The Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, created in 1990, whose mission is the perpetual stewardship of natural and created conservation lands, sensitive species, and their resident ecosystems. Central to CNLM’s mission and fundamental to its success are the principles of application of appropriate scientific information for conservation and restoration and rigorous cost estimation for managing conservation areas in perpetuity. Preserve stewardship activities are currently practiced in California and Washington, with one preserve in Oregon. CNLM is culturally significant in its focus on high-value and vulnerable species, small populations, and sensitive hab