SACRAMENTO, California, July 8, 2025 (ENS) – Building toward its goal of conserving 30 percent of its lands and coastal waters by 2030, the State of California has protected over one million acres of land and coastal waters in the last year, an area roughly equivalent to the size of Glacier National Park in Montana. California committed to its 30×30 conservation plan in the year 2020. Now, five years later, California’s 2025 30×30 Progress Report released July 7 marks the halfway point toward the state’s 30×30 goal. California Governor Gavin Newsom announces record levels of land and coastal waters protected. – The state has launched a new marine conservation framework, adding thousands of acres of coastal waters as 30×30 Conservation Areas.