With this project, more than 3,500 natural assets, including springs, wetlands, salt licks, and dry-season grazing areas, crucial for both people, livestock and wildlife have been mapped and documented in the counties of Laikipia, Isiolo and Samburu, in Kenya. This valuable information is now accessible on an online geoportal to decision-makers, an inventory that covers over 54,000 square kilometer, an area larger than the size of Switzerland. Through this process, we have developed an efficient methodological approach that incorporates citizen knowledge and various levels of governance (including grassroots and county-level governments) to ensure these natural assets are formally included in a natural asset register and formally protected by law. Learnings from this process will be shared with other counties in Kenya and have potential to be scaled to other dryland counties, helping to further protect critical natural resources.