN AND MAYBE. WE
CAN HOLD OFF ON SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES. MY FIRST QUESTION TO
YOU ALL- YOUR OWN
ADMINISTRATION'S ESTIMATED THAT
WE NEED SIX MILLION ACRES- AND
ADDITIONAL PLANS TO MEET OUR
GOALS. OF THIRTY BY THIRTY- THIS
IS FOLLOWING UP ON THIS
QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUE
SENATOR LAYERED- DID NATURE
CONSERVANCY HAS ESTIMATED THAT
WILL COST ABOUT A BILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR. IF WE ARE TO
MEET THE GOAL- I JUST WANT TO
GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S OUT THE
DOOR DOCTOR NURSE I THINK YOU.
MENTIONED THAT WE SPENT NINETY
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW
ON LAND ACQUISITION- IS THIS
BILLION DOLLAR FIGURE CONSONANT
WITH YOUR- UNDERSTANDING AS AN
ESTIMATE. AND GIVEN THE HUGE GAP
BETWEEN WHAT'S OUT THE DOOR AND
WHAT WE ARE GONNA NEED- HOW DO
WE AT MAKE UP THAT SHORTFALL.
I'M NOT REALLY CAN GO TO DOCTOR
NORRIS OR- IT SECRETARY CROWFOOT
OR ANYONE ELSE. WHAT HIGH LEVEL
BEING VERY BRIEF IS. I DON'T
THINK THAT THERE'S ONE
PRESCRIPTIVE ANSWERED EXACTLY
HOW MUCH MONEY IT WILL TAKE
BECAUSE THESE PATHWAYS DEPENDING
ON HOW WE IMPLEMENT THEM- IT
COSTS DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF MONEY
SO FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THE
PATHWAYS IS IMPROVING
CONSERVATION. AND FEDERAL LAND
PUBLIC LAND. IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO
THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BY
THE ADMINISTRATION. THAT
WOULDN'T BE AN ACQUISITION THAT
COST MONEY BUT THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY GENERATE A LOT OF
LAND UNDER THIRTY BY THIRTY.
LIKEWISE IF WE CAN. EXPAND
MITIGATION SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE
BUILT THERE ACTUALLY OPTIMIZING
THE MITIGATION FOR MORE CONSERVE
LAND. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE'RE
GONNA ACTUALLY MOVE TOWARDS THAT
SIX MILLION ACRES WITHOUT
SIGNIFICANT NEW FUNDING. BUT I
DO THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT THAT
TO NEED. YOU KNOW GENERAL FUND
CONTRIBUTIONS IN IN COMING YEARS
I DON'T THINK THOUGH THAT
THERE'S A THERE'S AN ANSWER THAT
WE CAN IDENTIFY EXACTLY HOW MUCH
NOW. JENNIFER HOW DOES THE EXACT
SAME POINTS OUT MAKE MITIGATION
AND WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS ARE TOO GREAT. PATHWAYS
THAT DON'T ACTUALLY REQUIRE ANY
CHANGE TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO
YOU KNOW AND FUNDING JUST A
QUICK FOLLOW UP AND GIVEN WHAT'S
OUT THE DOOR AND AFTER GETTING
THE MONEY FIGURE I JUST AS FAR
AS A LAND ACQUISITION WE NEED TO
HOW MANY. HOW MUCH HOW MANY
ACRES HAVE REQUIRED WHAT WE ON
TRACK FOR A BY TWENTY TWENTY
SEVEN. ARE ARE IN A REPORT IS
DUE OUT IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE
MONTHS SO WE'RE TABULATING THOSE
THOSE ACRES RIGHT NOW WE DON'T
HAVE THEM AT OUR FINGERTIPS I'M
SORRY GIVE A BALLPARK THOSE MAPS
. I DON'T I'M SORRY IS NOT LIKE
A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS A MILLION
IS IT. IT'S MANY MORE THAN A
HUNDRED THOUSAND I THINK THE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD HAS
PROBABLY. MOVED THAT MANY ACRES
THROUGH THIS YEAR AND THEN WE
NEED TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE-
MITIGATION AND THEN ANY FEDERAL
ACTION SO IT'S A IT'S A SUITE
OF. OF TABULATIONS WE STILL NEED
TO MAKE THANK YOU AND THEN GIVEN
THE DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL-
PARTNERSHIPS I WAS CURIOUS IF
YOU COULD COMMENT IF YOU COULD
COMMENT BRIEFLY ON.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL
FUNDING GIVEN SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT PASSED RECENTLY THE BIIF.
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT IN THE
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUND. CAN ANY THOSE FUNDS BE
REPURPOSED ARE USED FOR PURPOSES
A THIRTY BY THIRTY. A LOOSELY.
JUST THIS MORNING THE US FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ANNOUNCED
ANOTHER FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
AVAILABLE IN THE KLAMATH BASIN.
UNDER THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. IN OUR
DEPARTMENT THANKS THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S
LEADERSHIP. AS AN AVAILABLE
TWENTY MILLION. TO INVEST AND
TRIBUTARIES IN THAT WATERSHED.
SO OVERNIGHT. FIFTEEN TURNS INTO
. THIRTY FIVE. THANK YOU
DIRECTOR BOTTOM. LAST QUESTION-
I THINK THAT SECRETARY CROWFOOT
DURING YOUR TESTIMONY YOU DIDN'T
MENTION THAT THIS IS A VOLUNTARY
EFFORT IT'S NOT A GOVERNMENT
PROGRAM IS NOT A LEGISLATIVE
POLICY. AND I GUESS I JUST WANT
TO ASK YOU WHAT. WOULD IT BE
HELPFUL IF WE HAD A GOVERNMENT
POLICY OR LEGISLATION TO THIS
EFFECT. I IN PARTICULAR- I WOULD
SOMETHING LIKE A SET OF INTERIM
GOALS- THAT ARE PUT MORE TEETH
AROUND THE VOLUNTARINESS OF WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH I'LL
BE HELPFUL IN TRYING TO REACH
THIRTY BY THIRTY I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT THE GAP BETWEEN WHERE WE
ARE- AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO
GET TO AN AND I I'M JUST CURIOUS
ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON. WHETHER
INTERIM GOALS ARE NEEDED OR
HELPFUL WHETHER SOME KIND OF
LEGISLATIVE PUSH OUT OF THIS
BODY WOULD BE HELPFUL. GREAT
QUESTION LET ME FIRST CLARIFY
WHEN I TALK ABOUT WHEN I WHEN I
USE THE WORD VOLUNTARY WHAT I
MEANT IS IN THE IMPLEMENTING
MEASURES. THOSE WOULD BE
VOLUNTARY IN THE SENSE OF
LANDOWNERS WOULD VOLUNTARILY
PARTICIPATE. THERE HAS BEEN A
LINE OF REASONING AMONG SOME
THAT SOMEHOW THIRTY BY THIRTY IS
I'M GOING TO BE A GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVE TO ASSUME
OWNERSHIP OF PRIVATE LAND. AND I
WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THAT
IS NOT THE CASE AND ANY
ARGUMENTS BEING IDENTIFIED AS
SUCH ARE SIMPLY NOT VALID. WE
DON'T VIEW THIS AS VOLUNTARY AT
LEAST WITHIN THE NEWSMEN
MINISTRATION BECAUSE OUR
GOVERNOR HAS DIRECTED US TO DO
THIS SO. EACH OF US IN THE
REMAINDER OF OUR TIME HERE WILL
BE FOCUSED ON THIS AS ONE OF HIS
HIS KEY PRIORITIES. YOU RIGHTLY
POINT OUT THAT THIRTY BY THIRTY
HAS NOT BEEN ENSHRINED IN THE
STATE LAW AND I WOULD LEAVE THAT
TO POLICY MAKERS. AROUND
WHETHER- IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO
DO THAT THAT'S SORT OF ABOVE. MY
PAY GRADE WHAT WOULD IT BE
HELPFUL I THINK. YEAH AS IT
RELATES TO- WELL I'LL TELL YOU
THIS WE'RE PUTTING. EVERY OUNCE
OF ENERGY AND FOCUS ON A STORY
WE HAVE TO MOVE FOR BY. YOU KNOW
FOR THIRTY BY THIRTY AND I THINK
IT'S I THINK WORK IN IT. IT WORK
WILL DEMONSTRATE PROGRESS IN
THERE AND THE REPORT THAT WE
HAVE- THERE'S A BROADER QUESTION
ABOUT THE DURABILITY AFTER THIS
GOVERNOR BUT WE'RE REALLY
FOCUSED ON. ON THE SERVING AS
GOVERNOR AND IN HIS DIRECTION
HE'S GIVEN TO US. AND THEN AS IT
RELATES TO INTERIM TARGETS. I
THINK THAT'S A- TOPIC FOR
FURTHER DISCUSSION I THINK ONE
THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE. IS
TO MAINTAIN THE FLEXIBILITY TO
BE CREATIVE ACROSS THESE
PATHWAYS. SO FOR EXAMPLE WERE IN
SOME REALLY INTERESTING
CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS ABOUT HOW TO CONSERVE.
OUR IMPROVE CONSERVATION ON
PUBLIC LANDS. SO I APPRECIATE
THE ACCOUNTABILITY YOU KNOW
YOU'LL YOU'RE GONNA DEMAND ON US
TO DEMONSTRATE PROGRESS. AND IF
YOU'RE WILLING I THINK WE CAN
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT.
HOW THE LEGISLATURE COULD BE
SUPPORT AFTER THAT PROGRESS. BUT
AT THIS POINT I WOULDN'T ENDORSE
THE SPECIFIC NOTION OF. LET'S
SAY SUB TARGETS BECAUSE I WORRY
THAT THE IMPASSE OX. ARE BILLING
TO CREATIVELY MAY. TO OUR GOAL.
THANK YOU SECRETARY. THAT AND I
WOULD JUST ADD. I HOPE THIS IS
AN ITERATIVE CONVERSATION
BECAUSE I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH
LEGISLATION MIGHT BE HELPFUL- I
THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER
OF FOLKS ABOUT SOME OF THE
CONCERNS WE HEAR HAVE ABOUT. THE
PROGRESS TOWARDS THIRTY BY
THIRTY- AND I KNOW YOU'RE
WORKING HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS
A REALITY BUT BUT TO THE EXTENT
THAT- WE LEGISLATE HERE IN THAT
LEGISLATION COULD BE HELPFUL IT.
YOUR BECAUSE WE LOVE TO PARTNER
WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU FOR
PRESENTING AND I APOLOGIES TO
THE SECOND PANEL FOR GOING OVER-
BUT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
MEMBERS OF OUR SECOND PANEL
NEXT- AND SO. OUR FIRST
PRESENTER THERE IS DOCTOR JUNE
BANDEAU. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT
SOCIETY WELCOME DOCTOR BANDEAU.
THURMOND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS
PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING
CALIFORNIA'S THIRTY BY THIRTY
GOAL. MY NAME IS DR JUNE BINDER
I'M HERE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT
SOCIETY. AS AN ECOLOGIST AND IS
A FORMER POLICY PRACTITIONER WHO
HAS SPENT MUCH OF MY CAREER
WORKING ON COMPLEX GLOBAL ISSUES
. WORKING WITH PARTNERS AROUND
THE WORLD. HAS DEEPENED MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE CRITICAL
WORLD THAT LEADERSHIP AND UNITY
OF EFFORT PLAY. IN TACKLING
SOCIETY'S MOST URGENT
CHALLENGES. AND STRENGTHEN MY
BELIEF IN CALIFORNIA'S
EXCEPTIONALISM. TODAY CALIFORNIA
AND THE WORLD FACE THE TWIN
EXISTENTIAL CRISES OF
BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND CLIMATE
CHANGE. IN THE PAST BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION WAS OFTEN SEEN AS A
LUXURY. BUT TODAY WE PROBABLY
UNDERSTAND THAT PROTECTING
BIODIVERSITY AND FIGHTING
CLIMATE CHANGE ARE TWO SIDES OF
THE SAME COIN. AND THEY REQUIRE
SOLUTIONS THAT ENGAGE ALL
SECTORS OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND
SOCIETY. CALIFORNIA IS FORTUNATE
TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE
THIRTY BY THIRTY STRATEGIES OF
ANY GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD.
THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE
LEADERSHIP OF MANY WHO ARE HERE
TODAY. I THANK GOVERNOR NEWSOM
AT HAND AND HIS ADMINISTRATION
ARE DEDICATED PARTNERS AT THE
CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCY. ARE LEGISLATIVE
CHAMPIONS TO FIGHT TO KEEP THIS
ISSUE AT THE FOREFRONT. AND OUR
MANY PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE
YOUR BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT
TODAY. CALIFORNIA'S LEADERSHIP
WAS EVIDENT ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
IN DECEMBER OR THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY CONVENE IN MONTREAL
FOR CAUGHT FIFTEEN. FIFTEEN
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON
BIODIVERSITY. EVEN AS AN
OBSERVER AND NOT A SIGNATORY TO
THE CONVENTION. CALIFORNIA
PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED LEADERSHIP
AT A TIME WHEN OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S PRESENCE WAS
LIMITED. THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE
PLANT SOCIETY C. NPS JOINT
CALIFORNIA'S EXTENDED DELEGATION
TO COP FIFTEEN AND WE WERE
GREATLY ENCOURAGED BY THE
LANDMARK BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
IT PRODUCED WHICH INCLUDED A
GLOBAL THIRTY BY THIRTY TARGET.
THE THIRTY BY THIRTY MOVEMENT AS
WE'VE HEARD TODAY IS ROOTED AND
BROAD SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS THAT
CONSERVING 30% OF LANDS AND
OCEANS AS A NEAR TERM GOAL
TOWARD FIFTY PERCENT. IS THE
MINIMUM ACTION REQUIRED TO CURB
EXTINCTION AND AVOID THE WORST
IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE. I
MINIMUM OF 30% AND AS MUCH AS
70% OF LANDS AND WATERS MUST BE
PROTECTED TO SAFEGUARD
BIODIVERSITY AND STABILIZE THE
PLANET'S CLIMATE.
CONSERVATIONISTS HOPE THAT WOULD
50% PROTECTION WE CAN SAVE 80%
OF BIODIVERSITY BUT WE MUST ACT
NOW WITH GREAT RESULTS.
WORLDWIDE MORE THAN ONE MILLION
SPECIES ARE AT RISK OF
EXTINCTION AND WILDBERGER BUT
POPULATIONS HAVE DROPPED 69%
SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY.
CALIFORNIA IS IN ONE OF THE
WORLD'S THIRTY SIX BIODIVERSITY
HOTSPOT AND WE HAVE THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATION OF IMPERILED
SPECIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
HERE IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY
THAT CONSERVATION ITSELF ISN'T
THE ULTIMATE GOAL. TEXANA
BIODIVERSITY THE INTEGRITY OF
THE NATURAL WORLD AND
UNDERSTANDING OUR PLACE IN
NATURE THESE OTHER OUTCOMES WERE
PURSUING AND THEY ARE
INTERCONNECTED. PROTECT HER CITY
IS TO ENSURE OUR OWN SURVIVAL.
THIS IS THE WORK OF OUR
LIFETIMES. MANY OF US ARE
DECADES INTO THIS WORK. MY
ORGANIZATION C. NPS WAS FOUNDED
IN NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE TO
PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE
PLANTS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN
WE ST NATIVE PLANTS AND THEIR
HABITATS WE SAVE THE MARRIED
LIFE THAT DEPENDS ON THEM. THE
DIVERSITY OF ECOSYSTEMS
UNDERWRITES THE RESILIENCE AND
IN TURN OUR HUMAN RESILIENCE.
I'LL BE FOREST LAST TO KIND
WILDFIRE INTACT WETLANDS HELP
ABSORB FLOODING BEFORE IT
REACHES COMMUNITIES.
CALIFORNIA'S UNDERSERVED DESERT
AND OTHER HABITATS STORE VAST
AMOUNTS OF CARBON. FOR ALL THESE
REASONS THE NPS HAS BEEN A
STRONG PARTNER IN STATEWIDE
BIODIVERSITY EFFORTS
CONTRIBUTING TO THE INITIAL
BIODIVERSITY ROAD MAP. HOPING TO
LEAVE THE POWER IN NATURE THIRTY
BY THIRTY COALITION.
PARTICIPATING IN THE CALIFORNIA
BIODIVERSITY NETWORK. AND
LEADING CRITICAL SCIENCE TO
IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT
CLASS AREAS WE MUST PROTECT TO
SUSTAIN BIODIVERSITY. I DON'T
GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER AND EIGHTY TWO TWENTY TWO
RECOGNIZES. YOU PULL OF ALL
BACKGROUNDS ARE AT THE HEART OF
THIS IMPORTANT WORK WE MUST
CENTER EQUITY IN THIS WORK. ON
BEHALF OF SI NPS AND MANY
PARTNERS AND SCIENTISTS INVOLVED
IN THIRTY BY THIRTY. I OFFER
THOUGHTS ON THREE KEY AREAS WE
BELIEVE WILL HELP TO ADVANCE THE
STRATEGY THIS YEAR. THE FIRST
AREA IS PRIORITIZATION
CALIFORNIA ALREADY READS MOST
PLACES 424% OF OUR LANDS CONCERT
AT GAP ONE OR GAP TO STATUS. TO
BE CONSERVED A GAP OR GAP TO
STATUS MEANS BEING PERMANENTLY
PROTECTED WITH A MANAGEMENT PLAN
TO MAINTAIN A NATURAL OR
PRIMARILY NATURAL STATE.
CALIFORNIA IS USING A RIGOROUS
DEFINITION OF CONSERVATION THAT
MY ORGANIZATION AND MORE THAN
SIXTY OTHERS AND THE POWER
NATURE COALITION STRONGLY
SUPPORT. UNDER THIS DEFINITION
WE KNOW THAT WE MUST CONSERVE
SIX MILLION ADDITIONAL ACRES AND
THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. WE HAVEN'T
YET DEFINED HOW TO SELECT THAT
SIX MILLION FROM THE MANY MORE
MILLIONS OF ACRES THAT COULD
QUALIFY OR WHETHER THE ACRES
CURRENTLY PROTECTED ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF CALIFORNIANS
PLANTS ANIMALS AND PLACES. THE
STATE'S PROGRESS TO THIRTY BY
THIRTY CLEARING RESTRAINTS ARE
SHARED GOALS OF BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION CLIMATE RESILIENCE
AND OUR GLOBAL ACCESS TO NATURE.
BUT CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS
OBJECTIVES AND COMMITMENTS ARE
NOT ENOUGH. IN THE ASSESSMENT OF
MANY SCIENTISTS THE SUCCESS OF
THE STRATEGY WILL ALSO HINGE ON
DEVELOPING PRIORITIES FOR THE
INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL
PROTECTED AREAS. UNLESS
CALIFORNIA STATE IT'S PARTY'S
PRECLUSION THE AD HOC PROCESS
THAT RESULTS IN PROTECTING AREAS
PRIMARILY LOCATED AWAY FROM
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IS
LIKELY TO CONTINUE. WE NEED TO
SYSTEMATICALLY IDENTIFY WHICH
AREAS MUST BE ADDED TO CONNECT
AREAS FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS TO
LIVE AND MOVE AND TO CONNECT
PEOPLE CURRENTLY EXCLUDED FROM
THE BENEFITS OF BIODIVERSITY TO
ESSENTIAL NATURE. DEVELOPING
THESE PRIORITIES WILL REQUIRE
UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE HAVE THE
GREATEST GAPS IN OUR
BIODIVERSITY CLIMATE AND
EQUITABLE ACCESS GOALS. WE WILL
NEED TO CLARIFY THE MIX OF
PROTECTIONS WE ARE SEEKING. WHAT
IS THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE OF
ACQUISITION EASEMENTS PLAN
MANAGEMENT FOR PROTECTION MOBILE
CHANGES. WHAT DISTRIBUTIONS ARE
WE SEEKING GEOGRAPHICALLY OR BY
HABITAT TYPE. WITHOUT THAT
CLARITY IN HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE
OUR SHARED GOALS WE ARE IN
DANGER OF DEFAULTING TO WHATEVER
IS SHOVEL READY PUTTING THE
SUCCESS OF THE STRATEGY AT RISK
. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT
SIGNIFICANT WORK IS ALREADY
UNDERWAY THAT COULD INFORM THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PARTS THESE
CRITERIA. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE
HEARD THIS MORNING AN EXAMPLE IS
THE WORK OF POWER NATURE
COALITION IS DURING AGGREGATE
AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL
CONSERVATION PROJECTS. MY
ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDED SOME
SUGGESTED CRITERIA IN APPENDIX A
OF LAST YEAR'S. CHAMPIONS
COMMENT LETTER ON THE PATHWAYS
REPORT. IN ADDITION TO DEFINING
PRIORITIES FOR INCLUSION WE NEED
TO APPLY THE BEST AVAILABLE
SCIENCE. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO
MY SECOND RECOMMENDATION WHICH
IS TO APPLY INVESTMENTS IN
SCIENCE AND DATA GATHERING TO
CLOSE KEY DATA GAPS INCLUDING
AND BIODIVERSITY METRICS. 40% OF
CALIFORNIA'S VEGETATION HAS YET
TO BE MAPPED THE FINE SCALE
REQUIRED TO UNDERSTAND CURRENT
PLANT COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY
ARE CHANGING IN RESPONSE TO
EXTREME WILDFIRE DROUGHT AND
OTHER CLIMATE IMPACTS. GAPS IN
DATA ON RARE PLANTS AND ANIMALS
ALSO LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO
PROTECT WHAT'S MOST THREATENS.
IN ADDITION TO CLOSING KEY DATA
GAPS CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN
INTERAGENCY ALIGNMENT WILL ALSO
IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO LEVERAGE
THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE. THIS
INCLUDES EXPANDING WORK TO CROSS
AGENCY TEAMS BUILDING
COMMENTATOR ARCHITECTURE AND
DEVELOPING SHARED TERMINOLOGY
AND PRIORITIES. ESTABLISHING
MINIMUM STANDARDS POLICY
INCENTIVES ACROSS AGENCIES WILL
ENHANCE NEW PROTECTIONS AND
FACILITATE THE APPLICATION OF
BEST PRACTICES. WE ALSO URGE THE
STATE TO CONTINUE CLARIFYING THE
ROLES OF INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS
AND STRENGTHENING THE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN IMPORTANT
INITIATIVES ONE THIRTY BY
THIRTY. OUTDOORS FOR ALL AND THE
CLIMATE SMART LAND STRATEGY.
LASTLY WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE
LEGISLATURE ANY ADMINISTRATION
FOR LAST YEAR'S HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA'S
CLIMATE PACKAGE. NOW IS THE TIME
TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THOSE
INVESTMENTS. BUT THE JANUARY
BUDGET PROPOSAL TELLS ANOTHER
STORY. MY THIRD RECOMMENDATION
ADDRESSES FUNDING. LETTER TO
LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
ADMINISTRATION LEADERS TO
COMMUNICATE OUR DEEP CONCERN
OVER THE DISPROPORTIONATE CUTS
TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND
CONSERVATION IN THE PROPOSED
TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
BUDGET. FINDING FOR CONSERVANCY
IS PASSING THE BUILDING AND
BUDGET CATION MAPPING ARE IN THE
FACETTI NOT A LUXURY. G. TO
RESTORE THIS FUNDING. WE HAVE
WORK TO DO AND WE CANNOT
ACCOMPLISH IT THROUGH A
REPACKAGING OF BUSINESS AS USUAL
WE MUST PRIORITIZE OUR EFFORTS
APPLY THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE
AND INVEST THE RESOURCES NEEDED
TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY.
OUR SUCCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE
WELL BEING OF EVERY PERSON
LIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND TO
FUTURE GENERATIONS. MY
ORGANIZATION AND MANY OTHERS ARE
COUNTING ON YOU CAN SET THE
CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS IN
GETTING OUR THIRTY BY THIRTY
GOAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY. THANK YOU DOCTOR BANDEAU
AND YOU'RE LIKE ALMOST EXACTLY
TEN MINUTES CREATE THAT- NEXT WE
HEAR FROM CARLA GARIBAY GARCIA'S
SENIOR CONSERVATION MANAGER FOR
AS LITTLE WELCOME IS GARCIA.
THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING
MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THE SENATE
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE. MY
NAME IS CARLA HERE THEY ARE
STANDS YEAR CONSERVATION MANAGER
FOR IS ALL MY BACKGROUND IS
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BOTH
MARINE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT AND
I'M AN AVID OCEAN RECREATION AS
WE GREW UP WITH MEXICO IN
CALIFORNIA'S STUNNING BEACHES
OUTSIDE BACKYARD. FAMILY
INSTILLED A DEEP CULTURAL
CONNECTION APPRECIATION FOR THE
OCEAN THIS IS I AM PROUD TO WORK
OR IS ALL TO BRING LATINO
PERSPECTIVES AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE. TO OCEAN CONSERVATION
CALIFORNIA. ACROSS THE NATION
AND INTERNATIONALLY. SHE THE
INVITATION TO SHARE SOME FOR
STOCK ON THEIR THIRTY
IMPLEMENTATION THUS FAR. AN
INITIATIVE THAT WE SEE IS AN
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT
NATURE WITH PEOPLE. KEEP OUR
COMMUNITIES FOR NATURE AND TO
INTEGRATE EQUITY INTO
CONSERVATION DECISION MAKING.
THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WAS CO
SPONSORED AB THIRTY THIRTY WITH
US ASSEMBLY MEMBER KALRA AND OUR
PARTNERS AUDUBON DEFENDERS OF
WILDLIFE AND ENERGY SEEK TO
ENSHRINE THIRTY THIRTY AND A LOT
AND TO CEMENT THE INTENTION TO
CONSERVE WHAT. NATURE WITH AND
FOR BY TALKING ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WHO
HISTORICALLY FACE
DISPROPORTIONATE BARRIERS TO
ACCESSING NATURE AND HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO OUR ACTUALLY
PARTICIPATING STATION AGAIN
REGARDING THE STORAGE. OF THAT
NATURE. THIS IS THE ACT TO
NATURE AND HOW. ENVIRONMENT BE A
RIGHT FOR ALL. WE NOTED THAT
THIRTY THIRTY THIRTY THIRTY GOAL
NEEDED TO BE MATTER OF FACT IT
WILL STATE BORDERING. AM I
RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS AND
PRIORITIES OF BY POCKET
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. ABOVE ALL THAT THE
THIRTY THIRTY IMPLEMENTATION
MUST HONOR AND UPHOLD THE
SOVEREIGNTY OF TRIBAL NATIONS.
THROUGH FORMAL GOVERNMENT A
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION AND
PARTNERSHIP. SOON AFTER THAT
BILL WAS HELD IN THE
LEGISLATURE. GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING
CALIFORNIA AS THE FIRST U. S.
STATE TO COMMIT TO THIRTY BY
THIRTY. BUT THE SAME EMPHASIS ON
EQUITY. SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN
BROAD STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT FROM
USE AND SCIENTISTS TO COMMUNITY
BASED GROUPS AND BUSINESS. AND
CONTINUED IRISH AGENCIES TO ANY
GREAT EQUITY INTO THIRTY THIRTY
IMPLEMENTATION. CALIFORNIA'S
NATURAL RESOURCES OUR SHARED
HERITAGE THAT MUST BE STORED IT
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. NO
SINGLE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY IS
MORE ENTITLED TO ACCESS OR
BENEFIT FROM THEM THAN ANOTHER.
WE EMPHASIZES IN A RECENTLY
SPONSORED BILL WITH ASSEMBLY
MEMBER KALRA. DESPITE THIS. FACT
WE HAVE SEEN EXTRACTIVE
INDUSTRIES FALSELY CLAIM
OWNERSHIP OVER THE OCEAN. AND
NATURE REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT
THIRTY THIRTY DISCUSSIONS.
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES DO NOT
ONLY SURE IT'S TIME TO MOVE AWAY
FROM A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS
INDUSTRY TO BENEFIT AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO
ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF OUR COASTS
OCEAN IN NATURE. IN FACT WE KNOW
THAT OUT OF THE ROUGHLY A
HUNDRED AND NINE MILLION TRIPS
TO THE COAST OF CALIFORNIANS
TAKE EACH YEAR. MOST ARE TO
SIMPLY ENJOY NATURE THROUGH
WALKING BIRD WATCHING SPENDING
TIME WITH FAMILY OR PHOTOGRAPHY.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT EXTRACTIVE
OCEAN USERS. THAT HAVE NEVER
BEEN MARGINALIZED. COOPER TURNS
CRITICAL ACCESS AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE TO OPPOSE THIRTY THIRD
IMPLEMENTATION. BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW. THAT ENSURING
EQUITABLE FOR COMMUNITY THAT
HAVE BEEN HAS. MARGIN X. FROM
THE OCEAN AND DECISION MAKING
ABOUT THE OCEAN IS COME. DEAF
FROM THE COOPTED AXES THE EXT
AND FOLK HOW UNDERSTAFFED BY
THIRTY. WE KNOW THAT CONFLATING
EXTRACTED USERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
STAKEHOLDERS IN THIRTY THIRTY
WILL SENATE AND DANGEROUS
PRECEDENT IN CALIFORNIA AND
BEYOND. AS SUCH WE ARE DECISION
MAKERS REMEMBER THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS A
REMEDY. AND THAT THE ROUTE
THIRTY THIRTY IMPLEMENTATION WE
MUST PRIORITIZE THE VOICES AND
THE NEEDS OF REAL ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS. WHICH ARE
BY POSH COMMUNITIES ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND
OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS. THAT
HAVE HISTORICALLY AND CONTINUE
TO FACE DISPROPORTIONATE
INJUSTICES AND MARKETAXESS
STRANGER. THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCESS THE REGULAR IT WE ENGAGE
OUR PARTNERS AT THE OCEAN
PROTECTION COUNCIL ON THIS WE'RE
SO GRATEFUL FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY
JACK RELEASED LEADERSHIP AND
PERSONAL COMMITMENT. TO ENSURING
THAT THIRTY THIRTY
IMPLEMENTATION OUR COASTAL
WATERS IS NOT PLACE UNSUITABLE
BURDENS. ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES AND INSTEAD DISRUPTS
THE EXCLUSIONARY AND
DISCRIMINATORY PATTERNS OF THE
PAST. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS
WE'VE SEEN. SECRETARY COVERED
DEBRIS SECRETARY NORRIS AND
DEPUTY SECRETARY I REALLY PUT
CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TOWARDS
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WE'RE SO
GRATEFUL FOR THAT. IN THE FIRST
YEAR FOLLOWING GOVERNOR MUSEUMS
EXECUTIVE ORDER SCENERY RELEASED
A CALIFORNIA NATURE J. S.
MAPPING TOOL BOXES FOR. WHICH
SHOWS THAT ONLY ABOUT 6% OF
CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION LIVE
WITHIN A HALF MILE THE PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE LAND AREA CONSIDERED
CONCERT. UNDER THE THIRTY THIRTY
DEFINITION THE PATHWAYS
DOCUMENT. THAT'S ONLY ABOUT TWO
POINT FIVE MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF
THIRTY NINE AND A HALF MILLION
CALIFORNIANS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS
THAT MANY CALIFORNIANS STILL
CONTINUE TO LACK ACCESS TO
QUALITY GREEN SPACE. VERY FEW
COMMUNITIES IN LOW INCOME AREAS
ARE WITHIN A TEN MINUTE WALK TO
A PARK. AND PARK ACRES AS IT
TURNS OUT ARE VERY GOOD AT
BUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE. GREEN SPACE HAS THE
POTENTIAL. TO LOWER AIR
TEMPERATURE ABSORB FLOODWATER
AND PARTS CAN BE DESIGNED IN
SUCH A WAY TO SIGNIFICANTLY
ENHANCE. THE KIND OF BENEFITS
THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE. THE
ACTRESS EXPLORE GREAT FIRST STEP
BUT WE FULLY SUPPORT THE C. N.
R. A. PROCESS JUST
STRENGTHENING. THE CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OUTLINED
IN THE PATHWAYS DOCUMENT. FOR
EXAMPLE IN ADDITION TO
POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS
SURROUNDING CONSERVE AREAS WE
ALSO THINK IT BE HELPFUL FOR THE
TOOL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
ABOUT CONCERT AREAS PUBLIC
ACTORS POLICIES VISITATION DATA
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW BOXES
EXPLORER ONLY INCLUDES CONCERT
AREAS ON LAND. ADDING CONSERVED
AREAS IN COASTAL WATERS WOULD
ALSO ALLOW US TO ANALYZE
DEMOGRAPHIC. DATA FOR THE
POPULATIONS LIVING NEAR MARINE
PROTECTED AREAS THAT CAN
POTENTIALLY ACCESS THAT. THERE
BEEN MANY DISCUSS. ON IN PRO ONE
TO FOR. AXES PUBLIC LANDS BUT
THERE'D BEEN MUCH LESS
TRANSPARENCY OR ACTUAL PLANS.
ABOUT HOW TO ACT ABOUT HOW TO
EQUITY. ABOUT HOW TO RUN A
THOUSANDS ON EQUITY IN
IMPROVEMENTS FOR ACCESSING THE
COAST AND OCEAN. NOW ALL THAT
WOULD BE APPROACHED. FOR EXAMPLE
SCENERY CAN BE IN AND EQUITY
ADVISORY COUNCIL WHICH PUT FORTH
GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS TO
INCREASE EQUITY HERE LAND
MANAGEMENT. HOWEVER AND
EQUIVALENT OCEAN FOCUS ADVISORY
PANEL IS NOT CONVENE TO
RECOMMEND WAYS TO INCREASE
EQUITY. DEVOTION MANAGEMENT
POLICIES. WRESTLES FEDERAL
THIRTY ENGAGEMENT WE NOW AND IT
IS FOR CALIFORNIA TO SET A HIGH
BAR. UNFORTUNATELY CALIFORNIA IS
NOT YET BALLOT BALANCING THE
OBJECTIVES OF PROTECTING
BIODIVERSITY INCREASING ACCESS
NATURE. AND MITIGATING IN
BUILDING RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE EQUALLY. FOR EXAMPLE THE
PATHWAYS DOCUMENT AUTOMATICALLY
COUNT THE FULL ANTI NETWORK TO
WORK THIRTY THIRTY BEFORE THAT
IF YOU DON'T MANAGE THEIR VIEW
OF THE NETWORK WAS RELEASED.
WITHOUT ANALYSIS OF WHETHER THE
NETWORK MATH EXCITEMENT OR OXES
OBJECTIVES. WE KNOW THAT THE KEY
PATHWAY FOR EXPANDING THE
CALIFORNIA AND HE NETWORK IS
THROUGH THE DECATUR MANAGEMENT-
YOU PROCESS- AT THAT FISH AND
GAME COMMISSION AND BRING
GAUGING IN THAT PROCESS. AND
LIKE DIRECTOR BONTA MENTION THE
SIGN SHOWS OF THE NETWORK.
PROTECTIONS ARE WORKING HOWEVER
THERE STILL NEED TO ARTICULATE.
AN EQUITABLE PUBLIC PROCESS
ASSOCIATED. WITH THEIR REVIEWS
DECISION MAKING. THE PROGRESS
DOCUMENT SAYS THAT ACCESS
CLIMATE. WOULD ONLY BE
INTEGRATED IN SOME OF IT. COSTS
THIRTY CONSERVE A AREAS. AND
IMPLEMENTED CURRENTLY CONSERVE
AREAS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND
APPROPRIATE BUT THAT PROCESS-
FOR ALL OF THIS IS YET TO BE
DISCUSSED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
MORE CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY
ABOUT THAT. WHILE WE FULLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIFFICULTY IN
CRAFTING AN ACTUAL DEFINITION
FOR CONCERT. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE
THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DEVELOP ACCESS INCLEMENT
CRITERIA THAT CAN COMPLEMENT THE
BIODIVERSITY CENTER DEFINITION
OF CONCERT. AND THIS CONCERT
WITH THE GOLD STANDARD FOR THE
WORLD. AFFECTED MARINE
PROTECTIONS ARE A PREREQUISITE
TO MARKETABLE ACCESS TO THE
COAST AND OCEAN. YEAH THIRTY
THIRTY AS YOU SUCCESSFUL
INTERESTING BIODIVERSITY LOSS
AND PROVIDING THE BENEFITS THAT
ARE MOST VULNERABLE COME
COMMUNITIES NEED. AN
IMPLEMENTATION X. MUST EXTEND
BEYOND THE LOW HANGING FRUIT.
FORTUNATELY WE HAVE DECADES OF
RESEARCH THAT DEMONSTRATES THE
HIGHLY AND FULLY PROTECTED
MARINE AREAS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE
FOR BIODIVERSITY COMPLEMENT
CONSERVATION. AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE THAN MINIMALLY
PROTECTED AREAS AND THAT WELL
MANAGED TRONG PROTECTIONS OFTEN
RESULT IN POSITIVE VISITOR
EXPERIENCES. IN TOURISM
BENEFITS. BY MAKING THE OCEAN
HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT TO
CLIMATE IMPACTS STRONG
PROTECTIONS PRESERVE EVERYONE'S
ABILITY TO ENJOY THESE AREAS.
AND THE OCEAN LIVE WITHIN THEM
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. FAR
INTO THE FUTURE. IN TERMS OF
FUNDING. WE REALLY THAT IT'S FOR
TO GET FUNDING THE AGENCY DOING
THE WORK ADDRESS EQUITY OF ALL.
OF HER ACCESS INCLUDING READ TO
GET TO. OF QUALITY PEOPLE SIX.
ONE THIRD. INITIATIVES TEACHES
FROM OTHERS COMMUNITY. SKILLS
AND SAFETY. AND OUR BUS WATER
QUALITY ACCORDING TO AN THAT
CALIFORNIANS HAVE ACCESS TO A
SAFE AND HEALTHY TEACHERS. WE
ALSO HOPE THAT INITIATIVES
SIMILAR TO THE JUSTICE FOR YOU.
FORTY FEDERAL INITIATIVE ARE
IMPLEMENTED ACROSS CALIFORNIA
PROGRAMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
THIRTY THIRTY TWENTY SURE THAT
BENEFITS GO TO DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES. AND AS YOU CONSIDER
FUTURE. I URGE YOU TO REMEMBER
THE- POSITIVE BENEFITS TEENAGER
THE THIRTY THIRTY INITIATIVE HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO SAFEGUARD
BIODIVERSITY AND BREAK DOWN
BARRIERS. THAT HAVE PREVENTED OR
DISCOURAGED UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES FROM FULLY ENJOYING
THE BENEFITS OF NATURE. BY
IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTING
AGENCIES NEED CONSISTENT
FUNDING. AND TO REMEMBER THAT
IT'S NOT CALIFORNIA'S VALLEY
STRESS ON OUR LAURELS WE WANT
TO. THANK THE STATE.
ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATURE
FORD'S LEADERSHIP THUS FAR AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADVANCING
EQUITABLE ACCESS AND STRONG
PROTECTIONS ALONGSIDE. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU MISS GARCIA- NEXT WE
HEAR FROM DANIEL GARCIA CO
PRINCIPAL FOR. I'M SORRY I'M
SORRY WHAT. I'M SORRY DANIEL
CORDELL IS THERE'S A MISTAKE ON
MY NOTE HERE I'M SORRY MR COLL
DALLAS- CO PRINCIPAL FOR
REGISTER RIFFLES. INDIGENOUS
CONSERVATION GROUP IN ITS
REGISTER RIFFLES NOT RIFLES- THE
PERHAPS MISTER CANALES YOU CAN
EXPLAIN TO US WHAT RIPPLES ARE
THANK YOU- THANKS THE GERMAN I.
APPRECIATE THAT- INTER. THIRTY
SEVEN MINOR SAID ACROSS I'M NOT
CO PRINCIPAL READ STRUGGLES AND
COUNTS. GROUP WE GET THAT OKAY
HOW DID THE EXPLOSION INSIDE- I
WANTED THANK YOU VERY ME DISCUSS
OP. AND FOR. HEALTH RIBES IN THE
STATE'S THIRTY BY THIRTY TO. THE
CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION AND
IF THAT TO ME LARGE SIXTEEN TRY
WORLD YOU CAN TRY TRADITION
KNOWLEDGE PRINCIPLES AND
CONSERVE POLICY. ON THE SAME
POLICY IS LARGELY DISMISSED AS
SAYING WE ARE OPEN FOR THE
CENTER FIFTY YEAR- I'M I'M
DIDN'T. MINERAL MEMBER NAVALNY
AND I'M AN ATTORNEY WORKING. ON
BEHALF OF TRAVEL GOVERNMENTS AND
COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE NEW
ORGANIZATION CALL BRIDGES
RIPPLES INDIGENOUS CONSERVATION
GROUP. WE CREATED REGISTER
REBELS AND A RAFFLE AS- YOU KNOW
A LITTLE ONE CALLED A RAPID IT'S
A LITTLE UP AND DOWN ON THE
RIVER WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF-
OVER ROCKS A TWITTER FELIZ. AND
RIFLE- WE CREATED REGISTRABLE
SUPPORT TRAVEL MATCHING CULTURE
RESOURCE PRIORITIES WORK IT IS
CRITICAL TO PROTECTION OF TRIBAL
RIGHTS AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES
OF WORK OFTEN REQUIRES
ADDITIONAL POLICY EXPERTISE. TO
NAVIGATE THE REGULATORY AND
SOMETIMES LEGAL OBSTACLES.
RELEVANT HEARING WORLD PRIMARILY
DRUM REMARKS A AND FOR TO HAVE
WORKED YOU KNOW YOUR TRIBE NASRI
ISSUE. OFTEN ON. TWO THOUSAND
FOURTEEN- FISHERIES AND LEADING
FOR ST. CARBON AND LAND
ACQUISITIONS MORE THAN JUST A
JOB I HAVE A PERSONAL STAKE IN
THE WORK OF MY WIFE AND THREE
YOUNG BOYS ARE YUROK TRIBAL
MEMBERS. MY FAMILY WAS UP AND
DOWN THE YUROK RESERVATION ALONG
WITH FAMOUS RIVER- PROTECTION
RESTORE THE TRIBES IN THE- OUT
RESOURCE TO MAKE AND FOR CAN
LIVE. A LOT AS OUR- HAVE DONE TO
THE BEGINNING TIME. THIS IS THE
OF TRIBAL LANDS. ALSO I DON'T
KNOW CERTAINLY TRY NAB NATION AT
SYMBOL IN THE BEARS EARS
NATIONAL. BURKE OF FIVE TRIBES
WORKING TAKE WITH THAT LAND
AGENCIES TO MANAGE ONE POINT
THREE SIX MILLION ACRES OF
FEDERAL LAND. IN SOUTHEAST UTAH
. WITH IRAQ AND HELP THE TRIBE
COMPLETE TO SIGNIFICANT LAND
TRANSACTIONS TO REQUIRE
ANCESTRAL LANDS LOST IN THE LATE
NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH
CENTURY A LOT WHEN AREA. LOST
THE TIMBER COMPANIES THROUGHOUT
OWNERSHIP RESERVATIONS CUT UP
AND HEAVILY TIMBER HARVESTED
AREAS FORCED LANCER OVERGROWN
THE RIVERS AND STREAMS
CHANNELIZED. SPECIES ARE PUSHED
ONTO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
LIST. THERE ARE PEOPLE ALSO LOST
THEIR PLACE IN THE FOREST NOT
BEING ABLE TO USE THE LAND AS I
ALWAYS HAD. FOR SUBSISTENCE A
CULT PURPOSE AND AS FOR TO WORK
. AND THE LANDSCAPES. THROUGH
THE REACTORS OF PART SIX
THOUSAND ACRES OF. ALONG WITH MY
OVER THE OF NEARLY A DECADE HOW
HARD WORK THE TRIBES NOW
RESEARCH SOVEREIGNTY OVER ITS
ANCESTRAL. AFTER RESTORATION
PROJECTS WORKING TO BRING BACK A
BOUNCE ONCE EXISTED. INCLUDING
THE DRUG PEOPLE'S PLACE IN THAT
BALANCE THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT
IS NOW REFERRED TO AS LAND BACK.
HERE BECAUSE NOT DONE A TIMBER
COMPANY STILL IN SIGNIFICANT
PARTS OF RESERVATION LANDS A
CONTINUE TO CREATE A COLOSSAL
PROBLEMS THEY'RE FORESTRY
PRACTICES. MAGNETRONS REACTIONS
IT RE ACQUISITION AND
RESTORATION WORK EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT. RESTORING AND
REGION'S BIODIVERSITY. WHAT WE
LEARNED FROM TRANS. TO CONTINUE
LEARN THE REST. FORCE MAN ACT
ARE ON. THANKS FOR AND SHED
LIGHT ON HOW THE STATE'S FIVE
MISSION COMBUST TIMES ACROSS THE
STATE. THIS AND I'LL TAKE AN MY
TESTIMONY TWO PARTS FIRST THE
STATE'S POSITION STATES PROPOSED
TRIBAL NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS
PROGRAM. AND SECOND OVERARCHING
TRIBAL CONSERVATION OBSTACLES
NEEDS AND IDEAS FOR FUTURE
SUPPORT. BUT TO BE CLEAR I'M NOT
SPEAK FOR ANY TRIBE AND I OFFER
MY THOUGHTS BASED ON MY- ONLY MY
OWN AND EXPERIENCES. AND FOLKS
IN THESE REMARKS ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE STATE'S THIRTY
BY THIRTY MISSION TO INITIATIVE
MY ORGANIZATION MANY TRIBES
SUPPORT. I'M NOT CHRIS I AM NOT
HERE TO CRITICIZE DETAILS IN THE
NATION OR CRAFT PROGRAM.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE AREAS FOR
IMPROVEMENT AND LIKELY MANY
OPINIONS ON HOW TO DO THAT.
MEDICALLY HOWEVER I DO WANT TO
BORROW FROM YOU CAN SUPPORT
COMMENTS HERE ARE PROVIDED THE
STATE ABOUT THIS THIRTY BY
THIRTY MISSION TO. THE CREATION
OF A THIRTY WHAT PLAN. RIGHTS IT
APPEARS THAT CALIFORNIA IS
CLOSER THAN EVER TO FORM A
UNIFIED FRONT TO NOT ONLY
RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND
IMPACTS OF THIS CRISIS BUT TO
EMBRACE AND WAY OF LIFE THAT
WILL ENSURE STABILITY INTO THE
FUTURE. OF COURSE THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY THEY SHOULD HAVE CANNOT
BE MADE UP OF IDEAS ALONE. WE
CANNOT STOP CRITIQUING THESE
IDEAS ALONG THE WAY AND LEARNING
TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. GOOD
FAITH. FOR CALIFORNIA CHANGES
VERY APPROACHING SYSTEMS OF LAND
AND WATER MANAGEMENT THERE MUST
BE EFFECTIVE ON GOING DIALOGUE
THE TRIBAL NATIONS. THE FIRST
CALIFORNIA TRIBES BY. TRIBES
NATIONALLY CHALLENGES TO MEET
THE CALL THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
INITIATIVE. CALIFORNIA'S HUNDRED
TEN FAMILY RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN
THE TRIBE SEEKING RECOGNITION.
TRIBAL POPULATIONS VARY WIDELY
TOTAL LAND HOLDINGS VERY WIDELY.
TRAVELLED TO PASSIVELY TO
ENGAGE. IS WIDELY. THE STATE'S
HISTORY IS UNIQUELY IN KIND
INSTEAD OF INHABITANTS AS YOU
KNOW AND THE STATE NEEDS TO
GRAPPLE WITH IT IT IS GOING TO
ACT INTENTIONALLY. IN CREATING
AND SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
TRIBES TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN
CONSERVATION EFFORTS. USUALLY
AFTER STATE THROUGH THE
EIGHTEENTH. LESS THAN 20% NATIVE
POPULATION REMAINED MAY LOST
RIGHT AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
CALIFORNIA PASSED A SERIES OF
LAWS PERTAINING TO INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES. OF SELLERS THE RIGHT TO
TAKE CUSTODY OF DATED CHILDREN
AND SELLERS OFTEN KILL THE
PARENTS TO DO SO. UNITED STATES
SUFFICIENT CITIZENSHIP TORNADOES
AND DENIED VOTING RIGHTS AND THE
RIGHT TO TESTIFY IN COURT. PETER
BURNETT'S FIRST GOT STATED THAT
A WAR OF EXTERMINATION WILL
CONTINUE TO BE WAGED BETWEEN THE
RACES UNTIL THE INDIAN RACE
BECOMES EXTINCT MUST BE
EXPECTED. WELL WE CAN I
ANTICIPATE THIS RESULT OF THE
PAINFUL REGRET THE INEVITABLE
DESTINY IN RACES BEYOND THE
POWER OR WISDOM OF MAN TO AVERT
. FINALLY THE STATE TO SEND
BECAUSE THE U. S. SENATE TO
REFUSED TO RATIFY THE EIGHTEEN
TREATIES OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MADE WITH TRIBES THE NATIVE
POPULATION LANDLESS UNTIL THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USE OTHER
MEANS. TO CREATE PROTECTED
TRIBAL AREAS. UNDER ADDED BY
TREATIES WERE HELD IN SECRECY BY
SENATOR FOR FORTY FIVE YEARS.
STILL MANY PRESIDENTS IN
RECLAIMING THEIR IDENTITIES FOR
CELCOM AND ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES IN THROUGH THE
SEARCH ANOTHER SOVEREIGN RIGHTS.
TO BE SURE FEDERAL POLICY DID
NOT SUPPORT TRIBAL SELF
DETERMINATION DETERMINATION OF
THE LATE NINETEEN SEVENTIES.
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ARE YOUNG AND
WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE MODERN
SERVICES TO THEIR CITIZENS. MY
POINT OFFERING THIS PREVIOUS
RESULT SHOWS US THE MOST
CALIFORNIA TRIBES ARE NOT
STARTING FROM A NEUTRAL PLACE OR
EMPOWER ONE. TRYING TO POLICIES
PROGRAMS FUNDING OPTION IT
SHOULD BE AS STRONG AS- POSSIBLE
TO HELP THE TRIBES. IN THE WHOLE
HISTORY FOR STUDENT. SECRETARY
KIRKLAND THE SECRETARY NORRIS OF
NO THE NEW SOME MYSTERY MADE
STRONG STATEMENTS AND
COMMITMENTS SUCH OF THE STATE IS
TRYING TO ONE UP TO IT'S PAST
MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON
DATA POLICY. ESPECIALLY TOWARD
NATIVE ANCESTRAL LANDS. THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN
POSITIVE ACTIONS IS FOR TRIBES
THE TRACTOR WHEN TERREL
DISCUSSED. MY SENSE IS THAT THE
MINISTRATIONS COMMITMENTS ARE
GENUINE IN STATE IS TAKING ITS
CHARGES FOR TRIBES SERIOUSLY.
THE QUESTION THEN IS THAT ENOUGH
PROBABLY NOT. BUT THE TRAVEL
ADVOCATE I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD
EVER SAY ANY GOVERNMENTAL
ACTIONS ARE NOT. EVERYTHING CAN
BE IMPROVED. FOR INSTANCE I
CONCERNS THAT TRIED TO NOT BE
ABLE TO USE THE POLICY TO
ACHIEVE MEANINGFUL CO MANAGEMENT
THE STATE'S WATER RESOURCES. MY
FEAR SALMON FISHERIES WILL
CONTINUE TO DECLINE OF TRAVEL
RIGHTS ARE BALANCED. AS IF THEY
ARE SIMPLY OTHER STAKEHOLDER
RIGHTS. ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE IS
INVALUABLE THE CURRENT WATER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WEIGHS AGAINST
IT AND THREATENS THE VERY THINGS
. TRIBES ARE TRYING HARD TO
PROTECT. STILL THE STATUS ALL
MOTION TRAVEL POLICY THE DRAFT
THIRTY WITH PRO THAT
QUESTIONABLY. HAS CRACKED
INTENTION WORDS. HE'S ONE OF THE
PRO WILL HAVE A CONTINUE TO. A
ABILITY TO GROW ADAPT TO TRY
NEEDS A TIME. A QUICKLY
SUMMARIZED STATE ACT. THE
GOVERNOR EXCEPT TWENTY POLICIES
. KURDISTAN WORK WITH TRY TO
FIND COMMON. MY ACCESS LAND ACT
OFFER. C. N. R. A.'S TRIP
PATHWAYS TO. FOR JUST. AND
SPECIFIC MR TRAVEL PARTNERS
INCREASE OF A TRY NATURE. WE
PROGRAM. RECENTLY SEE AN IRA.
THAT PRO. HE OF PROGRAMMING. THE
AVAILABLE FEDERALLY UNFAIRLY
WRECK TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA. IN
THREE FRANK FUNDING PRIORITIES
PLANNING FOR MULTI BENEFIT
NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS
IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PROJECTS
IN THE RETURN OF ANCESTRAL LANDS
THE PURPOSES OF DANCING SUCH
PROJECTS. SECOND OFFER SOME
OVERREACHING TRAVEL CONSERVATION
OBSTACLES IDEAS FOR DRESSING AS
THE CHIEF THIRTY BY THIRTY.
OVERARCHING POLICY V. TRAVEL
POLICY SHOULD BE TO EMPOWER
TRIBES GOVERNMENTS INTO FURTHER
SELF DETERMINATION POLICY SHOULD
REFLECT THE INPUT OF TRAVEL
AGENTS OR DIRECT CONSULTATION
INTERIM DISCUSSION. CO CREATION
POLICY WRITTEN SHOULD RESPECT
THE DECISION MAKING PREFERENCES
OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE AND NOT RESTRICT OR
OTHERWISE LIMIT THE ABILITY
TRIED STOCKED AS A SOVEREIGN
NATION. CONSERVATIONIST ANNIKA
TRIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
PROGRAMS ALLOW TRIBES ENGAGED IN
CONSERVATION AND MEANINGFUL
SCALE IS IN SOME WAYS WE NEED TO
BUILD. THE FRAMEWORK FOR TRAVEL
PARTICIPATION. ESPECIALLY AT THE
STATE LEVEL. THREE THINGS I
WANNA- AS AS SUPPORT FOR
CONTINUED SUCCESS BEEN RUNNING
OUT OF TIME SUPPORT THE PLANNING
NEEDS FOR TRIBES WE TRY TO LIVE
INTENSIFIED LANDS OR WATERWAYS
THERE LIKE OWNERSHIP OR
MANAGEMENT TO. OF ACQUISITION
ACQUISITIONS ARE HARD THEY'RE
VERY TRICKY THEIR REQUIRE
SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE SENATE'S
WIN MORE MAJORS DON'T HAVE THAT
EXPERTISE LONG TERM SUPPORT THIS
IS THE LITTLE DISCUSS THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART IN AND BACK. IF
YOU ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A
CONCERT NOT YOU GUESS STAY IN A-
AS A MATTER OF TIME I JUST WANT
TO CONCLUDE THAT CALIFORNIA
TRIES DESERVE A CHANCE RETAIN IN
SOME PLACES REGAINED THE
CONNECTION TO THEIR ANCESTRAL
LANDS AND WATERS. BIODIVERSITY
INCLUDES HUMANS AND STATES
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THIRTY BY
THIRTY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
CHIMES INCLUDING STATE LAND
MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION IT HAS
NOT EXISTED SINCE NON NAY
SETTLEMENT BY MORE CAN AND
SHOULD BE DONE I THINK THE
STATE'S COMMITMENT TO TRIBES IS
A STRONG START. I THINK IT'S
COMMITTEES INTEREST IN
SUPPORTING THE STATION TO
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THIRTY
FIVE THIRTY. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU MISTER CANALIS NEXT TO HEAR
FROM MARK CAN ONLY VICE
PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS. FOR THE CALIFORNIA
WATER FELL ASSOCIATION. WHAT MR
HANLEY. THANK YOU CAN YOU HEAR
ME. YES WE CAN THANK YOU. GREAT
HI THERE MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE OUT MY NAME IS
MARK AND WENT OUT WITH
CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION
. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO
PROVIDE MY ASSOCIATIONS
PERSPECTIVE. WE ALSO GREATLY
APPRECIATE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
AGENCIES EFFORTS. TO INCLUDE US
AS PART OF A- THIRTY BY THIRTY
PARTNERSHIP COORDINATING
COMMITTEE. CALIFORNIA WATER
THOUSAND TWENTY THOUSAND MEMBER
NONPROFIT RESTORES AND ENHANCES
WEAPONS OTHER WATERFOWL HABITAT.
RELYING ON THE BEST AVAILABLE
SCIENCE. WE ALSO WORK TO PROTECT
AND PERPETUATE OUR TRADITIONAL
OUTDOOR HERITAGE. THIS INCLUDES
PROVIDING HONEY AND OTHER
WILDLIFE AND RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC. OUR
OWN PROPERTIES WE HAVE A NUMBER
UP AND DOWN THE STATE AS WELL AS
FACILITATING NET I'M ON OTHER
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDS. WE
START BY SAYING THAT WE FULLY
SUPPORT THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
OBJECTIVE TO PROTECT THE RESTORE
BIODIVERSITY WHICH WE BELIEVE IT
HE TO HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS. EVER
IDEA FISHING WILDLIFE SPECIES IS
HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY HABITAT
AVAILABILITY QUALITY. ESPECIALLY
IN HIGHLY URBANIZED STATE BY
CALIFORNIA. NOT SURPRISINGLY
HABITAT IS ALSO THE MOST
IMPORTANT FACTOR AFFECTING THIS
YEAR ABUNDANCE OF ARGUMENT STATE
FISH POPULATIONS- SIMPLY PUT
CONSERVATION IS IMPOSSIBLE
WITHOUT SUITABLE HABITAT HABITAT
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. WE ALSO
ESPECIALLY. THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
OBJECTIVE INCREASE AND ENHANCE
PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS.
FINDING HIGH QUALITY I'M CROWDED
PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR
FAMILIES TO HUNT FISH HAS BECOME
MORE DIFFICULT IN THE LAST
SEVERAL DECADES IS MORE PRIVATE.
AND EVEN SOME PUBLIC LANDS HAVE
BECOME RESTRICTED- WE USE OUR
SERVICE ALL THE TIME AND I CAN
TELL YOU DATA CONSISTENTLY
SUGGEST THAT LACK OF ADEQUATE
ACCESS IS ONE OF THE- PRIMARY
REASONS PEOPLE DOCTOR HUNT OR
EVEN FISHING MORE. WHAT IS LOST
IS NOT JUST A UNIQUE CONNECTION
WITH NATURE BUT ALSO FUNDING FOR
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WORK DUE
TO REDUCED HUNTING AND FISHING
LICENSE REVENUE. STAMPIN TAX
SALES AS WELL AS LOST EXCISE TAX
REVENUE FROM THE FEDERAL PITTMAN
ROBERTSON ACT AND THE SPORT FISH
RESTORATION ACT. HUNTING AND
FISHING LEASES ALSO BY THE WAY
HELP KEEP FARMERS AND RANCHERS-
HELP THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR
FINANCIAL SOLVENCY AND
ULTIMATELY. HELP THEM BE YEAH I
KEEP THEIR LAND AS OPEN SPACE SO
THAT'S A POSITIVE TO. OUR DOOR
OPPORTUNITIES ALSO NEED TO BE
MORE AVAILABLE TO GROUPS THAT
ARE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDER
REPRESENTED- THE FISH AND
WILDLIFE AND STATE A LONG
STALLED CALIFORNIANS AND WE NEED
TO DO A BETTER JOB. ESPECIALLY
WITH HUNTING AND FISHING. ARE
MAKING THOSE NATURAL RESOURCES
ACCESSIBLE REGARDLESS OF
SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND RACE OR
OTHER FACTORS. AWARENESS ABOUT
OR- AND METRICS PROGRAM STRONGER
. GROUPS IS CRITICAL. GREATER
FUNDING FOR AGENCIES LIKE THE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL WILDLIFE
WHICH HAS PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY
TO EDUCATE AND RECRUIT. FOLKS IN
THE OUTDOORS WOULD BE ESPECIALLY
HELPFUL- HUMANS ALL ALL I'M ALSO
WORST IN A PART OF THE NORTH
AMERICAN LANDSCAPE FOR TENS OF
THOUSANDS YEARS. TAKING FISHING
GAME CULTIVATING PLANTS
MANIPULATING ENVIRONMENT BY FIRE
AND OTHER MEANS THIS ACTIVE
SUSTAINABLE STEWARDSHIP BY
PEOPLE. WE NOW ALSO HAVE ACCESS
TO THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE.
MUST IN OUR VIEW CONTINUE
ACCORDING TO MAXIMIZE HABITAT
BUT I USED IMPROPERLY. MANAGE
WILDLIFE POPULATIONS. SO HAVING
SEVERAL THAT- DURING SOMEWHAT
APPREHENSIVE ABOUT HOW THIRTY BY
THIRTY WILL ULTIMATELY BE
IMPLEMENTED. IF IT STRAYS FROM
THE CONSERVATION. ELEMENT WHICH
HISTORICALLY HAS MEANT THE WISE
USE OF RESOURCES AND INSTEAD
FAVORS PRESERVATION WHICH
EXCLUDES HUMAN USES. THAT WILL
NOT ONLY UNDERMINE THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY OBJECTIVE OF GREATER
PUBLIC ACCESS TO NATURE BUT-
EVEN MAKE IT HARDER TO ACHIEVE
THE BIO. DIVERSITY OBJECTIVES.
WALKING UP PUBLIC LAND CREATING
ARBITRARY HUNTING AND FISHING
CLOSURES OR OVER REGULATING
PRIVATE PLAN NUMBER SIMPLY ISN'T
CONSERVATION. AND THAT'S
SORROWFULLY THAT DIRECTION THIS
WILL NEVER GO. OUR COMMUNITY HAS
PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT OUR
ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR
THIRTY TO FIVE THIRTY HISTORY
WHAT ABOUT THE FOLLOWING VALUES
SALT. REITERATE THOSE ONE IS THE
RECOGNITION OF THE POSITIVE ROLE
THAT HUNTING AND FISHING UP
PLAYS IN THE CONSERVATION.
PROTECTED AREA DEFINITIONS TO
ALLOW FOR WELL MANAGED AND
SUSTAINABLE WILDLIFE AND-
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
CONSIDERATION OF EXISTING
PROTECTED AREAS IN MEASURING
PROGRESS TOWARD STATED GOALS.
ARDIDEN SCIENCE BASED
CONSERVATION MEASURES DEVELOP
DRESS STAKEHOLDER DRIVEN PROCESS
YOU ADDRESS BIODIVERSITY THREATS
. LANDS AND WATERS CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE FOR WILDLIFE AND
RECREATION INCLUDING HUNTING AND
FISHING SHOULD ALSO REMAIN OPEN
AND AVAILABLE OUR PARTICIPATION
- GLASS REDUCED ACCESS IS
JUSTIFIED BY SCIENCE SPACE
CONCERNS. AND ALSO CLEARLY
DEFINED ROLES IN THE STORIES FOR
THE ANDES CHARGE WITH CARRYING
OUT THIRTY BY THIRTY- SO. YOU
GET SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED BY THE
COMMITTEE IN THE LETTER THAT
THEY SENT- LET ME OFFER THE
FOLLOWING. FIRST WE BELIEVE THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE AN
EXCELLENT JOB THUS FAR ON
OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC AND
AFFECTED STAKEHOLDERS. THIS IS
INCLUDED AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SUBMITTING COMMENTS ALREADY AND
IT CANYON WEBINARS AND OTHER
PUBLIC PUBLIC MEETINGS ACROSS
THE STATE WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DULY
CONSIDER COMMENTS AND INPUT THAT
WAS OFFERED. WE JUST URGE THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUE THIS
TO SOLICIT STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND MAKE
CHANGES AS NEW INFORMATION COMES
TO LIGHT. THIRTY BY THIRTY NEEDS
TO BE CONSTANTLY CONSTANTLY
EVOLVING PROCESS IF WE ARE GOING
TO GET IT RIGHT. WE ALSO
STRONGLY AGREE WITH KEY
OBJECTIVES AND BELIEVE THE
STRATEGIES. OUR OUR THOROUGH
ENOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH THEM.
HOWEVER WE DO BELIEVE THE CORE
COMMITMENTS SHOULD IT DESTROYING
CLUED UP PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TO
PARTNER AND WORK COOPERATIVELY
WITH THE STATE'S TRADITIONAL
CONSERVATION PARTNERS. THIS
INCLUDES NONPROFIT CONSERVATION
GROUPS AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS
THERE ARE SOME OTHERS BUT THOSE
ARE THE TWO MAIN ONES- THOSE
FOLKS YOU KNOW WHO WANT TO
PROTECT RESTORE AND ENHANCE
WILDLIFE HABITAT. DO ALL THE
RIGHT THINGS TO SUPPORT
CONSERVATION- THESE PARTIES HAVE
HISTORICALLY PLAYED A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN CONSERVATION
IN CALIFORNIA. THEY REALLY HAVE
THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE NEED FOR
BIODIVERSITY OUTDOOR ACCESS AND
CLIMATE RELATED BENEFITS. WE
ALSO I GENERALLY AGREE WITH WHAT
IS INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF
CONSERVATION AREAS ESPECIALLY
THAT THE LAND AND WATER AREAS
ARE MANAGED. WITH CALIFORNIA'S
ECOSYSTEMS BROTHER FOREVER
ALTERED BY EXOTIC SPECIES
CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER FACTORS
IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE STATE
ACTIVELY MANAGER IS TO MAXIMIZE
YOU WATCH FOR BENEFITS. HOWEVER
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
REQUIREMENT THAT STATURE AREAS
BE DURABLY PROTECT IT. THIS
PHRASE IS LARGELY ON UNDEFINED
IN COULD BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN
ADDITIONAL CLOSURES ON LANDS AND
WATERS TO USE CLEAN ARMENIAN
FISHING. I RECOGNIZE YOU KNOW.
OF THE LANDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
OFF LIMITS TO HUNTING SEARCHES
GAME REFUGES NATIONAL STATE
PARKS REGIONAL PARKS. ARE AND
THE FACT THAT ALMOST ALL OF GAME
SPECIES ARE ABUNDANT ENOUGH TO
ALLOW FOR SUSTAINABLE HARVEST
THERE'S REALLY LITTLE SCIENTIFIC
REASON NOT TO OUR ALLOW HUNTING
IN MANY AREAS THAT CAN SAFELY
PROVIDE FOR THAT USE. ADDING A
SENTENCE JUSTICE TO SPECIFY THAT
CONSERVATION AREA SHALL BE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR HUNTING AND
FISHING AND OTHER WILDLIFE AND
RECREATION. UNLESS THERE IS A
SCIENTIFIC OR OTHER LEGITIMATE
REASON NOT TO PERMIT THOSE USES
WOULD BE IN OUR APPROPRIATE
CHANGE IN OUR FEEL. WE ALSO DO
NOT BELIEVE THAT THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY GOAL SHOULD BE QUOTED IN
THE STATUTE RATHER GOALS SHOULD
PERIODICALLY PURISTS REASSESSED
AND MODIFIED AS NECESSARY BY THE
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY AS
CONDITIONS CHANGE. AND
ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS
PROVIDED NEW INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE BUT IN THE GOALS IN
THE LEGISLATION NOT ONLY LEADS
TO MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POLITICAL
INFLUENCE. BUT ALSO MAKES IT
HARDER TO MODIFY THEM TIMELY
MANNER IN OUR VIEW. AND THEN WE
COME BELIEVE THUS FAR AND THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A GOOD
JOB OF BALANCING THE OBJECTIVES
OF BIOACTIVE CHRISTY ACCESSING
CLIMATE CHANGE. WHICH IS REALLY
EVIDENCE BY THAT PATHWAYS
DOCUMENT IF YOU READ THROUGH IT
- IS AB THIRTY THIRTY IS
IMPLEMENTED WE ESPECIALLY HOPE
TO PUBLIC OUTDOOR ACCESS. WILL
REMAIN A PRIORITY AND NOT BE
SUBORDINATED OUR FEAR IS THAT
PARTICULARLY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE
BIODIVERSITY COULD REDUCE PUBLIC
USE INCLUDING HUNTING AND
FISHING OVER TIME. THIS IS
HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE
CALIFORNIA SO IT'S NOTHING NEW.
IN OUR VIEW BIODIVERSITY AND
PROVIDING HUNTING AND FISHING
OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES CAN
BE FULLY COMPATIBLE FOR
REASONABLE REGULATIONS IT JUST
TAKES SOME WORK IN CREATIVE
THINKING. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY OF PRIVATE
PROVIDE COMMENTS TODAY AND- WE
HAVE ENJOYED THE DISCUSSION
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISTER
HANDLING THANK YOU TO ALL OUR
PANELISTS ON THE SECOND PANEL.
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY- I WANT
TO OPEN THIS UP TO MY SENATE
COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS
THEY MIGHT HAVE- CENTER LAYER
NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALL RIGHT
I HAVE A FEW THEN- SO I JUST
WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
QUESTIONS I ASKED OF THE EARLIER
PANEL. LET ME JUST ASK A GENERAL
QUESTION FOR ANY AND ALL OF YOU
GIVEN SOME OF THE- VALUES THAT
YOU PLACE OR SOME OF YOUR OWN
PRIORITIES FOR THE GROUPS YOU
REPRESENT. DO YOU THINK THE
STATE IS ON TRACK TO MEET THE
THIRTY BY THIRTY GOALS- FROM
YOUR PERSPECTIVE BY THE YEAR
TWENTY THIRTY. AND LET'S JUST
START WITH YOU- DOCTOR BANDEAU.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN FOR THE
QUESTIONS THAT. REGARDING THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER THE STATE IS
ON TRACK TO MEET OUR THIRTY BY
THIRTY GOALS. I WOULD SAY YES IF
WE PRESERVE EXISTING
COMMITMENTS. YES IF WE ARE ABLE
TO SET INTERIM GOALS THAT ENSURE
THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD. THE
STATED GOAL IN THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY STRATEGIES AND SO LET ME
EXPAND ON THAT A BIT- I'M
WITHOUT INTERMINGLED TO GUIDE
OUR EFFORTS WE FACE THREE
POTENTIAL SCENARIOS. THE FIRST
SCENARIO IS ONE IN WHICH WE FAIL
TO MEET OUR THIRTY BY THIRTY
TARGET FOR CONCERT AREAS. THE
SECOND SCENARIO IS ONE IN WHICH
WE MEET OUR CONSERVATION TARGET.
OF THIRTY BY. THIRTY BUT WE FAIL
TO GET THE JOB DONE. WE HAVEN'T
MET WRITER. AND ACCESS SCHOOLS
AND THE THIRTEEN ARE IS ONE IN
WHICH WE DO YOU ACHIEVE OUR
ACREAGE TARGET AND WE MEET THE
GOALS THIRTY BY THIRTY. AND THAT
AGAIN IS LIKELY TO REQUIRE US TO
SET. INTERVALS AND CLEAR
CRITERIA TO GUIDE THEIR
INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL
PROTECTED GROUNDS. THERE IN
ADDITION TO. THAT THIS IN THOSE
INTERVALS AND IN ADDITION TO
YOUR PROTECTING OUR EXISTING
COMMITMENTS. BUT THE THIRD AREA
THAT I WOULD POINT TO AS
NECESSARY FOR US TO REALLY BE ON
TRACK TO MEET THIRTY BY THIRTY.
IS ADEQUATELY RESOURCING THOSE
PARTS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
THAT ARE CHARGED WITH
IMPLEMENTING READING APPLICATION
OF THIRTY BY THIRTY. THANK YOU
MISTER. THANK YOU DOCTOR
BANDEAU- MS GARCIA. YES I JUST
WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE
COMMENTS OF DR FANDOM MADE-
ABOUT. THE CONCERNED WITH JUST
WANTING TO GET THE 30% BY ANY
MEANS WITHOUT REALLY HAVING.
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY AND ALL
THE PROTECTIONS AND THAT WE
COUNT TOWARD 30% I DO THINK THAT
WE CAN GET 230% ON. THE OCEAN
SIDE WHICH IS WHAT THE ONLY SORT
OF- BUT I CAN SPEAK TALE GIVEN
AS WELL AS PRIORITY WORK ON THAT
MISSION- BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT
TO GET TO THIRTY PERCENT. WE
NEED TO ESTABLISH A SCIENCE
BASED FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE'RE
GOING TO ADOPTED WE MANAGE AND
STRENGTHENING OUR ANTI NETWORK.
THAT PROCESS IS PART OF WHAT IS
GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION IN THE
COMING MONTHS. AND ALTHOUGH- WE
KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO
HAPPEN. WE STILL NEED ADDITIONAL
CLARITY ABOUT WHEN CERTAIN
DECISIONS COULD CAN BE MADE HOW
THE PUBLIC CAN ENGAGED. AND
PROVIDE INSIGHT ABOUT WHICH
AREAS SHOULD BE PRIORITISED FOR
PROTECTION WHAT SHOULD AND
SHOULD NOT- THE EXPANDED OUR
STRENGTHENS- BUT I DO BELIEVE
THAT WE CAN GET TO THIRTY
PERCENT. BUT WE JUST NEED HIGH
AMBITION GERMAN COLLABORATION
FROM AGENCIES AND PARTNERS THAT
HAVE TRADITIONALLY NOT HAD
ACCESS TO DECISION MAKING ABOUT
THE SPACES THANK YOU MISTER CA
AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE
I. THE QUESTION IS JUST- ARE WE
ON TRACK AT THIS POINT I. AND
SO- MISTER CORVALLIS. RIGHT I
THINK OUR FRIEND WORKS THERE
OKAY. I THINK LOT COULD BE DONE
THE OBVIOUS NEEDS TO BE DONE TO
ME THAT. SO I. WHO IS FROM THE
TRIBAL PRINTS IF WE CAN BEAT
THAT ENTRANCE AND ACCESS TO A
LOT MORE. CONSERVATION AND
HOPEFULLY LAND ACQUISITIONS AND
WE CAN ACTUALLY BE BAKER DOUBLE
I MEAN TO ME THAT'S A HUGE HUGE
PLUS SO. I AM REALLY LIKE THE
FRAMEWORK I THINK IT NEEDS JUST-
SUPPORT IN A LOT OF
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE TRIBES-
ALONG WITH THAT. THANK YOU
MISTER HAD ONLY. YEAH I WOULD
SAY YOU KNOW THE BIG FACTOR IS
GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FUNDS IN
THIS THIRD ROBUST FUNDING
PROVIDED OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS
IT'S DEFINITELY DOABLE- YOU GOT
AGENCIES LIKE JOB. DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL WILDLIFE. IN MINISTER A
LOT OF- PRIVATE LANDS PROGRAMS
THEY'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF
FINDING. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
BOARD. OBVIOUSLY DOES A LOT OF-
THE TITLE ACQUISITION- BUT ALL
OF THAT IS GOING TO TAKE. A YOU
KNOW A WHOLE BUNCH OF FUNDING SO
AS LONG AS THAT THE FUNDS ARE
THERE I KNOW THAT THE PROGRAMS.
ARE ALREADY THERE ARE YOU KNOW
WILLING TO- MOVE THIS FORWARD-
BUT THE FUNDING WILL BE KEY AND
DOES. I EXPECT YOU KNOW ANY KIND
OF ROBUST INVESTMENT WILL HELP
TO FACILITATE THIS GOING FOR SO.
WE ADDRESS THAT MONEY WILL BE
THERE. THANK YOU MISTER HENLEY.
THIS IS A DOCTOR BANDEAU DOES A
STATE IN YOUR OPINION HAVE SINCE
. IN TO MAKE INFORMED JUST.
UNDER THIRTY BY THIRTY AND IF
NOT WHAT'S MISSING AND THEN IF
YOU COULD ALSO COMMENT OR
DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL- THE
IMPORTANCE OF CDFW SPINE SCALE
VEGETATION MAPPING PROJECT- THAT
WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTION GERMAN I WOULD
POINT HERE A FEW KEY DATA GAPS.
IN OUR CURRENT EFFORT YOUR
ATTENTION FINDS CAL THE
DETENTION MAPPING ONLY 40% OF
THE STATE HAS BEEN. HAS BEEN
MAPPED AFTER THIS POINT SKILL
REQUIRED TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE
DECISIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER MY
TESTIMONY I'M I WOULD ALSO POINT
TO THE NEED FOR BIODIVERSITY
SURVEYS IN AREAS WHERE WE
CURRENTLY HAVE GAPS. ONGOING AND
REFINED CLIMATE CHANGE MODELING
AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SCIENCE
MORE COMMUNITY SCIENCE TO
HELPFUL GIRL URGENT DATA GAPS ON
ACCELERATED TIMELINES. THAT I
THINK THE SECOND PART OF YOUR
QUESTION MISTER CHAIRMAN WAS
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT
FIND SKILLED EDUCATION I THINK.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL
UNDERSTANDING WHERE ARE MOST
IMPORTANT. TO PROTECT IN
CALIFORNIA- IS REALLY ESSENTIAL
TO. PROTECTING THE REST OF THE
ECOSYSTEMS THAT DEPEND ON
VEGETATION REALLY IS THE
FOUNDATION OF THE DIVERSITY.
ACROSS OUR STATE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DR BANDEAU. MS MISTER
CURTIS- WHAT CAN THE STATE DO
TO. ADDRESS TRY BERRY UNDER
THIRD BY THIRTY. AND ARE THERE
PARTICULAR CHANGES TO LAW OR
PROGRAM GUIDELINES THAT YOU
THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. YOUR
QUESTION THANK YOU FOR. ASKING
THAT. PARTICULAR BARRIERS TO
THEIR HI. WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO
KIND OF AN ICY KIND OF THE WORK
DOCUMENTS WE DID AT. THE EURO
TRIBE KIND OF BEING A MODEL KIND
OF WHAT. WE DON'T WANT TO HIDE
THINK ULTIMATE GOAL OF THEIR BY
THIRTY DO TO TRY- AN OBSTACLE.
WERE REALLY. WE NEEDED. EXTRA
RIGHT WASN'T THE AND EVEN THE
STATE WATER HOWEVER THE OTHER
PARTNER THE AUDIO VIA THE LAND.
WE NEED A LOT OF ENEMY. RIGHT
THERE THERE WERE TIME WHEN MY
NAME NOT AND HAD TO BE AVAILABLE
WHATEVER TIME SO WE NEED TO.
POTENTIAL TO HAVE. DIFFERENCE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE. ALL OF THE
LAND. AND YOU NEED WILL NEED
ACCESS RIGHT- AND TRIED TO AT. I
WOULD SAY AS EVEN THE- TIME WE
BE IN THE LARGER TRIBE IN THE
STATE WHICH HAVE. WHEN WE RELY
DON'T WANT OF SUPPORT- AND
THAT'LL MADE UPON. RIGHT AND
THEN WHEN THING I WOULD I MEANT
WAS JUST LONG TERM SOME THE. THE
OF THIS IS YOUR TO FIX MORE SO.
AND MAN OVERLAY. BUT THE
HARDCORE IS HERE YOU NEED TO
FIX. THESE ARE SOVEREIGNTY OF.
WATERS AND LANDS NEEDING MORE
PEOPLE TO DO IT. AND MANY PEOPLE
EXPERTISE TO DO IT TO A
HOPEFULLY HAVE A BONTA YOU MIGHT
AND WHEN YOU. THEY MIGHT BE.
THEIR TIME MIGHT BE FULLY
WRAPPED UP SOMETHING. SENATORS
THERE'S A LOT OF INTERNAL-
PASSING THAT NEED. HAPPEN THERE
- BIG BIG PICTURE POLICY WHY I
MEAN TIME STUDENT A LOT OF THESE
FEDER F. RECOGNIZE ONE'S WORK.
KNOW HOW TO BUILD. INTO WORKING
WITH IN THIS IS FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S NOT COME TO- THERE'S
BEEN OF STOP AND START. WITH
SOME. OF THEM. SPECIFICALLY IT
KIND OF WAIVERS SOVEREIGN FOR
CERTAIN ACTS AND CERTAINLY HAD A
GRANT. CAN BE YOUR TRICKY TO
CREATE A THING CRANES WRESTLING
REALLY ABOUT. I DON'T TRIBES.
UNABLE TO ACCESS SOME STATE. AND
WE HAVE SO- SOME ALLIES WORKING
ON TRYING TO. TRACK FIGURE
FIGURE ALL THOSE OUT TO SEE IF
WE CAN. MAYBE CORRECT THOSE SO
THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT OF
SMALL THINGS I THINK NEED TO BE
DONE BUT AND BIG PICTURE THERE'S
A LOT OF- INSTITUTIONS TRYING TO
KIND OF. MAKE IT HAPPEN THANK
YOU. YEAH THANK YOU FOR THAT
MISTER COULD- GARCIA- COULD YOU
- ADDRESS AS IT WHAT CAN STATE
DUE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL BARRIERS
TO ACCESS AND- I HOW DO WE THINK
ABOUT MAKING HOW DO WE GO ABOUT
MAKING OUR PUBLIC SPACES MORE
WELCOMING TO HISTORICALLY
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THANK
YOU FOR THAT QUESTION I THINK
THAT THE STATE CAN DO A LOT TO
ADDRESS SOCIAL BARRIERS TO
ACCESS AND- A LOT OF THAT HAS TO
DEAL WITH PROVIDING THE RIGHT
RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES. AND
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS ARE- FROM THE COMMUNITIES
THEMSELVES SO THAT OFTENTIMES
UNFORTUNATELY INVOLVES A LOT OF
TIME AND RESOURCES FROM THE
STATE TO DEVOTE WHICH I KNOW IS
CHALLENGING. GIVEN MULTIPLE
PRIORITIES AND STAFFING-
LIMITATIONS BUT WE THINK IT'S
REALLY VALUABLE FOR THE STAGE
TO- HAVE. IDENTIFIED STAFF THAT
CAN DIRECTLY ENGAGE AND BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUTING
MEMBERS AND TO EXPAND THE
COMMUNITIES UPDATE AND ENGAGE
AND REACH THROUGH TRADITIONAL
COMMUNICATION METHODS. AND SO
FROM SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITIES
THEMSELVES. WE CAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST BARRIER THAT
THEY'RE FACING IS IT
TRANSPORTATION IS IT WHEN THEY
GOT TO. ACCESS OR TO AND NATURAL
SPACES THEY DON'T FEEL WALK- IT
IS THAT. IN VARIOUS VARIOUS
TYPES OF THINGS IS THAT A LACK
OF FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT
THEY CAN PARTAKE IN AND IN A
SPECIAL AREA- OPCW'S REDUCTION
COUNCIL AND I BELIEVE THAT
CALIFORNIA I'M DIVERSE THE
NETWORK DIDN'T LOOK. AND
PROVIDES SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO.
EQUITABLE ACCESS BOTH ON ON
TREASURE ALL SIDES WITH MASTERY
I'M IN SOME COASTAL RESOURCES
BUT ALSO ON ON THE RAINY SIDE
AND THOSE ARE INCLUDED I BELIEVE
IN THE APPENDIX OF THE PATHWAYS
DOCUMENT AND I DO THINK THAT.
THEY'RE DOING AND PROVIDING SOME
RESEARCH RESOURCES TO FURTHER
THAT RESEARCH ABOUT HOW TO
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE SERIALS
BARRIERS WILL BE SUPER HELPFUL
BY- THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF
FUNDING THAT'S COMING THROUGH
THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT SHOULD
BACK CALIFORNIA. CAN ACCESS AND
A LOT OF PARTNERSHIP I'M UP.
WITH FEDERAL I CAN ALSO US MEET
THESE GOALS. THANK YOU MISTER
SHE- ALASKA FOR YOU MISTER.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE OF THE
SHARE PROGRAM FOR THIRTY BY
THIRTY. YES THAT'S INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT.
FACILITATES PUBLIC ACCESS TO
PRIVATE PLANS CENTURY THAT THE
STATE PAYS THE LANDOWNER TO
BRING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OUT
THERE AND SOME OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES THE OUTDOOR
OPPORTUNITIES ARE MENTORED TO
THE LAND ARE ACTUALLY WILL GO
OUT THERE AND HELP THE- YOU KNOW
NEW HUNTER FISHERMAN TO. YOU
KNOW TO AROUND THE PROPERTY AND
KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW TEACH THEM
HOW TO HUNT AND FISH- IT'S RIGHT
NOW BEING. BASICALLY FUNDED
THROUGH USER FEES BUT COULD
CERTAINLY USE A- INCREASE IN
FINDING- BECAUSE- USER FEES ONLY
ALLOWED IT TO ESSENTIALLY
SURVIVES ON A PILOT BASIS IT'S-
REALLY- ONLY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
THE STATE IS IT BEING
IMPLEMENTED. I THINK IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF YOU COULD CHECK THAT
THAT PROGRAM STATEWIDE AND THEN
ALSO GET IT. MUCH NEARER TO SOME
OF THESE- UNDER REPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES GET IT DOWN IN IN
THEIR AREAS SO THAT THEY CAN
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. BUT IT IS
A WONDERFUL WAY TO INCREASE-
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN A
WAY THAT SET LOW COST TO THE
USER BUT IT'S ALL ALSO TIENEN A
WAY THAT SUPPORTS THE PRIVATE
LANDOWNERS SO. WE WOULD STRONGLY
RECOMMEND THAT FOCUSED ON THAT
PROGRAM. THANK YOU MISTER
HENLEY. CENTER LIMÓN HAS DURING
THE HEARING AND SHE DOES HAVE
ONE FIVE FINAL QUESTIONS THAT
THE FINAL FINAL QUESTION. THANK
YOU AT THE THANK YOU EVERYONE
FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND AT
THIS QUESTION IS FOR- MISS
GARCIA I FOLLOWING UP ON. WHAT
AT HERE MEN KIND OF ASKED ABOUT
IN RELATION TO- ACCESS FOR OUR
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES I
JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE
BEEN EXPLICIT CONVERSATIONS THAT
CONSERVATION AND NOT GET DEFINED
AS LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS- I A
KNOW THAT- IN A LOT OF. AREAS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA THERE ARE
TIMES WHERE WE START TO TALK
ABOUT CONVERSATION AND ASSUME
THAT WERE ALL USING THE SAME
INTERPRETATION AND I JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THAT
INTERPRETATION FROM THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD
WERE NOT EXCLUDING. GENERAL
PUBLIC ACCESS- IN SOME OF THESE
CONSERVATION AREAS SPECIFICALLY
. THANK YOU FEDERAL ALONE- I AS
FAR AS ANY ANY DISCUSSIONS OR
CONVERSATIONS THAT IS ALL
STANFORD AND WE ALWAYS. ALWAYS
STRIVE FOR MENTIONING THAT
CONSERVATION CAN BE. DONE AND IT
CAN BE DONE WELL. WITH IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITIES
AND BUT DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND- ALL
STAKEHOLDERS. I THINK
CALIFORNIA'S THANKFULLY HAD A
REMARKABLE RECORD I'M SHOWING
THE WORLD HOW DID YOU WELL. HOW
DO YOU KNOW HAVE A REALLY
PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY AND AT THE
SAME TIME WE'RE AN INDISPUTABLE
LEADER IN CONSERVATION SCIENCE.
BUT- I THAT WE DO NEED TO JUST
ALWAYS REMEMBER- TO REALLY
SPECIFIED THAT IN CALIFORNIA
WHEN WE SAY CONSERVATION. IT
DOES NOT EXCLUDE COMMUNITIES IT
THERE ARE LIKE- SECRETARY R.
COSTA MENTIONED THERE ARE GOING
TO BE INSTANCES WHERE. ALL TYPES
OF BOXES PERHAPS ARE NOT-
APPROPRIATE- PIPES THERE ARE
MANY WAYS WHERE WE CAN MEET BOTH
ACCESS I'D EVER SEEN CLIMATE
RESILIENCE NEEDS AND I THINK
THAT. WE NEED WE NEED TO GET
THERE THROUGH YOU KNOW LETTERING
LEVERAGING THE EXPERTISE AND
ENGAGING IN THESE TYPES OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CONSERVATION
NOT JUST ON THE COAST- OR IN
REALLY REMOTE. AREAS BUT
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND ALL
ITS JUST SIX. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOLKS ARE. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS CENTER I THANK YOU
PRESENTERS THANK YOU CENTER
LIMÓN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
TODAY NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
PUBLIC COMMENT LET'S BEGIN WITH
ANY WITNESSES HERE IN THE ROOM-
PLEASE LINE UP AT THE FRONT. AND
JUST A GIVEN TIME IF YOU CAN
LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO TWO
MINUTES EACH THAT WOULD BE
GREAT. GO AHEAD GOOD MORNING-
MISTER CHAIRMAN VERSE RICCO
MAASTRICHT IN AUTO WITH THE
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND. YOU KNOW
OUR MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIRTY BY
THIRTY- IS THE JANUARY BUDGET. I
MEAN THIS THESE POTS OF MONEY
ARE THE STATE'S PRIMARY
MITIGATING. ADAPTATION AND
ACCESS PROGRAM YOU KNOW AND- IN
THIS IS MITIGATING CHANGE
ADAPTATION OF OR PROPERTY
DAMAGE. TO THE ENVIRONMENT TO
BIO DIVERSITY TO OUR WATER
SUPPLY THAT'S HAPPENING NOW NOT
THREE FIVE TWENTY TWENTY FIVE
YEARS FROM NOW. AND FOR THE PAST
TEN YEARS THE STATUS FOCUSED
LARGELY ON MITIGATING- I WHEN IT
COMES TO INVESTMENTS IN
ATTENTION. TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE AND MEANWHILE WE HAVE
EXTREME HEAT IN OUR CITIES WHERE
PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY FALLING DAD
AND GETTING AND- I HAVE HEALTH
ISSUES OUR PRIMARY LOCAL- ACCESS
PROGRAM IN THE STATE IS THE
STATE WIDE LOCAL PARK PROGRAM.
THAT REMOVES BARRIERS BECAUSE
THEIR WALKABLE YOU KNOW WHAT
LOCAL PARKS ARE WALKABLE- IT'S
INVESTED OVER A BILLION DOLLARS
IT'S BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED BY SIX
BILLION DOLLARS AND IT WAS
ZEROED OUT. URBAN GREENING
PROGRAMS ZEROED OUT URBAN
FORESTRY ZEROED OUT OF COASTAL
CONSERVANCY FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OR
SOMETHING. SWEPT AWAY I MEAN.
DAMAGE TO A TO P. CAN. SPECIES
LANDSCAPE. ARE HAPPENING NOW AND
WE I THINK WE HAVE TO START
THINKING ABOUT ARE WE ADDRESSING
OUR ADAPTATION NEEDS AS QUICKLY
AS WE NEED TO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
PREPARED. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE IN
THE REAL WORLD. THANK YOU THANK
YOU. THANK MISTER CHAIRMAN
RESERVE DENNIS O'CONNOR I'M A
VOLUNTEER WITH THE MONO LAKE
COMMITTEE ALTHOUGH I'M SPEAKING
FOR MYSELF TODAY BECAUSE- THIS
RECENT SEQUENCE OF STORMS IS
PRETTY MUCH BURIED THE PORT TOWN
OF LEE VINING- HIGHWAY THREE
NINETY FIVE. THROUGH TOWN HAS
BEEN A CLOSE BECAUSE OF BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS TIMES
AND SO NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVEN'T
HAD A CHANCE TO VET THESE
THOUGHTS WITH THE POWERS THAT
BE- ALSO I GOT TO SAY THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME. IN QUITE A WHILE
THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS SIDE OF
THE RAILING IT'S DIFFERENT. SO I
WOULD BUILD ON A CAR OR QUESTION
THIS PER HAD A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER- ACCORDING TO THE
PATHWAYS THIRTY BY THIRTY REPORT
QUOTE GAP CODES ONE AND TWO ARE
GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH OUR
DEFINITION OF THIRTY BY THIRTY
CONSERVATION AREAS. THAT'S THE
INCLUDE AREAS WITH A HIGH DEGREE
OF DURABLE PROTECTION MANAGEMENT
FOR BIODIVERSITY OR ECO SYSTEM
VALUES AND QUOTE. I THINK THE
KEY WORD IN THAT SENTENCE IS
GENERALLY- ALSO ACCORDING TO THE
REPORT IS NOTED BY JENNIFER
NORRIS. AN AREA IS CONSIDERED AS
A THIRTY BY THIRTY CONSERVATION
AREA IF IT MEETS THE FOLLOWING
DEFINITION QUOTE. LAND IN
COASTAL WATER AREAS THAT ARE
DURABLY PROTECTED AND MANAGE TO
SUSTAIN FUNCTIONAL ECO SYSTEMS
BOTH INTACT AND THEN SCORED. IN
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE THEY
SUPPORT IN QUOTE. THE MODEL LAKE
TO FIRST STATE NATURAL THE MONA
LAKE TO FOR A STATE NATURAL
RESERVE MORE THAT ROLLS RIGHT
OFF THE TONGUE- WHICH INCLUDES
THE LAKE ITSELF- IS SHOWN ON
THEM ON THE GAP MATHIS CATEGORY
TWO MEANING THAT ITS PART OF THE
CONSERVATION AREAS. WELL TWENTY
EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE STATE
WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
ESTABLISHED THE LAKE LEVEL OF
SIXTY THREE HUNDRED NINETY TWO
FEET AS BEING THE LEVEL THAT
PROTECTS THE PUBLIC TRUST
RESOURCES. FOR THE STATE SUPREME
COURT SEMINAL. AUDUBON DECISION
THE LAKERS STILL AS OF THIS
MORNING FOURTEEN FEET SHORT OF
THAT GOAL. SEEMS TO ME ONE COULD
REASONABLY ARGUE THAT MONA LAKE
IS NOT BEING DURABLY MANAGED TO
SUSTAIN THE ECO SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
. POINT BEING IS THAT JUST
BECAUSE THE MAP SHOWS IN A
SPECIFIC LOCATION IS BEING
CONCERNED TO QUOTE FROM A SONG
FROM PORGY AND BESS IT AIN'T
NECESSARILY SO. IT IS POLICY
MAKERS THOSE IMPLEMENTING THE
THIRTY BY. THIRTY PROGRAM NEED
TO TAKE THAT INTO- TURN MEMBERS
ABIGAIL MILE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION I LIKE TO SAY JUST
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIRTY
BY THIRTY FUNDING ALTHOUGH I
REALIZE THIS IS NOT A BUDGET
HEARING- YOU KNOW MOSTLY TALKING
ABOUT HOW DISHEARTENING IT'S
BEEN TO SEE NATURAL RESOURCES
ISSUES BE CHRONICALLY
UNDERFUNDED AND THEN. AND A DOWN
BUDGET YEAR TO SEE YOU KNOW THE
LARGEST INVESTMENT IN YEARS BE
THE MOST HEAVILY HIT. UP BUT I
ESPECIALLY WANT TO ADDRESS YOU
KNOW THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF
FUNDING THAT WE'RE SEEING TRYING
TO BE CLAWED BACK IN YOU KNOW
HOW WE CAN MEDIATE THAT- I KNOW
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION
AROUND A POTENTIAL BONDS TO FUND
SOME OF THESE CLAWBACKS- WHICH-
ON BEHALF OF THE STATE PARKS
FOUNDATION I JUST WANNA YOU KNOW
DISCUSS AND EXPRESS SOME CONCERN
AS WAS. OUTLINED IN THE-
BACKGROUNDER FOR THIS HEARING.
AROUND SOLELY RELYING ON A BONDS
TO MAKE UP FOR THIS FUNDING.
ESPECIALLY JUST ADVERTISING THE
NEED FOR OUTDOOR ACCESS
PROGRAMS- AND THE PROGRAMMING
PART OF THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
OVERALL GOAL TO MAKE SURE THERE
IS EQUITABLE OUTDOOR ACCESS AND
NOW UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES CAN
REACH THE SPACES THAT WERE
WORKING TO CONSERVE- SO WITH ALL
OF THIS WHILE YOU KNOW. EXCITED
TO SEE DISCUSSIONS AROUND BACK
LIKE SOME OF THIS FUNDING FOR
CAPITAL OUTLAY AND ACQUISITION
AND- PARKS MAINTENANCE AND IN
ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS. I ALSO JUST WANTED
TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF. MAKING.
SURE FUNDING ACCESS THROUGH THE
BUDGET AS WELL. THANK YOU IS NOT
. GOOD UP. MORNING MISTER CHAIR
I THOUGHT THIS AFTERNOON BUT
IT'S STILL MORNING- DIRRELL
LUCIAN HERE ON BEHALF OF A FORTY
ACRE CONSERVATION LEAGUE. A
BLACK LAB BLACK LET LAND
CONSERVANCY THAT- IS PRIORITIES
PRIORITIZING EXCUSE ME
CONSERVATION- BUT ALSO ACCESSES
KOLIKO. SENATOR FROM- SANTA
BARBARA FOR HER WORK-
ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY
ACCESS PROGRAM- THAT WE'RE
CERTAINLY BIG FANS OF WANT TO
THANK THE NEW CIVIC
MINISTRATION. FOR HIS COMMITMENT
TO THIRTY BY THIRTY- WE WANT TO
THANK THE LEGISLATURE FOR OUT OF
PROVIDING US AN ALLOCATION LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET- ARM FUNDING
THIRTY BY THIRTY INCH- AS YOU
NEED- IMPLEMENTING THIRTY BY
THIRTY IN STATUTE. IS A
SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE IS.
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE
LOOK FORWARD AND WE LOOK TO THE
FUTURE OF THIRTY BY THIRTY ALL
THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED. ALL
OF THE BARRIERS THAT STILL NEED
TO BE OVERCOME- WE RECOGNIZE
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
BROADER AND SORT OF LARGER MORE
LONG GATED- THEN THE CURRENT
GOVERNOR HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE IN OFFICE AND SO- PLACING
THIS IN STATUTE WE THINK WOULD
BE A TREMENDOUS STEP TOWARD.
REALLY FORMALLY ESTABLISHING IT
AS A STATE POLICY GOAL. AS THE
ONLY BLACK WOULD LAND
CONSERVANCY IN CALIFORNIA MAYBE
ONE OF ONLY TWO OR THREE IN THE
COUNTRY- WE WANT TO SAY THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT UP TO THE EXTENT
THAT WE'RE- TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT- A NUMBER OF THE
BONDS THAT ARE GOING TO PASS
THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE. THAT
THERE IS A RECOGNITION. THAT
DIVERSIFYING THE SPACE REALLY
REQUIRES- NOT ONLY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE SORT OF COMMITTED TO
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION BUT IT
ALSO REQUIRES ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE. COMMITTED TO ACTUALLY
ACQUIRING LAND GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS SOCIALIZING AND TALKING
ABOUT THESE THINGS SOME OF THE
BARRIERS THAT WE SEE TO THIS.
VERY BRIEFLY- THAT COULD BE THE
SUBJECT OF LEGISLATION ARM
MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENTS
PARTICULARLY ON YOUNG OR DIVERSE
ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY'RE GETTING
UP AND GOING AND MOVING THROUGH
THE PROCESS. IS CERTAINLY ONE
THAT CAN BE. A COMPLICATING TO
SAY THE LEAST- THE FOOD AND
AGRICULTURAL CODE I WANT TO SAY
IT'S SUBDIVISION C. OF SECTION
FIVE TWELVE. THE FINES- SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND TO THE
EXTENT THAT. THIS COMMITTEE IS
YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT ANY
NUMBER OF THIS MEASURES CAN
ENSURE THAT- THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES TO OVERCOME SOME
OF THESE CHALLENGES EARLY ON
THANK YOU. REMIND WRAPPING UP
YEAH THANK YOU THANK YOU MR
LUCIEN. GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
STACY CORDLESS WITH YOUR
BUSINESS COUNCIL AND I'M
SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THIS
YEAR CONSORTIUM WHICH IS A
COALITION OF. CONSERVATION AND
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE VERY VERY
VERY SNOWY SIERRA IS YOU'VE
HEARD FROM. DENNIS UP OUR
MEMBERS ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
THE THIRTY BY THIRTY INITIATIVE
AND AS- GRANTEES OF MANY OF THE
DEPARTMENTS YOU HEARD FROM
ALREADY THIS MORNING- WE SERVICE
PARTNERS IMPLEMENTING THESE ON
THE GROUND PROJECTS THAT WILL
GET THE STATE TO THIS GOAL BUT
AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS.
WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS AND THE
IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON THE
STATE'S ABILITY IN OUR ABILITY
AS PARTNERS TO. MEET THESE GOALS
AND WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
LEGISLATURE'S ENGAGEMENT AND
SETTING AB INTERIM GOALS FOR
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND I'M PLACING
THIS INITIATIVE IN STATUTE- I'M
SUSTAIN FUNDING- FOR
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS FOR.
AGENCIES FROM THE PEOPLE YOU
HEARD FROM BUT ALSO WHAT A
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD IS
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO US IN
AND AS YOU KNOW WITH INCREDIBLE
ABOUT GETTING MONEY OUT ON THE
GROUND ALSO STE THE CONSERVANCY
SUCH AS YOUR IN ABOUT A
CONSERVANCY- WE NEED FUNDING FOR
CAPACITY BUILDING- AND AS YOU
HEARD FROM THE- NATIVE PLANT
SOCIETY- THAT. THE DATA GAPS.
WITH THE CURRENT MAPPING- AND
CONFUSION REALLY ABOUT WHAT
COUNTS AS CONSERVATIVE WHAT'S
INCLUDED IN GAP ONE OR TWO IS IT
IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR. OUR
MEMBERS AND WE NEED THAT
INVESTMENT. IN ORDER TO MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS AND FOR THE
STATE TO SET INFORMED PRIORITIES
SO I'M WE SUPPORT LEVERAGING
FEDERAL FUNDS IN. BUT KEEPING IN
MIND THAT COMPLEXITY OF GRANT
MAKING MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT FOR. OUR MEMBERS TO
ACTUALLY GET THE WORK DONE ON
THE GROUND THAT NEEDS TO GET
TONS OF THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY THANK YOU MISS
CARLOS. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE
ROOM WE'LL NOW MOVED INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
ORVIS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE JUST
JOINING OR WHO HAVE NOT YET
CALLED IN TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE
DIAL THIS TOLL FREE NUMBER.
EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN. TWO TWO SIX
EIGHT TWO ONE SIX. AND WHEN
PROMPTED PLEASE USE THE ACCESS
CODE. SIX TWO ONE SEVEN ONE SIX
ONE. MODERATOR IF YOU COULD
PLEASE PROMPT INDIVIDUALS
WAITING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT. AND THEN PROVIDE ME
WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ON THE LINE. THANK YOU LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN IF YOU'VE NOT
ALREADY PRESSED ONE THEN ZERO ON
YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. AND WISH
TO MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE DO SO
AT THIS TIME AN OPERATOR WILL
GATHER YOU WILL PROVIDE TO YOUR
LINE NUMBER AND YOU WILL BE
CALLED ON. BY THAT LINE NUMBER.
WHEN CALLED UPON PLEASE IDENTIFY
YOURSELF. AND IF USING A
SPEAKERPHONE PLEASE PICK UP THE
HANDSET BEFORE PRESSING THE
NUMBERS. TO ONCE AGAIN IF NOT
ALREADY DONE SO PLEASE PRESS ONE
ZERO TO GET THE PUBLIC COMMENT
Q. AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE
FIFTEEN LINES IN THE COMMON
SEVENTEEN LINES IN THE COMMENT
YOU. THEIR SECOND- THANK YOU
MODERATOR- AS A REMINDER THIS ON
THE PHONE WE HAVE LIMITED TIME
TODAY SO I'M GONNA ASK THAT
ANYONE WILLING TO WISHING TO
TESTIFY LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO
THIRTY SECONDS EACH. MODERATOR
IF YOU COULD PLEASE OPEN THE
LINES AND CALL ON THE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC INDIVIDUALLY WE WILL
CONTINUE. THANK YOU LINE TWENTY
THREE YOUR LINE IS OPEN PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HELLO MY NAME IS
JOHNNY CARSON WITH PLANNING AND
CONSERVATION LEAGUE IN THE POWER
NATURE COALITION AND WORKERS OR
FILLING THE LEGISLATURE
PROPELLING OF COMMITMENT. TO
CONSERVATION AND TACKLING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS BUCKLEY FUNDING
THE THIRTY THIRTY INITIATIVE.
ARE THE THIRTY THREE EFFORT
RIGHT AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY
TO FOCUS NEXT ALARIC RESTORATION
I DEGRADED LANDS AND WATERS IS
URBAN CREEKS. AND WITH CLIMATE
CHANGE SHIFTING OUT ATTACHED
PREVIOUSLY FRAGMENTED AREAS
INCLUDING URBAN AREAS MAY BECOME
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR
RESTORATION. IDEAS AND OTHER
EFFORTS WILD SPECIES ADAPT TO
CLIMATE CHANGE BY CREATING
GREATER CONNECTIVITY FOR
WILDLIFE. AND THE ABILITY TO
MOVE BETWEEN HABITAT. AND JUST
AN OBSERVATION ON THE MAPS
PROVIDED ON THE GAP WHEN IT GAP
TO AREAS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT.
RIGHT RIGHT SETBACKS WOULD BE AN
IMPORTANT WAY TO CONNECT. THESE
HABITAT AREA THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT THEN NEXT
IS MINE THIRTY EIGHT PLEASE GO
AHEAD. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS THIS IS MAGGIE CLEVELAND
THE NATURE CONSECTETUER. HEARING
I'M FIRST OF ALL WE LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT- THAT IT IS CRITICAL
THAT THAT PROTECTED LANDS IN
CALIFORNIA CAPTURED THE FULL
DIVERSITY OF SPECIES AND HABITAT
TAKE. UNTIL OUT OF THE EIGHT
MAJOR HABITAT TYPES THERE ARE
CURRENTLY FIVE THAT DO NOT MEET
DO NOT YET MEET THE THIRTY
PERCENT. OF PROTECTION MOUTH
FELL IF PROJECTED LANDS FAILED
TO REPRESENT THE HOLDOVERS OF
CONCRETE ECOSYSTEM WERE IN
DANGER OF LOSING THE SHEET THAT
RELY ON HOW TO CATCH THAT ARE
LEFT OUT. STRONGLY URGE THIS. TO
ENSURE THE PROTECTION GOALS ARE
PART ACROSS HABITATS. SECONDLY
WE WERE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.
THIRTY BY THIRTY GOAL MEETING
THE OR SUSTAINED PUBLIC RESEARCH
. INTO THAT YOUR MIND ARE. FOUND
THAT ONE DOLLARS IS NEEDED AND-
WHICH IS PROTECTION OF NEEDED TO
ACHIEVE THE THIRTY BY. THIRTY
THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WERE. SO
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
SIGNIFICANT TO FROM THAT SUPPORT
THIRTY BY THIRTY. SO THERE'S A
LEGISLATURE KEEP THEIR MEETINGS
. TO KEEP HER DIRECTLY. AND THEN
LASTLY WE ARE THE STATE THINK OF
THE THIRTY BY GOAL NOW ISN'T AN
POINT RATHER START CURING
ORIGINALLY. BY THE VERY FEATURES
CAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU THE NEXT WE GO LINE. PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HI THIS IS MELANIE
SLAUGHTER BACK HOME ON BEHALF OF
HILL FOR EVERY. AND I THE SOUTH
REGIONAL THE FOR POWER IN NATURE
. WE SUPPORT THE STATE. FOR
FAILING COMMIT TO THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY AND THAT SHOULD IS. WHERE
WE IN. OUR BUDGET INDICATES
WHERE ARE. AS A PER. WE CAN TO
SEE THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION AS A KEY
PARTNER IN THE THIRTY BY THIRTY
EFFORT. NONPROFIT AMBIEN TRUCKS
ARE WILLING PARTNERS BUT THEY
CANNOT CARRY THE BURDEN. THEY
CAN ONLY FILL IN GAPS. WE
GENERALLY ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE
TO BUY LAND BEFORE IT IS
CONVERTED TO OTHER USES. THAT WE
URGE THE STATE TO REINVEST IN
THIRTY BY THIRTY AND PRIORITIZE
FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS AND RECREATION. AS THE
CLIMATE CHANGE CLOCK IS TICKING
THANK YOU. THANK YOU THE NEXT
LINE FOURTEEN PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MORNING CONCERT HERE IN MEMBERS
MY NAME IS BEN GRUNDY THE
CONFIRMATION ASSOCIATE WITH
ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA NUMBER OF
THE POWER NATURE COALITION.
BERMAN CALIFORNIA'S IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATURE
PROPELLING IT COMMITMENT TO
CONSERVATION AND TACKLING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS. I FUNDING A
THIRTY BY THIRTY INITIATIVE.
ESTABLISHING AND FUNDING CLEAR
PATHWAY TO PROTECT 30% OF OUR
LAND AND COASTAL WATERS BY
TWENTY THIRTY. IT'S CRITICAL TO
MITIGATING AND BUILDING
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND
PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY.
PROTECTIVE OF PROTECTING
BIODIVERSITY INCREASING ACCESS
TO NATURE AND MITIGATING IN
BUILDING RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE. ARE NOT BEING MET
CONSISTENTLY WHILE APPROXIMATELY
16% OF COASTAL WATERS MEET THE
STATE DEFINITION OF CONSERVED
ONLY 9% OF THE LEVEL OF
PROTECTION THANK THE PAID MEDIA.
TO DEFEND AGAINST BIODIVERSITY
LOSS AND CLIMATE IMPACT. I LOVE
THE PROTECTION AND NEW EXPANDED
OUR STRENGTH IN MPA FOR THE
BENEFIT MILLION CALIFORNIANS THE
FACT THAT THE CODE WITHOUT THE
NEED TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM THAT.
PATHWAY STRATEGY THAT'S WHAT THE
GOAL OF CONSERVING AN ADDITIONAL
THREE MILLION ACRES OF LAND AND
HALF A MILLION ACRES OF COASTAL
WATERS BY TWENTY THIRTY TO MEET
THE GOAL. WE SUPPORT THE GOAL
AND WORK TO INVOLVE THE
CULBERSON PLANNING EFFORT. OVER
A GOAL AND STRATEGY HOW TO CLEAR
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL NOT
RESULT IN SIX MILLION ACRES OF
CONSERVATION IN LESS THAN SEVEN
YEARS. THE SUCCESSFUL
IMPLEMENTATION OF CALIFORNIA'S
THIRTY BY THIRTY GOAL REQUIRES
CLEAR THANK BASED CRITERIA
FINDING AN EQUITABLE ACCESS. AND
TO PROTECT 30% OF CALIFORNIA'S
OCEAN BY TWENTY THIRTY WE NEED
TO PROTECT NATURE WITH PEOPLE
NOT. TO COMMUNITIES COMMENT
THANK YOU. NEXT WE GO TO LINE
FOR PLEASE CALL. GOOD MORNING-
MY IS KIM- I'M WORK VERY CLOSELY
WITH THE POWER NATURE COALITION
AS WELL AS DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
. LINE WILDERNESS COALITION
NORMAL INTEREST THE MONEY TO THE
PLAN TRY. IN ORGANISATIONS
STRONGLY SUPPORT THE THIRTY BY
THIRTY GOAL IN THE PATHWAY
STRATEGY DOCUMENT- WE APPRECIATE
ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND EFFORT.
BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
SUPPORT BY THE LEGISLATURE. WE
WERE HEARTENED IF THE INVESTMENT
OF PROMISED IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET COVERS MANY- COMMENTERS
HAVE ALREADY MADE THE POINT- WE
NEED SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TO
EMPOWER. AND EQUIP THE OLD
PARTNERS WHO ARE PREPARED AND
READY TO GO. TO AND PROTECT SIX
MILLION ACRES OF LAND IN THE
NEXT. NOW SEVEN YEARS- BUT- WE
WERE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT-
THESE INVESTMENT OF PARTICULARLY
FOR THIRTY BY THIRTY WERE HIT
THE HARDEST AND CUT THEM OUT. IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET ISSUE BY THE
GOVERNOR IN JANUARY AND WE
STRONGLY URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO
WORK WITH THE SIXTY FIVE.
ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE METHOD OF
POWERING NATURE BUDGET LETTER
ASKING FOR RESTORATION- OF THE
FUNDS AND CERTAINLY NO FURTHER
CUTS. I IN ORDER TO GIVE US THE
TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO ACQUIRE
LAND. MANAGED LAND. DO THE
OUTDOOR ACCESS- BUILD. TRAILS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY HOW MANY
COLORS ARE LEFT ON THE- WE- HAVE
FOURTEEN IN THE QUEUE OKAY I'M
GONNA HAVE TO ASK AB WILL HAVE
TO DO THIRTY SECOND HARD STOP AT
THIS POINT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
LINE THIRTY SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD
. GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
RESOURCES AND WATER MY NAME IS
ARE IN DENTAL AND I'M A POLICY
ASSOCIATE AT THE PACIFIC FOREST
TRUST. I'M GONNA BE ECHOING A
LOT OF WHAT MY FELLOW COMMENTERS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAYING-
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
BUDGET- WE BOUGHT THE WORK THAT
IS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO MEET THE
THIRTY BY THIRTY GOAL BUT FAR
MORE MUST BE DONE TO CONSERVE
SIX MILLION ACRES IN LESS THAN
SEVEN YEARS. WE NEED TO INVEST
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY NOW AN
ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION
EASEMENTS AND P. TOTAL
PROPERTIES. AS WELL AS
RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT WE
WANT THE THIRD THANK YOU FICKLE
BE MORE THAN A- PER SHARE COMMON
. THANK YOU LINE FORTY NINE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU
CHAIRMAN SENATORS HERE ON A
SECURE AREA POLICY DIRECTOR WITH
THE SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS
LEAGUE I'M A PART OF THE POWER.
IN NATURE COALITION HERE TODAY
SPEAKING IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
THE STATE'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT
TO FINDING THAT THIRTY BY THIRTY
INITIATIVE. CIRCLE WORK
THROUGHOUT THE YUBA RIVER
WATERSHED TO IMPLEMENT ON THE
GROUND PROJECTS INCLUDING RIVER
RESTORATION MATTER RESTORATION
AND FOREST HEALTH PROJECTS. THAT
ENHANCE THEIR SEATS WATER
SECURITY. OUR REGION FIRE
RESILIENCE AND YOU KNOW IT
PROTECTS ARE OFTEN UNDERSERVED
RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF
A CHANGING CLIMATE. THANK YOU
FOR COMING BOB. AND WE IS LINE
FIFTY PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING MY NAME'S CHARLIE
SCHNEIDER AND I'M WITH
CALIFORNIA TROUT I'D LIKE TO
EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR
CALIFORNIA'S THIRTY BY THIRTY
GOAL BUT WE REMAIN CONCERNED
THAT THE STATE'S CURRENT THIRTY
BY THIRTY STRATEGY DOES NOT
ADEQUATELY CONSIDER FRESHWATER
ECOSYSTEMS. THE WATER HEATER
SYSTEMS PLAY UNIQUE A CRITICAL
ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE HEALTHY
VITALITY ACCOUNT NATURAL
COMMUNITIES. WE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE STATE DEVELOPS THIS
STRATEGIES TO PROTECT RESTORE
FRESHWATER. INCLUDING SEVERAL
FRESHWATER PROTECT AREAS
PROTECTING WATER QUALITY.
PROTECTING RESTORING AND
MANAGING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS
THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND NEXT
LINE THIRTY ONE PLEASE GO AHEAD
. GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
RESOURCES ONE. BUXTON'S TWENTY
TWENTY HAVE BEEN A THIRTY BY
THIRTY CITIZENS VOLUNTEER WITH
SIERRA CLUB CLIMATE ACTION
CALIFORNIA AND THE POWER NATURE
COALITION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATURE CALL
FILLING ITS BUDGET COMMITMENT TO
CONSERVATION AND TACKLING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS. ARE PROTECTING
THE EXISTING FUNDING FOR THIRTY
BY THIRTY AND CONTINUING TO FUND
THE THIRTY FIVE THIRTY
INITIATIVE IN THE TWENTY TWENTY
THREE BUDGET. THAT WILL HELP
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
THANK YOU THEN THIRTY FIVE LINE
THIRTY FOUR PLEASE GO AHEAD.
NINE THIRTY FOUR. MOVING ON TO
LINE THIRTY FIVE PLEASE GO AHEAD
. I AM VENDORS COMING OUT WE
HAVE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
VOTERS AND WITH THE POWER NATURE
COALITION. PUBLIC ECHO WHAT MANY
OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE TODAY
INCLUDING EQUITY AND SO WE ARE
WERE HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE-
MULTIPLE INTO ALL ASPECTS OF
THIS. THIRTY INITIATIVE- WHICH
ALSO INCLUDES ACCESS TO THE
OUTDOORS AND BENEFIT. RICK
REPRESENTATION THAT IS MEAN FOR
AND THAT LEADS TO QUALITY
EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES AND
WE'RE HOPING THAT THE STABLE
PARTNER TO ENSURE THAT ANY
THIRTY BY THIRTY MISSION THERE
HAS A GOAL OF 40% OF THE THIRTY
BY THIRTY FUNDING AT THE-
MOMENT. ISSUE MORE MY SPEED.
LINE FOR SIX PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS ANGELA
COMPLAIN THE CONSERVATION
DIRECTOR OF WILD CUTS AND A
MEMBER OF THE POWER NEED YOUR
COALITION I'M HERE TO SPEAK AT
THE TRUNK THE PART OF THE
LEGISLATURE BILLION COMMITMENT
TO CONSERVATION AND TACKLING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS BY FUNDING THE
THIRTY BY THIRTY INITIATIVE.
CALIFORNIA FACING ONE OF OUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGES YET CLIMATE
CHANGE LIKELY WERE A
BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT. THE
ECOSYSTEM. SERVICE NATIONAL
SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE WE
ARE DELIGHTED FLETCHER TOOK ON
THE PROGRAM THE CENTRAL TO
ACHIEVING BY THIRTY. AND TO HELP
STRENGTHEN CONSERVATION
STRATEGIES THAT THE FOR OUR
COAST AND OCEAN THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU.
LINE THIRTY SEVEN CALL. GOOD
MORNING MISTER TURNER MEMBERS MY
NAME ISN'T HE SUCH A HUNGER AND
ABOUT OF YOUR CALL FOR NUMBER
AND HALF A MILLION AND-
STATEWIDE. WE'RE VERY INVESTED
IN THIRTY BY THIRTY INCOMING TO
WORKING WITH THE STAY ON THE
FOR. TOP OF PROCESS YOU TO REACH
THE SHARED WE TO AND THAT ANY
CONTRADICTORY PRACTICES. OFFERS
OUR ADDRESS INDUSTRY. INCLUDING
OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION WATER
MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTION ISSUES
AND CORRECT FOR THE VITALITY OF
THE WESTERN JOSHUA TREE AND JOHN
AND OTHER HABITAT. TOPPING EACH
BE NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED AND
CANTILEVERED THIS THANK YOU FOR
YOUR KIND TO TRUE. LINE TWENTY
EIGHT YOUR LINE IS OPEN. JAMIE
DIMON SPORTFISHING. OF
CALIFORNIA I'M I'D LIKE TO. YOU
TO PUT. ON ON BUT THIRTY FIVE.
FIVE BOARD. IN THE INVITE-
WORKERS UNION MARIE REGION. THAT
WE HAVE NOT HAD THE FOR A VOICE
. I IT IS WITH NATIONAL MARINE
THANK. HELLO IS ALREADY ON AT
THEIR 30% AN WE DO NEED PROTECT
OUR- YOU CAN SUBJECT USED
ESPECIALLY FOR THE BAD
COMMUNITIES WHO RELY ON THEM
FISHING THING YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENT. LINE FIFTY THREE PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HELLO HELLO YEP YOU'RE
ON OKAY. NINETY SIX MONICA HELLO
HELLO GOOD MORNING NAME IS
NICOLE REFORM MEMBER OF THE
ROUND VALLEY IN THE INTO TODAY I
AM WITH DAVE CAL FAMILY AND THE
POWER IN YOUR COLD. I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK THAT THE ECHO THE EFFORT
THE FONDO THAT OUR WATER MODELED
. AND ASK THAT THE STATE- BUT
PRESERVING OUR WATER ON THE L.
RIVER AS THEY- MUCH OF THE WATER
THAT IS. TO HELLO MY AND THEY
THANK YOU COMING INTERESTS IS TO
REMIND TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE
LEFT- WE ARE COME AT THIRTY
SECONDS FOR PURPOSE THE TIME
THANK. THANK YOU FIFTY ONE
PLEASE GO AHEAD. ORANGE OVER ON
BEHALF OF THE PACIFIC CREST
TRAIL ASSOCIATION THAT MANAGES
THE TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND
FIFTY MILE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL
FROM MEXICO TO CANADA. WHICH
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED MILES ARE IN
CALIFORNIA I WOULD SIMPLY ECHO
THE COMMENTS BEFORE ME IN
SUPPORT OF THIRTY BY THIRTY
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LINE FIFTY
SEVEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING MY NAME IS JADE WHEN
WITH THE NATURAL REFER. RESOURCE
CONSENTS COUNCIL WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE LEGISLATURE FILLING
OF COMMITMENT THE FIGHT THE
CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY CRISES
THROUGH FULL FUNDING OF THE
THIRTY BY THIRTY INITIATIVE.
REPLIED THE STATE'S EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS EQUITY AS INTEGRAL TO
THIRTY BY THIRTY IMPLEMENTATION
REALLY EQUITABLE THIRTY BY
THIRTY PLAN FOR CALIFORNIA NEEDS
TO INCLUDE AN EXPANSIONARY
IMAGINATION OF OUR LANDS AND
WATERS ARE CONSERVED AND
RESTORED. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF
EXPANDING TRIBALLY LED
CONSERVATION EFFORTS INCLUDING
LAND RETURN AND THE RESTORATION
OF CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT
WATERSHED. REGARDING WITH MARINE
PROTECTION THANK YOU FOR COMING
. LINES SIX GO AHEAD. GOOD
MORNING SENATORS WHEN CLINICAL
ELECTIONS OF. ANALYSTS BELIEVE.
INSISTING OUTDOOR. CALIFORNIA
WATER THE MOST REGULATED THE
WORLD THERE'S NOTHING OFF OUR
COASTLINE EDITION PROTECTED BY
FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES
COMMISSIONS OF APPLES WE WANT TO
FIX REAL PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE
OUR ENVIRONMENT. WHO RUNOFF
POLLUTION PLASTICS BOX WHICH
RELEASES THE BIGGER PROBLEM THAT
COULD FIX THE WHOLE COASTLINE
RESPONSIBLE FISHING BECAUSE OF
THE ENEMY AND NEWSPAPERS. PLEASE
HELP US FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT
WILL REALLY THE DEPARTMENT THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
LINE FIFTY NINE PLEASE CALL.
MORE CHAIR MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE DANCE. FROM THE DANGER
TO HAVE ATTACHED. FROM WASHING
AND- OTHERS I URGE YOU TO
RESTORE THE BUDGET CAPS TO
THIRTY BY THIRTY SO THAT WE CAN
CARRY OUT OUR DUTY TO BE
STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU. LINE SIXTY ONE PLEASE
GO AHEAD. HI THIS IS SAMANTHA
SAMUELSON WITHOUT AMONG
CALIFORNIA IN ADDITION TO
PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THIRTY BY
THIRTY THE STATE SHOULD ALSO BE
LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO
INCREASE CONSERVATION
DESIGNATIONS AND MANAGEMENT ON
PUBLIC LANDS. THE STATE SHOULD
BE SUPPORTING THE MANY EFFORTS
TO CREATE NEW NATIONAL MONUMENTS
WILDLIFE REFUGES AND WILDERNESS
AREAS AND LASTLY CALIFORNIA
SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE
STATE PARKS ECOLOGICAL AREAS
WILDLIFE AREAS IMPROVE
CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT ON STATE
DEMONSTRATION FOREST. THANK YOU
. AND THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT
WILL COME FROM LINE SIXTY TWO
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY SIXTY
TWO PLEASE GO. AT NINE FIFTY TWO
PM PRESS ONE THEN ZERO AGAIN.
LINE SIXTY TWO YOUR OPEN. THANK
YOU MY NAME IS ALEX AND WEBER
AND I AM WITH FRIENDLY AND NOW
WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE POWER
NATION NATURE COALITION. I STAND
ALONGSIDE OUR COALITION MEMBERS
ASKING TO RESTORE. THE BUDGET
ALLOWED FOR THIRTY BY THIRTY
WHICH ARE EXTREMELY EXCITING.
BOTH TOWARDS THE STATE- PLANET
GOLD AS WELL AS THE NATION'S AND
THE WHOLE WORLD REALLY
CALIFORNIA IS A BY BIODIVERSITY
HOT SPOT WE HAVE MANY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW NATIONAL
MONUMENTS. WILDERNESS AREAS AND
MORE. WE FRIDAY OR AND- HOPELESS
GET THESE GREAT. THANK YOU FOR
COMMENT. WE DO HAVE ONE MORE
WE'LL GO TO LINE THIRTY FOUR. HI
THIS IS PAM HETHERINGTON
ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER OF SAN
DIEGO AND A MEMBER OF THE POWER
IN NATURE COALITION. SHOWING
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THIRTY BY
THIRTY BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE IN
YOUR THIRTY BY 30% THAT
MANAGEMENT MONITORING AND
ENFORCEMENT FUNDING ISN'T SAYING
WITH ANY LAND PURCHASES
SATISFIED OR EASEMENTS AND
PLEASE RESTART THE BUDGET THANK
YOU KINDLY. THANK YOU THEN BACK
TO THE CHAIR. I THANK YOU
MODERATOR AND THANK YOU TO ALL
THE PANELISTS WHO PRESENTED
TODAY AND TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
CALLED IN TO PARTICIPATE VIA
PUBLIC TESTIMONY. IF YOU'RE NOT
ABLE TESTIFIED VIA
TELECONFERENCE ORVIS OR YOU
WANTED TO EXPAND UPON YOUR
TESTIMONY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS OR
SUGGESTIONS IN WRITING TO THE
NATURAL RESEND IT SENATE NATURAL
RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE OR
VISIT OUR WEBSITE. YOUR COMMENTS
AND SUGGESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO
US AND WE WANT INCLUDE YOUR
TESTIMONY IN THE OFFICIAL
HEARING RECORDS. WITH THAT I
WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AND
THANK YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
PARTICIPATION PATIENCE AND
COOPERATION WE HAVE A CONCLUDED
THE AGENDA OF THE SENATE NATURAL
RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE IS
NOW ADJOURNED.