Links of Interest

The South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan (SSHCP)
is a regional approach to addressing issues related to urban development, habitat conservation and agricultural protection.

Sprawl Watch Clearing House
mission is to make the tools, techniques, and strategies developed to manage growth, accessible to citizens, grassroots organizations, environmentalists, public officials, planners, architects, the media and business leaders.

Cosumnes River Preserve
The Cosumnes is a small river whose headwaters rise at only 8,000' above sea level and whose course from the Sierra Nevada to the San Joaquin Delta is just 80 miles long. 

American Farmland Trust
Works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.

Smart Growth
Smart Growth creates communities in which people have increased choice, a higher quality of life.
Link to California Coalition for Food and Farming
California Coalition for Food and Farming
works to build and mobilize a diverse coalition that will transform California's food system to one that is environmentally sound, socially just, and economically viable.
California Farm Bureau Federation
is California's largest farm organization with more than 95,000 member families in 53 county Farm Bureaus. It is a voluntary, nongovernmental, nonpartisan organization of farm and ranch families seeking solutions to the problems that affect their lives, both socially and economically.

Community Alliance with Family Farmers
is building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice.

New Valley:Through the Roof
Exploring the Future of the Central Valley

Surface Transportation Policy Report
STPP is a non-profit organization working to ensure a diversified transportation system.

Elk Grove Community Garden
exists to create and nurture community run organic gardens. We are deeply committed to community pride and unity, teaching organic methods, preservation of open spaces and native habitat for biodiversity, encouraging sustainable living techniques and recycling.  
The Great Valley Center
is a private, non-profit, and non-partisan organization committed to building support for California's Great Central Valley as a distinct region and assisting in the process of planning for the 21st century.
Local Government Commission
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization composed of forward-thinking elected officials, city and county staff, and other interested individuals. Commission members are committed to developing and implementing local solutions to problems of state and national significance.

 

Email

Phone 916-681-3381
P.O. Box 1924
Elk Grove, CA 95759