Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico.The Mississippi River is part of the Missouri-Mississippi river system, which is the largest river system in North America and among the largest in the worldfourth longest, and by its average discharge of 572,000cu (16,200m³/s), it is the tenth largest. Mississippi_River
Conservation easement United States, a conservation easement is an encumbrance easement) landowner and a government agency (municipality, county, state, federal) or a qualified land protection organization (often called a "land trust"), for the purposes of conservation. It restricts real estate development, commercial and industrial uses, and certain other activities on a property to a mutually agreed upon level. The property remains the private property of the landowner. Conservation_easement
Central Valley (California) Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U.S. state of California. It is home to many of California's most productive agricultural efforts. Sacramento Valley, and its southern half as the San Joaquin Valley. The Sacramento valley gets about 20 inches of rain annually, but the San Joaquin is very dry, even desert in places. The two halves meet at the shared delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, a large expanse of interconnected canals, strea Central_Valley_(California)
Great Basin The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. Its boundaries vary depending on how it is defined, but it is most commonly defined as the contiguous Great_Basin
Habitat conservation Habitat conservation is a land management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore, habitat areas for wild plants and animals, especially conservation reliant species, and prevent their extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range. It is a priority of many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms of any one ideology. Habitat_conservation
Land trust There are two distinct definitions of a land trust: Land Trust Alliance website, and 2) an agreement whereby one party (the trustee) agrees to hold ownership of a piece of real property for the benefit of another party (the beneficiary) U.S. Legal.com website.Definition #1 Land_trust
Central California Central California, sometimes referenced as Mid-State, is an informally defined area, that most often includes southern portions of the Sacramento Valley, northern San Joaquin Valley, the Central Coast and hills of the California Coast Ranges, and the foothills and mountain areas of the central Sierra Nevadas. Central_California
American Land Conservancy The mission of American Land Conservancy is to conserve landscapes that represent the very best ecological, scenic, cultural, recreational and agricultural resources for people and wildlife. American_Land_Conservancy