The Second Nature team is supporting the newest version of CLN, the San Francisco Bay Area's influential regional conservation strategy. Director of Science Erica Spotswood and Ecologist Cesar Estien are advising the expansion of the strategy to incorporate urban areas with a focus on urban biodiversity and equitable access to nature.

The Conservation Lands Network is a regional conservation strategy for the San Francisco Bay Area, with a set of goals and science-based decisionmaking tools that support strategic investments in land protection and stewardship. These tools focus conservation in areas that represent the region’s biodiversity and support ecological function across the nearly 5 million acres that comprise the 10 Bay Area counties.