One of the Conservancy’s favorites, the native California rose, is very much in bloom at present on Conservancy preserves. I’ve never seen them so brilliant as this year, and it is still early for them. But look at this photo and see the size of the buds....
Keeping the Conservancy’s managed marsh complexes fully functional is a requirement of the 2003 NBHCP. As the Conservancy’s marsh and wetland areas fill in over time from eutrophication, particulate deposition, fossorial animal diggings, etc., they...
The adjacent photo is of a giant garter snake that bit off way more than it could chew, so to speak. Several of us were out on site planning next year’s channel clearing work when we saw this GGS on the banks of the Silva tract’s Pond Q. It was a beat-up...
Each time we do a managed marsh channel clearing project, the entire team gets a little better at it. This year, working on the BKS tract North Course Channel Clearing Project, Phase 2, we are working at breakneck speed and with no adverse surprises. The idea is to...
