Each year at rice harvest time, it never ceases to amaze me just how huge the harvesting equipment is. When standing next to a rice harvester, a human basically looks minuscule in comparison. The ground actually shakes as the equipment lumbers by as it …

Sometimes there is no better reason to post on this blog other than having the opportunity to document some very beautiful creatures using the Conservancy’s preserves. Today, Conservancy field crew staff got an excellent photo of a passing white-tailed …

In far northern portions of the Natomas Basin, the Conservancy is producing food for humans and at the same time is providing habitat resources for the Giant garter snake. The property shown in the adjacent photo was soil mined for the recent Natomas L …

This is a delightful series of photos of a hawk on the Conservancy’s BKS tract. It’s rare to see a hawk on a road like this, but clearly this one likes the Conservancy’s preserves…even the road.

Conservancy construction work this summer has been pretty minimal. But in cooperation with the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA), the Conservancy is facilitating the installation of a bypass pipeline on the Conservancy’s Natomas Farms tract. …

This photo, taken on the Conservancy’s Betts tract, shows active use by the White-faced ibis. The darker of the two species seen in the photo here is the White-faced ibis, and it is one of the NBHCP’s “Covered Species.” Over the years, we have noticed …