Executive Director's Blog Archive
December 19, 2023
A New Team Member.
Pictured here are two photos, one of a goat about to give birth to a…
December 19, 2023
Art for Wildlife’s Sake.
Now that the habitat conservation plans (HCPs) are being more actively used by private and…
October 20, 2023
The Hoot of Success
Photos taken by Conservancy staff on Conservancy mitigation land, 2023. The Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)…
October 10, 2023
That sweet smell.
It’s a great time of the year when rice harvest begins. One of our favorite…
August 23, 2023
Prey production
The Conservancy has redoubled efforts to use mitigation lands for prey production purposes. A big…
July 19, 2023
Button, Button, Who Has the Button?
Okay, so some call it button bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). We call it button-willow. It’s a…
July 18, 2023
It’s a Convention of Like Minds
On the Conservancy’s flagship preserve, Conservancy field staff photographed an interesting assembly of birds. They…
July 14, 2023
Two blackbirds sitting on a…tule.
The report from years ago regarding the state of Tri-colored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) populations in…
December 21, 2022
They’re back!
We are so pleased to see one of the NBHCP’s “Covered Species,” the Burrowing owl…