The purpose of the Santa Rosa Plain Conservation Strategy (Conservation Strategy) is to create a long-term conservation program sufficient to mitigate potential adverse effects on listed species due to future development on the Santa Rosa Plain (Plain). The program will contribute to the recovery of the Sonoma County distinct population segment of the California tiger salamander (CTS), Burke’s goldfield, Sonoma sunshine, Sebastopol meadowfoam and the many-flowered navarretia (listed plants), and to the conservation of their sensitive habitat. The Conservation Strategy accomplishes the above in a manner that protects stakeholders’ (both public and private) land use interests, and supports issuance of an authorization for incidental take of CTS and listed plants that may occur in the course of carrying out project activities on the Plain. The listing of CTS caused uncertainty for local jurisdictions, landowners and developers about how the listing would affect their activities. Private and local public interests met with US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to discuss possible cooperative approaches to protecting the species, while allowing planned land uses to occur within the range of CTS. These discussions led to the formation of the Santa Rosa Plain Conservation Strategy Team (Team), consisting of representatives of the appropriate government agencies and interested parties. The goals of the Team were to: • Develop a habitat conservation strategy that contributes to the recovery of CTS and listed plant species • Identify proposed areas for conservation • Develop an implementation framework for the conservation strategy which identifies short- and long-term actions and milestones as needed • Establish development process predictability