Conserving the Lands and Waters of California's Heartland - Community Alliance

Across the vast expanse of the southern San Joaquin Valley, a mosaic of landscapes extends, from the Sierra Nevada mountains through the labyrinthine foothills to the farms and prairies of the valley plain. Natural terrain has been transformed or buried beneath the layers of concrete, asphalt, wood, and metal that characterize modern human development. Scattered throughout the largely commercialized and residential environment, there are still p…