This morning, we began the flood-up of the Cummings tract. It is a beautiful site. Today marks the final day of actual dirt moving on the site, as crews are embellishing and enhancing the steep-sloped banks adjacent to water. This enhancement is for GGS benefit. This...
I learn yesterday that a Peregrine falcon “took” a teal on the Conservancy’s Frazer tract in the North Basin Reserve Area. Also, even this late in the season, our biologists informed us that they captured a large female giant garter snake on the...
In its annual satellite image of the Natomas Basin, the Conservancy’s managed marsh construction projects are increasingly revealing themselves. A copy of the LANDSAT image of the Natomas Basin taken November 2003 is available for viewing and download. Each...
The largest managed marsh construction effort in the Conservancy’s history was recently completed. In all, there were seven marsh construction projects underway on Conservancy preserves in 2003. In each case, the projects were for the purpose of creating managed...
The Conservancy’s 2004 restoration and enhancement construction efforts were largely focused on the Conservancy’s Cummings tract. The Cummings tract project resembled last year’s work on the nearby Natomas Farms tract (see previous story) in that it...
