Board Members Re-appointed

( December 1, 2005) Conservancy Board members from Sutter County have been re-appointed by the Sutter County Board of Supervisors recently. Directors Paul Junker and Danelle Stylos were re-appointed to a new term expiring December 1, 2008, and Dennis N …

Conservancy acquires Vestal South tract

The Conservancy recently acquired the 94.951-acre Vestal South tract, increasing still further the assembly of contiguous parcels in the Conservancy’s North Basin Reserve Area. The tract lies nearly completely in the “Swainson’s Hawk Zone” in South Sut …

Mosquito Management update

Given the current interest in mosquito control, readers of the Conservancy’s web site are encouraged to revisit the previously-posted story, “Innovative Mosquito Control on Conservancy Preserves.”

Additional Property Acquisition

The Conservancy recently acquired two additional properties, the 113.619 Bolen North tract and the 102.381-acre Bolen South tract. The acquisitions closed escrow on April 29, 2005. The property is adjacent to the Bennett North and Bennett South tracts, …

Property Exchange Announced

The Conservancy recently completed a four-party property exchange which has resulted in a number of benefits for species covered under the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan. The transaction involved trading acreage owned by the Conservancy in exc …

Betts Tract Swainson’s Hawk Sighting

A pair of dark morph Swainson’s hawks perched on a tree on the Conservancy’s Betts tract. Photo by Margaret and Bud Widdowson. Already this year, on March 24, 2005, wildlife biologists working for the Conservancy spotted and photographed Swainson’s haw …