Yes, you have missed it. Allow me to help in catching you up.
In order from latest to previous:
CA: Sierra Conservancy bills seek funding for range
CA freepers, RED ALERT Thread 2
CA freepers, RED ALERT RED ALERT!!!
A Sierra umbrella? - Conservancy proposed to protect mountain range
Arnold Schwarzeneggers Leftist Environmental Agenda
And the one written by Mark Vande Pol (aka. Carry_Okie) and published before the election:
An Analysis of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Environmental Policy
Socialist agenda being pushed through the California Legislature by our "Republican" governor. This was one of his campaign promises.
AB 2600 (Laird)
SUMMARY : Creates within the Resources Agency the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (Conservancy) to acquire and manage land for various specified public objectives, and to make grants for those purposes, in the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Mountain Region.
AB 1788 (Leslie)
SUMMARY : Creates within the Resources Agency the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (Conservancy) to acquire and manage land for various specified public objectives, and to make grants for those purposes, in the Sierra Nevada Region.
AB 2631 (Wolk)
SUMMARY : Establishes an interagency council (more government bureaucracy) to consider ways to coordinate state efforts to eradicate and control invasive species.