A Regional Conservation Investment Strategy (RCIS) is:
- A voluntary program resulting in landscape-level conservation guidance.
- Proposed by any public agency or federally recognized tribe and developed in coordination with local interested parties and public participation.
- Approved by CDFW and then available to be used by anyone to guide conservation, mitigation, or development projects.
- A guidance document with actions that can be implemented to develop advance mitigation credits through the Mitigation Credit Agreement (MCA) Subprogram.