Wednesday, March 27, 2024 — 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Speaker: Nick Jensen, CNPS statewide Conservation Program Director
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As President Biden’s first term comes to a close, the conservation community is looking to secure increased protections for more than a million acres of land statewide. From Oregon to the Baja California border, the California Native Plant Society is engaged in five campaigns that ask the president to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to expand existing national monuments or create new ones. Each of these campaigns involves leadership from and collaboration with the Indigenous community and is consistent with broadscale state (30×30) and national (America the Beautiful) land conservation efforts.
These efforts require a great deal of local knowledge and outreach and have emerged as excellent opportunities for collaboration between CNPS staff and volunteers. In his presentation, CNPS Conservation Program Director Nick Jensen will provide context on this exciting emerging area of work for CNPS, along with a tour of the Molok Luyuk, San Gabriel Mountains, Chuckwalla, Medicine Lake Highlands, and Kw’tsan conservation campaigns.
Nick Jensen is the statewide CNPS Conservation Program Director. In this position, he oversees the conservation work of staff and volunteer advocates statewide. Nick’s work involves state and federal legislative advocacy, project-level work including presiding over litigation, participation in coalitions of environmental organizations, media relations, and supervising a team of talented conservation professionals. Nick earned his BS degree in Environmental Horticulture at UC Davis and recently completed his PhD in botany at Claremont Graduate University.
This program will be presented online via Zoom. If you have questions, email programs@ebcnps.org.
