Policy

  • Public Lands Rule

    The Public Lands Rule protects our treasured, multi-use landscapes so they'll be there tomorrow, recognizing conservation as a type of land use. Backed by decades of science and experience, the rule gives land managers tools to maintain our public lands, ensure access, and protect our resources while supporting the diverse ways that communities depend on public lands.

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  • San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act

    This proposed legislation would authorize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to expand the acquisition boundary of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge by incorporating approximately 6,934 acres across six distinct parcels.

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  • Previous Campaigns

    Tuleyome has been conserving, enhancing, restoring, and enjoying the public lands in the northern Inner Coast Range Mountains and western Sacramento Valley since 2002.

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Check out our recent Policy Corner Articles on our News & Insights Blog

Policy Corner: The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act

By Diego Barraza • December 3, 2025
In October, Tuleyome hosted a community walking tour showcasing Mare Island’s southwestern coastal wetlands, a notable potion of the six distinct parcels proposed to be included in The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act. By law, National Wildlife Refuges overseen by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), are legally mandated to conserve migratory bird and endangered species habitat while allowing for public access and recreation compatible with those mandates. This boundary expansion legislation is expected to be introduced in the 119 th Congress by Representative John Garamendi (D-CA-08), Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA). Approximately 6,934 new acres would be included in the boundary expansion. The boundary expansion aims to enhance the existing refuge’s 24,390 acres of essential wetland habitats along the coastlines of Sonoma, Solano, and Napa Counties. These tidal marshes, mud flats, and seasonal wetlands all host migratory birds, small mammals, and form the nursery grounds to sensitive fish species. Some iconic species include the California clapper rail, salt marsh harvest mouse, San Pablo song sparrow, and Suisun shrew. Current owners of the parcels that are proposed to be included within the refuge boundaries are the State Lands Commission, the State Coastal Conservancy, and the Sonoma Land Trust, all who support the proposal.

Welcome Diego!

By Bryan Pride • November 5, 2025
Tuleyome welcomes our first Policy Intern, Diego Barraza. Diego is a Senior at UC Davis studying Environmental Science and Management and is from Santa Barbara, California. Diego will be joining Tuleyome for a 10 week internship to assist with Tuleyome’s policy initiatives, including supporting the work of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and Molok Luyuk working group coalition and the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act. We are excited to have Diego join our team and support our policy initiatives!

Policy Corner: The Community Alternative Management Plan for Berryessa Snow Mountain

By Bryan Pride • November 3, 2025
It’s been a decade since the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument was designated in 2015, and just last year we celebrated the expansion of the Monument to include Molok Luyuk. Now we’re in an exciting new phase: working alongside our community to shape how this incredible landscape will be protected for generations to come. Throughout 2025, Tuleyome has been collaborating with the Bureau of Land Management to submit detailed information about the many “objects of interest” that make our National Monument so special, from unique soils, to native plants, breathtaking geology and the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous people who have called this plan home for thousands of years. This information will help BLM develop the Monument’s resource management plan. But we’re not stopping there. We’re doing something that reflects the very best of what public lands protection can be: we’re creating a Community Alternative Management Plan (CAMP).