The Conservation Lands Network is…
The Conservation Lands Network, launched in 2011, is a science-based guide for conservation efforts throughout Bay Area. The CLN supports strategic investments in land acquisition and stewardship by focusing conservation in areas that represent the region’s biodiversity and support ecological function across the nearly 5 million acres that comprise the ten Bay Area counties.
Updated in November 2019, CLN 2.0 equips the Bay Area to respond to climate change, connect landscapes, and connect upland and bayland ecosystems.
Regional Coordination
The CLN is one component of a trio of regional plans.
Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Project
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
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:
The 2019 Science Expansion (CLN 2.0 project) was made possible with support from:
- California State Coastal Conservancy
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- The members and supporters of the Bay Area Open Space Council
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The 2014 Progress Report was made possible by support from:
The 2011 Report was made possible by support from:
- California Coastal and Marine Initiative of the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation
- California Landscape Conservation Cooperative
- California Natural Resources Agency
- California State Coastal Conservancy
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
- US Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program at San Francisco Bay
- The National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
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.
CLN 2.0 STEERING COMMITTEE
The CLN 2.0 Steering Committee was comprised of conservation experts from across the 10 counties of the greater Bay Area.
CLN 2.0 Focus Teams
The focus teams captured species-specific information that adds to the CLN’s coarse filter analysis. Focus team experts selected conservation target species including plants, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, and abiotic elements such as unique soil types, streams, and ponds. Three new focus teams are focused on characterizing the challenges and opportunities across the Bay Area with respect to stewardship, rangelands, and policy, funding, and land use planning.