WCB Votes Down Otay Ranch Village 14 Land Swap
The Wildlife Conservation Board voted to deny a controversial deal between CDFW and developers to swap land in the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve for land of lesser ecological value.
CALIFORNIA IS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT-
WE PROTECT THE PLANTS THAT MAKE IT SO
What We Do
We’re on a mission to save California’s native plants and places using both head and heart. CNPS brings together science, education, conservation, and gardening to power the native plant movement.
Why We Do It
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At least one third of California’s native plants are found nowhere else in the world.
Plants are the foundation of our ecosystems.
Saving plants
saves places.
Supports the
web of life.
Saves the California
we love.
Recent News & Stories
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California Native Plant Society Announces Wreath Masters
Wreath Masters, a friendly competition between botanic gardens, nurseries, CNPS and other partners throughout the state challenges participants to create holiday wreaths made with California native plants. -
Recentering Ecological Restoration with Tribal Perspectives
Ecological restoration is central to the well-being of Indigenous communities, who have tended, burned, and harvested California's ecosystems for millennia.