Benefits and Criteria

Benefit: Terrestrial (Land) Ecosystems

Criteria Required and Optional*	Data Sources for Evaluation
Protects land within Conservation Lands Network (CLN) Essential Important, Fragmented, or For Further Consideration Protects Bay Area Critical Linkage	Conservation Lands Network (CLN)
*Protects Other Critical Habitat	USFWS Critical Habitat Portal Locally identified data

Criteria Required and Optional*

Data Sources for Evaluation

Protects land within Conservation Lands Network (CLN)

Essential
Important,
Fragmented, or
For Further Consideration

Protects Bay Area Critical Linkage

Conservation Lands Network (CLN)

*Protects Other Critical Habitat

USFWS Critical Habitat Portal

Locally identified data

Benefit: Aquatic (Water) Ecosystems

Criteria Required and Optional*	Data Sources for Evaluation
Protects wetlands identified in Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Protects subtidal Habitat identified in Subtidal Habitat Goals	EcoAtlas
Protects stream identified as a Stream Conservation Target in the CLN	Conservation Lands Network (CLN)
*Protects Other Important Features e.g. Nationally Important Marine Features	Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration

Criteria Required and Optional*

Data Sources for Evaluation

Protects wetlands identified in Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals

Protects subtidal Habitat identified in Subtidal Habitat Goals

EcoAtlas

Protects stream identified as a Stream Conservation Target in the CLN

Conservation Lands Network (CLN)

*Protects Other Important Features
e.g. Nationally Important Marine Features

Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration

Benefit: Water Supply and Water Quality

Criteria Required	Data Sources for Evaluation
Protect urban water supply Reservoir Catchment Area Aquifer recharge zone Critical stream Priority stream Support watershed health	Bay Area Greenprint USFWS Critical Habitat Portal

Criteria Required

Data Sources for Evaluation

Protect urban water supply

Reservoir Catchment Area
Aquifer recharge zone
Critical stream
Priority stream

Support watershed health

Bay Area Greenprint

USFWS Critical Habitat Portal

Benefit: Agricultural Resources and Economy

Criteria Required	Data Sources for Evaluation
Supports agricultural economy/preserves land with soil important for food production Farmland identified in Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program Grazing Lands identified in FMMP	Bay Area Greenprint
Supportive of local or state agricultural policy	General Plans/Other Land Use Plans
Completes contiguous area of farm or grazing lands	Bay Area Greenprint
Supports production on soil with reduced environmental impacts from agriculture	Local Data

Benefit: Community Health

Criteria Required	Data Sources for Evaluation
Improve access to neighborhood parks in areas with high park need	ParkScore® Index Local Data/Analysis
Increase/complete urban tree canopy Increase urban tree cover in areas expected to experience urban heat island effect	Local Data (e.g. tree inventories) Heat Island Effect Source
Supports Local Climate Action Plan/Greening Plan Goals related to Urban Greening	Local Climate Action Plans
Increase tree canopy, food access, and/or park access in Community of Concern	MTC Communities of Concern

Benefit: Recreation

Criteria Required and Optional*	Data Sources for Evaluation
Proposed Regional Trails Bay Trail Ridge Trail Water Trail Coastal Trail Acreage of regional park added *Local data sources	Bay Area Greenprint

Criteria Required and Optional*

Data Sources for Evaluation

Proposed Regional Trails

Bay Trail
Ridge Trail
Water Trail
Coastal Trail

Acreage of regional park added

*Local data sources

Bay Area Greenprint

Benefit: Climate and Resilience

Criteria Required	Data Sources for Evaluation
Protect and/or Increase Areas with Carbon storage potential	Bay Area Greenprint Conservation Lands Network (CLN)
Address Hazard Risk in Open Spaces (earthquake, flood, sea level rise)	ABAG Earthquake Mapping Update

Criteria Required

Data Sources for Evaluation

Protect and/or Increase Areas with Carbon storage potential

Bay Area Greenprint

Conservation Lands Network (CLN)

Address Hazard Risk in Open Spaces (earthquake, flood, sea level rise)

ABAG Earthquake Mapping Update

Benefit: Compact Growth

Criteria Required and Optional*	Data Sources for Evaluation
Protect land with open space benefits with high development pressure and adjacent open spaces *Support stable urban edges	Bay Area Greenprint
Support adopted open space policy protection measures	Local General Plans

Criteria Required and Optional*

Data Sources for Evaluation

Protect land with open space benefits with high development pressure and adjacent open spaces

*Support stable urban edges

Bay Area Greenprint

Support adopted open space policy protection measures

Local General Plans