San Diego County Conserved Lands (data created Aug 1st, 2015)

Date of data: 08-01-2015
The Conserved Lands Database (CLD) includes lands that are conserved in order to (1) protect natural habitats, species, and open space (including agricultural lands that are important components of the regional habitat preserve design); (2) contribute to the existing and planned regional habitat preserve system; and (3) be managed to protect the open space or natural resources into the future. Conservation occurs through public or private acquisitions, conservation easements, land dedications, mitigation, mitigation banks, covenants, or other mechanisms that ensure the land will be not be developed. In order to be included in the CLD, lands must meet two of the three criteria identified above.Fields included in the CLD include, but are not limited to, property name, land owner, land manager, conservation type, conservation date, and management plan date.