COMMUNITY LEADERS LAUNCH CONSERVATION BLUEPRINT FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
“On Wednesday, March 14, community leaders throughout the county unveiled the Santa Barbara County Conservation Blueprint (Blueprint). The Blueprint report and the companion online Atlas mapping tool are the result of nearly two years of design, research, data collection, interviews, focus groups, and public input meetings by over 200 community members. The purpose of the Blueprint is to provide a common language and platform for publicly available data to support informed decisions about conservation and planning for the future of Santa Barbara County. Project organizers also see a broad range of uses for this powerful tool including to support agriculture, housing and urban development, increased access to nature and education about the region.”