Conservation Program

Conservation Resources

Conservation Conference Proceedings

Drosera rotundifolia in Butterfly Valley, Plumas National Forest. Photo: Nick Jensen

2007 – Santa Cruz, CA
Reports and presentations from the September, 2007 Chapter Council
special conservation event
2006 – Arcata, CA
Reports and presentations from the September Chapter Council
special conservation event.

Conservation Organizations

A resource of local, regional, and global conservation organizations

Conservation Program Reports

2007 Report (PDF 53kb)
An overview of the activities that the CNPS Conservation Program undertook in
2006 and planned for 2007.
2005-2006 East Bay Program Report
A summary of the activities that the East Bay CNPS Conservation Program
undertook in 2005-2006.

Phacelia campanularia in Joshua Tree NP. Photo: Nick Jensen

Endangered Species Acts (ESA & CESA)

The federal and state Endangered Species Acts are among our most important tools in the fight to conserve and restore California's native biological diversity.

Forestry/Oaks Issues

Current issues and CNPS projects regarding conservation and management of hardwood and conifer forests on public and private lands. An extensive web resource devoted entirely to forestry issues.

Livestock grazing impacts more acres of wild native plant communities in California than any other activity. Livestock affect all aspects of native ecosystems from plant and animal species composition to water quality.

Invasive Plants

Weeds are everywhere. Some of them are taking over otherwise natural areas. This page contains our invasive exotic plants issue statement and links to the California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) website.

NCCP-HCPs

Natural Community Conservation Plans (NCCPs) and Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) are rapidly becoming the preferred regulatory replacement for project-by-project environmental review and permitting. Learn more about the laws and potential pitfalls of these planning processes which are essentially streamlined endangered species take permitting.

Wetland Issues

Wetlands are one of the most imperiled of California's natural resources. Rapid urban expansion and agricultural conversion threatened a habitat which is already reduce by historic land reclamation practices.