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IN THE NEWS SCAOR® March 2009 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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