WHAT IS THE CONSERVATION LANDS NETWORK?
The Conservation Lands Network is a five-year science-based study by over 125 organizations and individuals tasked to identify the most essential lands needed to sustain biological diversity that can be thought of as the “natural infrastructure” of our region -- a functioning web of life that gives us freshwater, wildlife, local food, fresh air and beautiful places.
In the 4.3 million acre study area, over 1,000 plant and animal conservation targets were considered – from redwood forests to California red-legged frogs - incorporating migratory routes and buffering against predicted climate change impacts.
The benefits to protecting the Conservation Lands Network include:
- Clean water and fresh air
- Tourist-enticing vistas
- Healthy rural and agricultural economies
- Habitat for native and imperiled plants and animals
- Local food that supplies a world-class culinary movement
- Crop pollination and resilience to climate change
- Outdoor classrooms for our children
- Migratory corridors for mountain lion, bobcat, and deer
- Places to play and renew our spirits
WHY BIODIVERSITY MATTERS
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People are talking about the Conservation Lands Network. Click here to download the press release and click here to read about it on the Open Space Council's blog.
Tell the Conservation Lands Network story to your Board, colleagues, and funders. Click here to download a Powerpoint presentation (a big file).
The Conservation Lands Network was developed by the Upland Habitat Goals Project, led by the Bay Area Open Space Council.
Homepage Photos: Background image: Miguel Viera. Homepage rotating images: Cowboy by Michael Venera, Jumping Girl by Janet Rae Jorgensen, Bobcat by Bob Gunderson.
