New Conservancy staff

The Conservancy recently placed its first field operations staff person into service. Hired to serve as “eyes and ears” on the Conservancy’s preserves is Jeremy Lor, Field Services Assistant. “Since its inception, the Conservancy has kept its staff cou …

BKS phase 2 Channel clearing completed in record time

Keeping the Conservancy’s managed marsh complexes fully functional is a requirement of the 2003 NBHCP. As the Conservancy’s marsh and wetland areas fill in over time from eutrophication, particulate deposition, fossorial animal diggings, etc., they eve …

Veteran Conservancy Board member retires

One of the Conservancy’s longest-serving Board member, Paul Junker, has retired from the Board after nearly a decade of service. “Paul has been a valuable asset to the Conservancy’s Board. As the drafter of the 2003 Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation P …

2011 Implementation Annual Report

Each year, the Conservancy must file an Implementation Annual Report with the state and federal wildlife agencies as well as to all “parties” to the Natomas Basin Habit Conservation Plan. These reports extend to nearly 1,000 pages, but an Executive Sum …

Latest LANDSAT image now available

The Conservancy is required to document a number of conditions in the 54,000-acre Natomas Basin, and each year since its inception, it has acquired a LANDSAT image so that documentation is Basin-wide and trackable from year-to-year. LANDSAT is a long-s …