The Natomas Basin Conservancy

Wildlife Activity on New Preserve

I learn yesterday that a Peregrine falcon “took” a teal on the Conservancy’s Frazer tract in the North Basin Reserve Area. Also, even this late in the season, our biologists informed us that they captured a large female giant garter snake on the...
Giant Garter Snake Discovered on Conservancy Preserve

Giant Garter Snake Discovered on Conservancy Preserve

Natomas Basin Conservancy Board President David Christophel announced today that a team of U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) scientists discovered a Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas) on the Conservancy’s first constructed managed marsh preserve. The snake...