LINKS
The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network works in many areas. Below are links to some of the Network’s projects, articles written by the Network’s staff and members, and articles written about the Network
The members of the SCMSN feel that those who love and value this important region share a rare opportunity and responsibility to work together to protect this unique ecological and cultural heritage.
Projects
The Vegetation and Landscape Database Project
The project combines high quality lidar, high resolution optical imagery, and field work to create fine-scale vegetation maps, wildfire risk maps, digital elevation maps and many other maps and layers.
The SCMSN’s project covers Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties but the Network has also done work to augment an already-existing project in San Mateo County. The SCMSN’s project is one of several high-quality mapping projects in the Bay Area. The data for all of these projects are available at: www.pacificvegmap.org.
Digital Atlas Project
See the Digital Atlas page.
Climate Adaptation Project
The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network worked with Ecoadapt and Pepperwood Preserve to create a Climate Adaptation Project that included conducting vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation strategies for focal species in the Santa Cruz Mountains to inform land stewardship in the region.
By the SCMSN
Nature Sustainability: Including Stewardship In Ecosystem Health Assessment by Nicole Heller, Tony Barnosky, Kelly Chauvin, and Dylan Skybrook
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Navigating Purpose and Collaboration in Social Impact Networks by Dylan Skybrook
About the SCMSN
Impact Networks: Creating Change in a Complex World (Documentary featuring Network Manager, Dylan Skybrook)
Stanford News: Stanford Scientists and Colleagues Create a One-stop Resource for Stewardship in Santa Cruz Mountains
Bay Nature: What Stewardship Looks Like in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Stewards Collectively Protect Santa Cruz Mountains
Converge for Impact: The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network — A Region wide, Cross-sector Approach to Conservation