Coordinated efforts at a regional level to preserve Coastal Sage Scrub habitats across several counties in California led to the creation and implementation of the first Natural Communities Conservation Plan. What was the result of these efforts?
1) The Coastal Sage Scrub habitats were successfully preserved.
2) The Natural Communities Conservation Plan was abandoned.
3) The Coastal Sage Scrub habitats were destroyed.
4) The Natural Communities Conservation Plan was ineffective.