The Southern Sierra Partnership (SSP) is an alliance formed in 2009 by Audubon California , the Sequoia Riverlands Trust , the Sierra Business Council , The Nature Conservancy , and later joined by the Conservation Biology Institute . This group engaged in a collaborative conservation planning process for the southern Sierra and Tehachapi Mountains (southern Sierra). This planning process took a rigorous approach to incorporating climate change into conservation planning.
The SSP along with representatives from ten agencies and organizations...