Bill AB-43, passed the California Assembly 57–3 and aims to permanently protect national wild and scenic rivers in California by removing the 2025 sunset clause on a key state law. This would ensure California can continue safeguarding these rivers from potential federal rollbacks on protections.

The poppies are blooming on the hillsides above the South Fork of the American. The news is worse than ever. But paradoxically, I feel like I am starting to get my sea legs under me in this storm of attacks on everything I value coming from Washington DC. I spent April 5 with thousands of other cardboard carrying, witty citizens in downtown Sacramento. Clearly many others are starting to feel greater agency. I hope you are too…

Doing our part for our fellow countrymen: Yes, we have national wild & scenic rivers in California — from the iconic Yosemite rivers to the little-known gems scattered about the state. We are pretty proud of that.

Fortunately, facing the chaos of the Trump Administration and a hostile Congress, there is something that the California legislature can do…