What are the most important pieces of Santa Cruz County land to protect from development? The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County will seek to answer that question as it develops a 20-year conservation blueprint, the group announced Wednesday.

The 18-month endeavor is being made possible with a $488,000 grant provided by the San Francisco-based Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County has chipped in $15,000 for a series of public forms in the fall.