** California leads on 30x30
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2020
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs an executive order to preserve 30 percent of the state's land and water by 2030. @CAgovernor ([link removed])

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order ([link removed]) on Wednesday putting America's most populous state on a path to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by the end of the decade. The plan, known as 30x30, is designed to offset the effects of climate change and protect biodiversity.

Newsom's order directs state agencies to complete a plan by early 2022 to reach the protection goal. "Climate change is not just about greenhouse gas emissions emanating from tailpipes of vehicles," Newsom said ([link removed]) . "It's the ability to sequester these greenhouse gas emissions in our soils."

California's leadership comes as U.S. Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico champions a 30x30 resolution ([link removed]) at the national level, which the Center for Western Priorities has highlighted this year in our Road to 30 virtual tour ([link removed]) .
Quick hits


** As wildfires grow, officials turn to Indigenous knowledge for help
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New York Times ([link removed])


** Colorado wildfires at "very high" potential for growth over next 3 days
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Denver Post ([link removed])


** California governor commits to 30x30 protection goal
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Sacramento Bee ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed]) | Mercury News ([link removed])


** Public lands decisions across the west in doubt after Pendley ruling; agency attacks Montana governor
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Denver Post ([link removed]) | Nevada Current ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed])


** Exxon, oil giants give investors guidance on future earnings and production, but not carbon emissions
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Bloomberg ([link removed])


** Gov't watchdog says Trump administration mismanaged COVID relief for oil companies
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Washington Post ([link removed])


** Inside the hunt for invasive mountain goats in Grand Teton
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Jackson Hole News & Guide ([link removed])


** Colorado's Pike National Forest shifts to reserved campsites due to record traffic
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])
Quote of the day
We developed this real commitment to keeping fire out, and of course that was completely backwards from what Indigenous people had done for thousands and thousands of years.”
—Mary Huffman, Indigenous Peoples Burning Network
New York Times ([link removed])
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Awwwww.....Happy #WildlifeWednesday ([link removed]) from these furry little otters spotted riverside at Big Hole Butte in Montana. The Bureau of Land Management oversees several recreation sites south of Butte along the Big Hole River, between the small towns of Divide and Wise River. Photo: Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management

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