About Us

The Conservation Lands Network is a regional conservation strategy for the San Francisco Bay Area.

What is the Conservation Lands Network?

Since 2006, the purpose of the CLN, its strategy, and its supporting tools, is to identify, guide, and support strategic land acquisition projects for biodiversity, conservation and ecological resilience in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are in the process of updating the CLN now! The last update took place in 2019 and we intend to launch the CLN 3.0 Update in 2028!

CLN 2.0 map

Regional Coordination

The CLN is one component of a trio of regional plans.

Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Project

Baylands Complete Report 2016 cover

Completed in 1999 by a consortium of public agencies, the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Project envisions conservation of 100,000 acres of historic tidelands that ring the San Francisco Bay.

SF Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Report

Baylands Complete Report 2016 cover

Completed in 2011, the San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Report is a collaborative vision for the protection and restoration of submerged habitats in the San Francisco Bay.

Funders

A special thank you to GreenInfo Network for their support building the website, developing Explorer, creating innumerable maps and providing invaluable guidance.

The 2025-2028 CLN 3.0 project is made possible with support from:

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The 2019 Science Expansion (CLN 2.0 project) was made possible with support from:

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The 2014 Progress Report was made possible by support from:

The 2011 Report was made possible by support from:

CLN 3.0 STEERING COMMITTEE

The CLN 3.0 Steering Committee is comprised of conservation practitioners from across the 10 counties of the greater Bay Area.

  • Mark Bibbo, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
  • Ben Botkin, San Francisco Estuary
  • Partnership/Metropolitan Transportation Commission
  • Becky Bremser, East Bay Regional Park District
  • Tristen Brenner, Marin Agricultural Land Trust
  • Tosha Comendant, Land Trust of Napa County
  • Emily Corwin, San Francisco Estuary Institute
  • Peter Cowan, Peninsula Open Space Trust
  • Jessica Davenport, State Coastal Conservancy
  • Danny Franco, Golden Gate Parks Conservancy
  • Matt Freeman, Matt Freeman Consulting
  • Tom Gardali, All Hands Ecology
  • Matt Gerhart, Northern Virgina Conservation Trust
  • Rebecca Johnson, Cal Academy
  • Linda Kwong, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
  • Neoma Lavelle, East Bay Regional Park District
  • Kirk Lennington, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
  • Lisa Lomba, John Muir Land Trust
  • Lena Pollastro, Land Trust of Napa County
  • Sara Press, Save the Redwoods
  • Dina Robertson, East Bay Regional Park District
  • Allison Schichtel, Sonoma County Ag & Open Space
  • James Wilson, John Muir Land Trust

CLN 2.0 Participants

The CLN 2.0 Update was comprised of conservation experts from across the 10 counties of the greater Bay Area. You can access the full list of participants here.

Contact

We’d love to hear from you. Email us at CLN@togetherbayarea.org