Out on site the other day with Conservancy Board President David Christophel and others, we were treated to an unexpected find. As we were doing a site inspection, David called out, “Stop! Look over there. I think that is an Egyptian goose.” We slowly …

The aquatic plant on the surface of the North Drainage Canal, pictured here, is azolla (some call it mosquito fern). Needless to say, it can completely take over the Conservancy’s managed marsh complexes, leaving them virtually useless as habitat for t …

The lead attorney for the federal government in the NWF v. Babbitt case was a disciplined young man with an amazing intellect by the name of Keith Rizzardi. (Some may remember that the NWF v. Babbitt case resulted in the 1997 NBHCP becoming the 2003 NB …

We are back and forth with thoughts about including photos in Conservancy communications. We do include them, and they truly do dress up documents. After all, they serve as a way for those interested in the Conservancy’s work to get a visual fix on the …

The first warning came from one of the best wildlife biologists I have ever met, Kelly Hornaday. About 11 years ago. She was then with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Sacramento, but is now on the East Coast. I had made a (I thought) funny …

B.O. for burrowing owls; one of the NBHCP “Covered” species) We are pleased that the enhancement the Conservancy did in its Central Basin Reserve Area for the benefit of burrowing owls has paid off, and the evidence of this is huge this year. This may …