2005 Stories
Conservancy Office Relocation PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 December 2005
The Conservancy's new office location is:

2150 River Plaza Drive, Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95833

Effective Monday, December 19, 2005. Phone, fax, email numbers and addresses remain the same.
 
Board Members Re-appointed PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 08 December 2005
Conservancy Board members from Sutter County have been re-appointed by the Sutter County Board of Supervisors recently. Directors Paul Junker and Danelle Stylos were re-appointed to a new term expiring December 1, 2008, and Dennis Nelson was re-appointed to a term expiring December 1, 2009.
 
Conservancy acquires Vestal South tract PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 29 September 2005
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The Conservancy recently acquired the 94.951-acre Vestal South tract, increasing still further the assembly of contiguous parcels in the Conservancy's North Basin Reserve Area. The tract lies nearly completely in the "Swainson's Hawk Zone" in South Sutter County and has long been a producing rice field.

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Mosquito Management update PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 August 2005
Given the current interest in mosquito control, readers of the Conservancy's web site are encouraged to revisit the previously-posted story, "Innovative Mosquito Control on Conservancy Preserves." The story can be retreived by clicking on the "2003 Stories" listing under the "Categories Menu" on the left-hand column of the home page.
 
Additional Property Acquisition PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 May 2005
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The Conservancy recently acquired two additional properties, the 113.619 Bolen North tract and the 102.381-acre Bolen South tract. The acquisitions closed escrow on April 29, 2005. The property is adjacent to the Bennett North and Bennett South tracts, and further consolidates properties in the Conservancy's North Basin Reserve Area.
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Property Exchange Announced PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 18 April 2005
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The Conservancy recently completed a four-party property exchange which has resulted in a number of benefits for species covered under the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan. The transaction involved trading acreage owned by the Conservancy in excess of that needed to meet its mitigation needs in exchange for two parcels of land in the Conservancy's Fisherman's Lake Reserve Area (Rosa East and Rosa West). This part of the Natomas Basin has seen low giant garter snake counts, making this Fisherman's Lake-side acquisition all that more important to the Conservancy's mitigation efforts. Moreover, the newly-acquired property resides in the Swainson's Hawk Zone, which supplements habitat for the hawk in the southerly portion of the Basin.
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Betts Tract Swainson's Hawk Sighting PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 03 April 2005
ImageAlready this year, on March 24, 2005, wildlife biologists working for the Conservancy spotted and photographed Swainson's hawks on the Betts portion of the Conservancy's BKS preserve. After years of looking for evidence Swainson's hawks used the new BKS preserve, a pair nested on the site in 2004. Now it appears some 2005 "early arrivals" from the winter migration have visited the preserve.

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