The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) Program is conducting a collaborative expert, partner, and stakeholder engagement process to update the California SWAP for 2025. This includes a series of at least 28 working sessions through 2024 to incorporate new information and lessons learned since 2015, using the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation. Input received thus far (and shared here) via the working sessions includes details regarding how SWAP 2015 has been implemented by the Department and its partners, plus scoping recommendations for 2025, such as the inclusion of new conservation targets and gaps that need to be addressed, plus updated pressures and strategies. Engagement of external tribal representatives, scientists, restoration practitioners, the public, and other stakeholders will largely commence in 2023, in order to hear from as many relevant perspectives as possible. During FY 23/24, the SWAP Program will pilot the downscaling of SWAP 2015 strategies yet-to-be implemented, for the 2025 Update, and start drafting the 2025 Update. The draft 2025 Update will then go through an administrative review, followed by public review in spring 2025, before the final version is submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by September 2025.