VAS Conservation Committee has a lead role in directing environmental activities of our chapter by selecting priorities for action and informing members and the public on conservation issues facing our natural world. The committee also aims to help monitor governmental agencies, especially those with planning and approval authority to identify projects or actions that might threaten birds or their habitat, by attending council meetings and monitoring agendas when controversial projects or broad planning actions such as General Plan amendments and revisions to Local Coastal Plans are on the agenda.