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Pinpointing Priorities

Creating a strategic, statewide approach to preserving California's natural resources is the goal of the Resource Agency's California Continuing Resource Investment Strategy Project (CCRISP), which kicked off a series of stakeholder meetings in late September.

Using a science-based process, CCRISP aims to identify and prioritize large areas, such as river basins, that support any of five key conservation values: aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity, working landscapes (crop, forest or range lands), watershed values, lands for recreation and educational facilities in natural areas and urban open space. The project also plans to work with existing local and regional conservation programs to integrate their priorities into a statewide framework.

At the September meeting, more than 50 environmentalists, ranchers, farmers, developers, local and regional government representatives and members of tribal groups convened as CCRISP's Stakeholder Advisory Committee. This committee, along with a Management Advisory Committee comprised of nonprofits, state and federal agencies and foundations that invest in conservation and stewardship, will guide CCRISP programs and advise its executive committee.

Now in its second year, CCRISP is slated to develop a variety of maps, data sets and decision-making tools over its six-year life, according to CCRISP outreach coordinator Heather Barnett. While CCRISP won't fund conservation projects directly, its recommendations will "make the case for where state investment in conservation should be made," she says. CCRISP could also help local stakeholders decide which on-the-ground projects make the most sense in light of statewide conservation priorities, she says.

Contact: Heather Barnett (916) 653-5656

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