Agricultural Land Loss: Changes to agricultural land cover in Lake County 1991-2020Agriculture: Protect existing and historic agricultural and farmland in the Greater Chicago AreaHealthy: Address existing environmental conditions, such as urban heat islands and air pollution, which cause or exacerbate human health inequities.Equitable: Guide investments to areas of the greatest need where individuals disproportionately suffer from environmental stressors and are denied the benefits of nature.Protect Existing Biodiversity: Retain ecological health by supporting living landscapes of native species.Increasing Biodiverse: Enhance ecological health by creating living landscapes of native species.Combined Biodiverse: Retain and enhance ecological health by supporting and creating living landscapes of native species.Protected: Promote the natural absorption of rainfall to increase resiliency, improve water quality, and reduce community flooding.Connected: Support the creation of a complete network of regional trails and linear multi-benefit greenways.Overall: combination of all six modeling objectives.
