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Wednesday June 4, 2025

Northern California Public Media

California’s Habitat Conservation Fund escaped the budget axe for the past two years — but this week, the state Senate is considering a bill to extend it through 2035.

The money goes to buy land to establish wildlife corridors and keep habitat pristine.

Beth Pratt, California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation, said the fund benefits species all across the state.

“Whether you’re a humpback whale in the Pacific Ocean, a monarch butterfly overwintering on California’s coast, a Chinook salmon spawning in the Sacramento River, or mountain lions roaming in L.A.’s Santa Monica Mountains,” said Pratt, “this fund is critical to ensuring that wildlife have a future in California.”

In 1990, voters approved Proposition 117, which established the Habitat Conservation Fund and allocated $30 million per year.

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