California Wild Heritage Campaign ($5,000)
www.californiawild.org
The California Wild Heritage Campaign is a broad-based coalition formed to permanently protect California's unprotected wilderness and wild rivers for future generations. CWHC received funds for its organizing and outreach efforts to stop proposed oil and gas drilling in several proposed wilderness areas in southern California's Los Padres National Forest.

Californians for Western Wilderness ($2,000)
www.caluwild.org
Californians for Western Wilderness (CalUWild) strives to build and give voice to a California-based constituency for wilderness throughout the western United States by facilitating communication between citizens and key decisionmakers. CWGF funds supported outreach efforts, including slide show presentations, tabling at conferences and meetings, and Website enhancement.

Citizens for the Chuckwalla Valley ($5,000)
Citizens for the Chuckwalla Valley opposes the creation of a huge garbage dump next to Joshua Tree National Park. The CWGF grant paid for litigation challenging the federal Bureau of Land Management's land exchange and granting of two rights-of-way to the corporate proponents of the dump.

Desert Protective Council ($5,000)
www.dpcinc.org
Desert Protective Council strives to safeguard the Chihuahuan, the Great Basin, and the Mojave deserts through education, outreach and advocacy. The Council received CWGF support for the Algodones Dunes Traveling Photo Exhibit. The exhibit's goals are to build awareness of the Algodones Dunes and encourage long-term preservation of this biologically diverse landscape at the California-Arizona border, home to many rare, threatened, and endangered species.

Environment in the Public Interest ($5,000)
EPI was created in 2002 to encourage citizen involvement in environmental decisions in coastal central California. EPI received CWGF support for its lawsuit to prevent urbanization of rural and agricultural lands in northern San Luis Obispo County, which are habitat for several endangered species. CWGF funding helped EPI hire legal and technical experts to help lower income residents challenge the proposed land use plans.

Faultline Magazine ($5,000)
www.faultline.org
Faultline Magazine brings Californians accurate and compelling environmental news on subjects ranging from environmental justice to wilderness protection. CWGF funding supported production and travel expenses for the creation of a database of professional-quality photographs for the organizations opposing the large-scale residential development of the Tejon Ranch. Tejon Ranch encompasses 270,000 acres of open space, the convergence of four ecosystems, and dozens of rare and endangered species in southern California's Tehachapi Mountains.

Friends of the Inyo ($2,240)
www.friendsoftheinyo.org
Friends of the Inyo is dedicated to preserving the Eastern Sierra region of California, which includes Mono and Inyo Counties, through public outreach and education, advocacy, and grassroots organizing efforts. CWGF funding supported a mailing to mobilize members and other activists in the region to express support for the proposed Eastern Sierra Wilderness to the region's member of Congress.

Friends of the Santa Clara River ($5,000)
www.fscr.org
Friends of the Santa Clara River work to protect the Santa Clara river watershed in northern Los Angeles County. CWGF's grant supported research and the production of an informational brochure to educate decision makers and the general public about threats to the river. The Santa Clara River is one of only two natural river systems remaining in Southern California.

Rainbow Ridge Project ($5,000)
The Rainbow Ridge Project works to preserve critical old-growth forest and prairies, and to protect and restore surrounding watershed lands in Northern California's Mattole River's Lower North Fork basin. CWGF funds supported a land appraisal and fundraising efforts for property and easement purchases.

Salmonid Restoration Federation ($5,000)
www.calsalmon.org
The Salmonid Restoration Federation, promotes stewardship, sustainable management, and restoration of California's salmon, steelhead, and trout populations and their habitats. CWGF funding supported the Coho Confab, an annual gathering of watershed restorationists that educates participants about local restoration efforts and teaches skills that can be applied to their home watersheds.

San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival ($5,000)
www.sfbayflywayfestival.com
The Flyway Festival is an annual free weekend event on Mare Island in northern San Francisco Bay that celebrates the San Pablo Baylands. CWGF funds supported a fundraising consultant to develop foundation proposals and a strategy for attracting support for the festival from businesses and private donors. Since its inception in 1996, the family-oriented festival has educated the public about the importance of Bay conservation and offered urban children experiences with wildlife in their natural habitats.

Smith River Alliance ($5,000)
Based in Del Norte County, Smith River Alliance's mission is to establish long-term protection and stewardship of Smith River watershed resources. Natural river flows, protected habitat and a relatively wild fish population make the river a premier stronghold for salmon and steelhead in the state. CWGF provided funding for advocacy for and purchase of wildlands in the Goose Creek watershed, the river's largest tributary.

Ventana Wilderness Alliance ($4,910)
www.ventanawild.org
The mission of the Ventana Wilderness Alliance (VWA) is to protect and restore the wilderness qualities and biodiversity of central California's northern Santa Lucia Mountains. CWGF funds supported the production of the Ventana Resources Inventory, a comprehensive regional inventory of unprotected wilderness and river areas.