The plan elevates ecological health and land conservation, noting rare species and communities (orchids, bogs, trout, Louisiana waterthrush, rare upland plants) and calling for stronger protection and restoration of uplands, corridors, and pollinator habitat. Implementation activities include creating and maintaining a unique-species database and inventory, native plant community preservation and restoration projects, tours and outreach to build support, forestry and habitat management plans for private landowners, incentive programs to convert non-native to native vegetation, HOA native-planting pilots, and collaboration with EMWREP on turf conversion education. These activities represent a growing program that will need ecological planning, design, and construction services, as well as land-conservation strategy support (easements and acquisitions) and communications.Firms that can integrate habitat restoration with water-quality benefits and climate resilience, and that understand conservation finance and easement structuring, can provide value both in shaping the program and implementing individual projects across public and private lands.

Ecological health is also supported by land conservation funds under other issue categories; BCWD has a conservation easement area (110th St Property) it is actively managing and may replicate.