Introduction
The California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) is a GIS inventory of all protected* park and open space lands in California. The database contains lands held in fee ownership by public agencies and non-profits - it does not contain data on private conservation and other similar public agency easements.
*Protection does not indicate that all CPAD lands are conserved for biodiversity or any other specific conservation purpose - it means that these lands are owned by agencies whose general mission is to continue the open space uses on them.
More information about CPAD is available from the California Protected Areas Database site.