It’s always a pleasure to have a group of Audubon Society folks help the Conservancy with bird counts. This year, the group was smaller than normal, but the weather conditions were not conducive to a pleasant outing for birders. The issue was the wind. It was...
This is notice of a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of The Natomas Basin Conservancy on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at The Natomas Basin Conservancy, 2150 River Plaza Dr., Sacramento, California, First Floor, Large...
Rarely do we see Giant Garter Snakes this time of year. “Hibernating” is the word usually used to describe them these days. But it is in the upper 70s today temperature-wise, and surprise of all surprises, today I saw a beautiful specimen of this NBHCP-Covered...
This is notice that the regular meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2013, has been cancelled. The next regular meeting is set for Wednesday, December 4, 2013 as scheduled.
The photo associated with this post shows one of the Conservancy’s most productive Swainson’s hawk foraging properties. Usually, it is in alfalfa, one of the favored crops for the hawks. But after years in alfalfa production, the soil on this tract needed...
