The rural beauty and native wildlife of the Vista area is being threatened
by the elimination of open spaces as a result of population growth.
Private land conservation is extremely cost effective, but it is not free.
Community participation is not only a measure of our success, but an
essential ingredient for long term conservation.
The Land:
Land Needing Protection
The types of land which The Vista Conservancy seeks to protect include, but are not limited to the following:
- Lands that contain endangered, threatened, or rare species
- Lands which are natural habitat
- Lands that contain or have the potential to contain ecosystems of educational or scientific value
- Lands of agricultural significance
- Wetlands, floodplains and other riparian areas, including adjacent buffer lands, for the protection of water quality
- Lands of historical value
- Lands which have the potential to be a part of the community, regional or state park green belts/trail systems
- Lands that contain unique or outstanding physical characteristics (e.g. rock outcroppings)
- Lands that contain unique stands of mature vegetation
