The Natomas Basin Conservancy

Executive Director's Blog Archive

close-up of an insect with brown spots on its white wings sitting on the yellow-green buds of a plant

May 3, 2016

They’re back!

(May 3, 2016)  Since the Conservancy’s preserves are meant as sanctuaries and refuges for plant…

close-up of a bee on the purple petals of flowers

April 8, 2016

De colores

(April 8, 2016)  I am still a bit stung (pun intended!) by a statement I…

beaver swimming in marsh water holding a branch in its teeth

April 8, 2016

Rata de agua

These little guys–muskrats—are both a headache and are essential to productive Giant garter snake habitat….

two male U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scientists on Conservancy preserves gathering instrument readings

April 1, 2016

Collaboration elaboration

(April 1, 2016)  The Natomas Basin HCP requires that the Conservancy collaborate with other scientific…

close-up of a mink poking its head and upper part of body up from a pile of rocks

January 22, 2016

Minky way

There are some times when Conservancy field personnel get photos of various creatures on the…

close-up of side profile of head of a Red-tailed hawk perched in a tree

November 13, 2015

Friday the 13th

We’re told that Red-tailed hawks bring good luck. So on this Friday the 13th, it…

collage of four images displaying a close-ups of a bee, insects, and a variety of flowers and vegetation

October 23, 2015

Autumn’s bees and the butterflies

If you look for it, there is color everywhere this time of year. As is…

rice harvester in the distance at work in a rice field at the Conservancy

October 6, 2015

Big wheels keep on turning

Each year at rice harvest time, it never ceases to amaze me just how huge…

white-tailed kite hawk in flight with wings outstretched against a clear blue sky

August 10, 2015

Nice kite

Sometimes there is no better reason to post on this blog other than having the…

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