Since more than 90 percent of the High Plains region is privately owned, public/private partnerships play a vital role in meeting the shared goals of conserving declining and at-risk species, while preserving and maintaining working landscapes on private lands. The High Plains Partnership is a public/private initiative across the eleven-State High Plains region to conserve declining species and habitats on private lands. In the spirit of the Secretary’s 4 C’s, this partnership is a cooperative effort between the Fish and Wildlife Service, State fish and wildlife agencies, several agencies within the Department of Agriculture, private conservation organizations, and private landowners.