Zayante Sandhills Conservation Bank

Ben Lomond Wallflower		Mount Hermon June Beetle		Silverleaf Manzanita		Band-winged Grasshopper		Ben Lomond Spineflower		Ben Lomond buckwheat
Ben Lomond Wallflower	Zayante Sandhills Conservation Bank									Ben Lomond buckwheat

IN THE NEWS

The Valley Post February 12, 2008

Santa Cruz Sentinel January 16, 2008

Santa Cruz Sentinel Novenber 11, 2007

Santa Cruz Sentinel June 23, 2006

The Valley Post
June 8, 2006

Santa Cruz Sentinel May 18, 2006

More than 1,800
species worldwide
are now listed as
threatened and
endangered, and
thousands more
could face
extinction
unless they
are protected.

The Zayante Sandhills Conservation Bank

(ZSCB) is dedicated to preserving, enhancing and restoring key parcels of sandhill habitat in Santa Cruz County. ZSCB offers a creative, habitat-based solution to preservation and recovery of rare and endangered sandhill species in the region. By focusing on large, contiguous areas of high quality habitat, ZSCB offers marked biological advantages to piecemeal regulation of fragmented and/or partially developed sites. ZSCB also facilitates a more coherent, straightforward regulatory framework for those property owners who are seeking compliance with state and federal laws pertaining to endangered species.

The Goals of the Conservation Bank are:

To protect and enhance native biological diversity

To carry out rigorous quantitative sampling protocols for rare and endangered species

To implement management, restoration and enhancement projects to increase the abundance and distribution of rare, endangered and other special status plant taxa

To increase populations of two endangered animal species and to assist in overall recovery of these species

To maintain key conservation parcels in perpetuity

Property Owner Information

“How To” - Permitted Projects

Do You Live In The Sandhills?

Steps needed to complete a project?
Conservation Bank Information
Status Update

Overview - pdf file

Executive Summary - pdf file

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