In 1990, the Rancho Mission Viejo family voluntarily entered into an agreement with federal and state wildlife resource agencies for the preparation of a comprehensive habitat conservation plan for the remaining 23,000 acres of Ranch land. What followed was a science-based effort to study the land, the water, the habitats and the species of Rancho Mission Viejo. The results of these studies were shared with the wildlife resource agencies and the general public. Together, the Rancho Mission Viejo family, the wildlife resource agencies and the general public used this information to decide which parts of Rancho Mission Viejo should be preserved forever as habitat reserve lands. The result of this collaborative effort was a promise to establish and manage The Reserve at Rancho Mission, a non-profit organization to serve as steward of what will be a vast habitat reserve encompassing 16,536 acres of the Rancho Mission Viejo and other preserved lands.

The goal of The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo is to preserve and enhance the Rancho Mission Viejo Habitat Reserve Lands for ecological, recreational, scientific, open space, conservation, educational and even charitable use.

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