SBC Conservation Blueprint Facilitation and Project Design
In 2015, LegacyWorks was engaged by the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and the Santa Barbara Foundation to develop a strategy for creating a report on the community’s natural resources and an online mapping portal to enable us to proactively conserve those resources. To do so we evaluated similar projects completed in other regions, implemented a three-partner collaborative project leadership structure including the Cachuma Resource Conservation District, built a Steering Committee representing a diverse group of stakeholders, prepared a detailed outline of the “atlas” and created a robust community engagement plan. Through this project, we strengthened relationships between local organizations working in Santa Barbara County and engaged a diverse group of stakeholders in a significant conservation planning process.