Conservation
The Palo Prieto Conservation Bank (PPCB) was established by the Grant family in 2006 to preserve, enhance and manage San Joaquin kit fox habitat in perpetuity.
Conservation
The Palo Prieto Conservation Bank (PPCB) was established by the Grant family in 2006 to preserve, enhance and manage San Joaquin kit fox habitat in perpetuity.
ABOUT
The Palo Prieto Conservation Bank is located on a fifth generation family cattle ranch in San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties. The bank is approved to conserve approximately 5,000 acres of habitat.
Located within an arid grassland landscape of the inner Coast Range, PPCB contains habitat for a suite of rare species including kit fox, California tiger salamander, burrowing owl, and California red-legged frog.
Conservation Credits
Conservation credits for San Joaquin kit fox may be purchased from the PPCB as needed for compensatory mitigation.
Conservation Credits
Conservation credits for San Joaquin kit fox may be purchased from the PPCB as needed for compensatory mitigation.
Credit Sales
Funds paid to PPCB support a non-wasting endowment that pays for land management practices and biological surveys designed to identify and enhance rare species habitat in perpetuity.
The Palo Prieto Conservation Bank is approved to sell San Joaquin kit fox credits.
San JOaquin Kit fox
The San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) is a small canid, distinguished by its size (four to six pounds), large ears, long legs, buffy tan color, and black-tipped tail. It is the smallest fox in North America, and its distribution has been greatly reduced by agriculture and development. It is federally listed as endangered, and state listed as threatened.
