The Conservancy is required to cooperate with scientists in exploring new and better ways to sustain the NBHCP operating Conservation Plan. Here, we can see an experiment being conducted by the rice science community to promote the sustainability of rice agriculture in the Natomas Basin.

They’re back!
We are so pleased to see one of the NBHCP’s “Covered Species,” the Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), back on Conservancy property! Going back 15 years, the owl used to be seen frequently on Conservancy mitigation lands. At the time, we documented too-common depredation of them by dogs from nearby residential… Continue Reading They’re back!