wide shot of a pumpkin field filled with pumpkins on the ground

Pumpkin eaters

The photo associated with this post shows one of the Conservancy’s most productive Swainson’s hawk…

overturned tandem big rig along a dirt road and the rice that it was hauling spilled into the ditch

Reap what you sow…then lose it.

People are amazed when we tell them of the things that occasionally happen on Conservancy…

wide angle of rice fields that are test plots at Conservancy preserve, against a clear blue sky

Testing, testing, testing

The NBHCP encourages the Conservancy to conduct experiments on Conservancy mitigation land that could lead…

close-up front view of a Barn owl sitting on a barbed wire fence post looking at the camera

Owl eyes

When inspecting construction work on the Conservancy’s Silva tract yesterday, I kept noticing being noticed….

a goldenrod-colored wall inside the Conservancy office where four different large-framed black and white images around the Conservancy hang

Photo series getting primed for release

The Conservancy is just about to release an exciting series of educational photographs, all taken…

close-up of a mature female garter snake slithering on dirt through green vegetation

There’s a snake lurking in the grass.

The ancient Roman poet Virgil’s line that “there is a snake lurking in the grass”…

CAT backhoe machinery moving dirt

Movin’ dirt

Officially called the “BKS Tract North Course Channel Clearing Project, Phase 3,” you can see…

rear angle of people walking single-file along a dirt trail at the Conservancy preserves

Preserve neighbors briefed by Conservancy leaders

Conservancy Board President David Christophel and Board Vice President Mike Bradbury delivered an orientation to…

A close-up shot of a Swainson's hawk in flight with its wings spread and about to land or swoop down on prey.

Swainson’s Hawk season

Drive just about anywhere in the Natomas Basin during the spring season and you are…

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