110+ Ways to Advance 30×30 and Other State Goals

The Bay Area and Biodiversity

30×30 is a global movement, and the San Francisco Bay Area has been identified as a global hotspot for biodiversity. The region is fortunate to still have iconic species like mountain lion, Golden Eagle, and steelhead trout. Indeed, most species that represent the region’s former biological richness still survive. This is due in large part to the amount of habitat remaining – only some of which has been permanently conserved. One has only to look at the long list of Bay Area threatened and endangered species to know that, for those species and for the rest of the interconnected web of life, the remaining open space is just barely enough. 

Since the early 2000s, the Bay Area conservation community of scientists and conservationists has engaged in science-based regional prioritization for biodiversity conservation. The Conservation Lands Network (CLN) is the region’s biodiversity conservation strategy, and it was most recently updated in 2019. Many of the 110+ projects described here help advance the goals laid out in CLN 2.0. In the project descriptions you’ll find efforts to conserve lands essential for monarchs, coho salmon, eagles, pollinators like bees, mountain lions, badgers, and other key species. The CLN has been funded by the State Coastal Conservancy and Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation.

Matching the rich biodiversity of this region is a rich tapestry of organizations working in urban, rural, natural, and working lands for biodiversity, equitable access, and climate resilience. Scan the list of TOGETHER members and you’ll find community-based organizations, Indigenous-led organizations, land trusts, resource conservation districts, open space districts, parks departments, water agencies, and others all working together in diverse and important ways.