Understanding how animals move across broad geographic areas can inform management, conservation, and research needs in the 21st Century. Since 2021, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has been leading efforts across the state of California to facilitate the tracking of animal movement using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System (Motus). Motus is a worldwide network of stationary radio telemetry receivers used to track the movement of various taxa. Transmitters that communicate with Motus receiver stations are relatively inexpensive and small, providing researchers previously unavailable opportunities to study the movements of highly mobile small-bodied animals, like shorebirds, songbirds, bats, and insects. To date, CDFW has installed 15 Motus stations on CDFW lands and through collaborations have supported the deployment of over 200 Motus tags covering a diverse array of ecoregions and species. CDFW Motus stations have resulted in over 600 tag detections, comprised of over 140 individuals, 2 bat species, and 18 bird species across 8 orders. CDFW plans to continue expanding Motus substantially to complement the ongoing establishment of CDFW’s Climate-Biodiversity Sentinel Site Network. The collaborative nature of Motus leverages the capabilities of a broad spectrum of organizations and is a model for cutting-edge wildlife research and conservation.