Author: Romina Roque

Senior Staff Changes

  |   2025

After 21 years of service as CNLM's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and also as Co-Executive Director for the last five, Melanie Barranco is retiring. She is looking forward to spending more time travelling with her husband and visiting with family.  Melanie expressed sincere appreciation for...

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CNLM is going … greener!

  |   2025

As a conservation organization, CNLM’s mission aims squarely at environmental protection, yet our land-based services in protecting endangered species and critical habitat involve the use of vehicles and equipment that produce a carbon footprint and gaseous toxic emissions. Although stewardship staff have discussed means of...

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CNLM’s Board of Directors Expands

  |   2025

With the growth of CNLM’s portfolio of preserves across California, Washington, and Oregon, plans are being implemented for strategic growth in staff positions and our Board of Directors. At the December 2024 regular meeting of the Board, Directors elected two new individuals to CNLM’s governance...

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Effective Conservation – It Takes a Team!

  |   2024

What do a conservation organization, the Riverside County Flood Control & Water Conservation District (District), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have in common? There may be more than one answer, but for the Center for Natural Lands Management, the response is the...

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