The Interstate 10 Conservation Plan was developed to address the effects of five interchanges and six associated arterial roads along and adjacent to Interstate 10 in the Coachella Valley. The Conservation Plan was developed by the Federal Highway Administration, the California Department of Transportation, the Coachella Valley Association of Governments and the County of Riverside, in cooperation with the cities of Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Indio.

The Interstate 10 Conservation Plan offsets impacts to the habitat of two federally listed species, the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard and the Coachella Valley milk-vetch. It provided for the construction of critically important interchanges and roadways through purchase of 1,795 acres of conservation land in the Coachella Valley. The Plan is considered part of the recently approved Coachella Valley Multiple Species Conservation Plan (MSHCP). All land purchased for the I-10 CP projects will become part of the overall MSHCP reserve system in the Coachella Valley.