The BRBNA Partnership

A substantial portion of the BRBNA is currently in public ownership under the management of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the California Department of Fish and Game, the California Department of Parks and Recreation, and the University of California Natural Reserve System. Private landowners have indicated their interest in promoting this regional conservation effort, coupling the use of conservation easements and public acquisitions with State and Federal designations to assure permanent, locally promoted, financially secure, efficiently regulated, and enlightened stewardship of the area. Conservation groups, including the Packard Foundation, the Wildlife Conservation Board, the American Land and Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancies, the California Wilderness Coalition, Cache Creek Wild, and the Land Trusts of Napa, Lake, and Yolo Counties are actively pursuing land conservation projects in the area. Today the Partnership includes over 100 partners – private landowners, public land managers, universities, nonprofit organizations, area residents, and recreationists – dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and management of nearly 800,000 acres of this natural, wild, agricultural, and recreational landscape. Membership in the organization is voluntary, the group has and seeks no regulatory authority, and respecting private property rights is a key principle.