CONSERVATION
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT SAMPLES
Conservation Development
Since the Second World War we have unwittingly separated man from nature, driven by an expediency for built efficiency and an under- appreciation the role natural plays in human health and wellness. Conservation Development is a model for development based on the hypothesis that ecologically sensitive land can be developed in a manner that provides housing but leaves the land better than that prior to development; on the surface an oxymoron. But by sensitively locating home sites based on good science, limiting their footprint and establishing a long term land management plan in concert with a third party land trust, this hypothesis can be proven.
Striped Rock Ranch
Principal-in-Charge for the creation of a 450-acre conservation easement 40 miles from Yosemite Park. The Ranch contains nine home sites as well as an active wildlife and habitat preserve within a 350-acre Core Preserve composed of woodlands, pasturelands, and monumental rock outcroppings namely the landmark of Striped Rock.
