Sierra Nevada, the desert parks and 1,300 km of coast, with fire closures a fact of every summer.
Use distance, quiet routes, seasonal awareness and careful location sharing when photographing birds, mammals and oaks in California.
California Coastal Cleanup Day, year-round options, reusable gear, waivers, litter data and safe ways to help beaches and inland waterways.
How to read California Coastal Cleanup Day's long-running item counts, including the top categories from 1988–2023 and the limits of volunteer data.
Links to reference material and organisations we don't control.