Executive Director's Blog Archive

January 17, 2011
Busier than a beaver
Now I know where the saying came from. The photo attached to this entry is…
November 15, 2010
Just let it be over
One of the Conservancy’s rice farmers said recently about this year’s rice crop: “Just let…
November 1, 2010
Not included in the HCP’s list of “unforeseen circumstances.”
Nearly all of the rice planted on the Conservancy’s land is still in the ground,…

October 11, 2010
Just doin’ their job…
The nearby photo shows several of the Conservancy’s goats doing the “close-in” vegetation management work…

September 24, 2010
Ayala Bridge
Some years ago, the Carlos Ayala family donated funds from their wedding gift to the…

September 15, 2010
Walks like an Egyptian
Out on site the other day with Conservancy Board President David Christophel and others, we…

September 6, 2010
Walking on water
The aquatic plant on the surface of the North Drainage Canal, pictured here, is azolla…

September 1, 2010
A popular “Blawg” with roots to the NBHCP
The lead attorney for the federal government in the NWF v. Babbitt case was a…

August 20, 2010
Grainy photos
We are back and forth with thoughts about including photos in Conservancy communications. We do…