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Objective 2.E
Synchronize and coordinate a landscape-scale stewardship incentive program.

Proposed Places to Start for 2008:
1.    Research and document existing landscape-scale policies and programs throughout California.  Develop a map of regions that have prime agricultural land or grazing land that should be the places to begin.  Prioritize key regions in which to implement such a program that includes multiple criteria such as crops, habitat, listed species, and water quality.  Partner with the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition on priority areas. (www.carangeland.org).
2.    Bring all relevant CA stakeholders together to discuss research outcomes, partnership possibilities, program development, and funding priorities for landscape scale incentive priorities.
3.    Encourage public and private funders to synchronize funding criteria so that growers and organizations can apply once but receive funding from multiple sources.

Potential Future Actions for 2009-2012:
4.    Support, synchronize and leverage existing regional and statewide landscape-scale incentive programs, like those at NRCS, Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) and USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife.  
5.    Encourage the state to match grant funding and Farm Bill funding, like what CALFED did with recent working lands proposal solicitation.  Utilize examples from the E.U. of agri-environmental schemes that have been implemented at a much greater scale than in U.S.
6.    Work with regional and county watershed, resource conservation districts, and natural resource managers to form landscape-scale coalitions to implement the incentive program. Include working with local businesses to develop funding for local conservation.
 
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