This element addresses the conservation of critical areas and resource lands. Resource lands include agriculture, aquaculture, forest, and mineral resource activities. Critical areas are defined as one, or a combination of wetlands, critical aquifer recharge, frequently flooded, geologically hazardous, and fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas. This element promotes the goal of maintaining and enhancing natural resource-based industries, including productive timber, agricultural, and fisheries industries. This element also encourages the conservation of productive forest lands and productive agricultural lands while discouraging incompatible uses.

This element includes an inventory and analysis of existing and planned transportation improvements necessary to support current and future development. The purpose of this element is to identify the type, location, and extent of existing and proposed transportation facilities and services (air, water, and land, including transit systems, pedestrian and bicycle uses).

This element includes an inventory of the general and proposed locations, as well as capacity, of all existing and proposed utilities. These include, but are not limited to, electrical distribution networks, telecommunications infrastructure, and natural gas facilities.

The Economic Development Element encourages economic development throughout the County that is consistent with Pacific County's adopted County-Wide Planning Policies, promotes economic opportunity for all residents, especially for unemployed and for disadvantaged persons, and encourages growth within the capacities of the County's natural resources, public services, and public facilities.