Rice Harvest Redemption

Rice Harvest Redemption

Rice Harvest from Natomas Basin Conservancy on Vimeo. The NBHCP requires that 50 percent of all Conservancy-owned land be committed to rice production. The giant garter snake and certain other of the HCP’s “Covered Species” rely heavily on rice...

International Relations and “Shop Talk”

Along with a multidisciplinary team from the California Department of Fish and Game, we toured several of the Conservancy’s preserves with Professor Yukihiro Morimoto, Ph.D with the University of Kyoto in Japan. He is a professor of Landscape Ecology and...
“HCP” Covered Species Catalog Available

“HCP” Covered Species Catalog Available

The Conservancy, acting as Plan Operator for the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan and the Metro Air Park Habitat Conservation Plan, must care for the 22 species “covered” by the HCPs and the Incidental Take Permits. These “Covered...

October 5, 2011 Board Meeting

This is a notice of a regular meeting of the Board of Director’s of The Natomas Basin Conservancy, on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at The Natomas Basin Conservancy, 2150 River Plaza Dr., Sacramento, California, First Floor,...
Channel clearing project near completion

Channel clearing project near completion

Phase I of the planned three-phase channel clearing effort on the Conservancy’s BKS tract is nearing completion. On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, water was turned on to the first of the five water control areas for re-flooding purposes. The Conservancy is...