Executive Director's Blog Archive
May 18, 2021
Trust but verify
There is so much going on with respect to water use these days. There are…
May 6, 2021
Spiked proteins
Several years ago, we posted about buttonwillow (Cephalanthus occidentalis varcalifornicus), and our love for them….
October 1, 2020
Crane-iotomy
We’ve been wracking our brains wondering why the famous large-bird of the region rarely frequented…
June 2, 2020
Jedi Mind Meld
If you were to gaze into the eyes of the Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)…
February 14, 2020
Lunch Time
The great paradox of restoration ecology, and the work that the Conservancy does, is that…
January 9, 2020
It happens.
Here we have a Red-tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) taking an American coot (Fulica americana) off…
July 25, 2019
High wire act
On the Conservancy’s flagship preserve, a couple of daredevil raccoons have scaled and occupied a…
July 18, 2019
Chewy
In this photo, we show the perfect situation for water’s edge vegetation management. The photo,…
May 9, 2019
A remarkable find
(May 9, 2019) Species covered by the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (NBHCP) such as…