(July 29, 2016)  Broken record on the matter of color, I know. These two photos just came in from our field crews. I realize I talk too much about color found on Conservancy preserves, but here are two more examples of the extraordinary colors we see i …

(June 13, 2016) Another sign that the Conservancy’s mitigation land is maturing biologically into a diverse and productive habitat. Just look at these photos. Yes, I know.  Not everyone likes snakes. And these are not Giant garter snakes. But when you …

(May 17, 2016)  People wonder why we get so frustrated with beaver on the Conservancy’s managed marsh complexes. This photo reveals the answer: they muck things up! This water control structure was, in a very short period (hours, not days), completed d …

(May 16, 2016)  Just remembering that when they were little, my kids would cry when treated at the doctor’s office. In this photo, we have a young Giant garter snake (GGS) being “doctored” by the Conservancy’s biological monitoring team. Wonder how it …

(May 10, 2016) This example of a Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) is a perfect specimen for this area. Happily watching things on the Conservancy’s preserves, field crews photographed it yesterday. You can find this bird in far distant locations around …

(May 3, 2016)  Since the Conservancy’s preserves are meant as sanctuaries and refuges for plant and animal species, it’s often easy to overlook insects. Yet they are instrumental in pollination and generally adding to the diversity of life on the prese …