Center for Natural Lands Management

Our Mission

The mission of the Center for Natural Lands Management is:

·       To conserve native species, their habitat and functioning ecosystems in perpetuity;

·       To own and/or manage lands in an ecologically beneficial manner consistent with local, state and federal environmental laws and with science-based stewardship;

·       To promote the conservation values of such lands through education;

·       To promote and facilitate uses of lands by the public that preserve the conservation values; and

·       To cooperate with public and private entities in their efforts to protect native species and their habitats for the public benefit.

Our History

The Center for Natural Lands Management was founded in 1990 in California and incorporated as a nonprofit tax exempt organization. We protect sensitive biological resources through professional, science-based stewardship of conservation lands in perpetuity. We assure the perpetual protection of these lands by establishing stewardship endowments, a model which was unique at the time of our founding and over time has become a best practice for land conservation.

Our work focuses on protecting, and restoring native and imperiled species, and their habitats throughout California and in 2011 CNLM expanded into Washington with the acquisition of the South Puget Sound Prairies Program. By collaborating with nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, corporations, and landowners we protect imperiled species and their habitats in perpetuity. Our headquarters are in Temecula, California with satellite offices and conservation activities in California and Washington.