Protected Areas
Mapping protected lands in the Bay Area. Free data available!
2010 Version just released, now includes Santa Cruz!
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Bay Area Protected Areas Database (BPAD)
A major part of understanding the conservation landscape is knowing where the existing protected lands are and who owns or manages those lands. Knowing this information allows us to assess regional goals, assist in planning for new areas to conserve, identify where people are in relation to parks and so much more.
The Bay Area Open Space Council has collaborated with GreenInfo Network over the past 12 years to develop a very detailed GIS database of protected areas in the 9 county San Francisco Bay Area. This year we included Santa Cruz County for the first time.
Each year we update the database with the latest acquisitions and easements as well as continously work to make advancements to the spatial accuracy of the data. Each spring/summer of each year we provide a new updated version of the data with summary statistics of total acreage by type of ownership, open vs restricted access, and ownership level.
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A few years ago GreenInfo Network started expanding this dataset to cover the entire state of California. This dataset which is continuously being updated called, CPAD - California Protected Areas Database, can be found here at www.calands.org.
