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The Laguna Gets Its Due
April 01, 2011 by Aleta George
On this year’s World Wetlands Day 2011, Sonoma County’s Laguna de Santa Rosa officially became a Wetland of International Importance according to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.
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Keeping an Eye on Egrets
December 28, 2010 by Ingrid Hawkinson
For John Kelly, who’s worked for Audubon Canyon Ranch since 1988, develops and oversees conservation research, egrets and other wetland birds hold the key to monitoring and understanding how our wetlands are doing. And he knows a lot about that — he tracks more than 100 egret and heron rookeries all over the region, studies waterbirds on Tomales Bay, and more.
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Cattails: A Wetlands Supermarket
October 01, 2009 by Aleta George
Cattails are hard to miss, yet often dismissed. Whether in solitary clumps in a ditch or spread out in marshy fields, the burnt umber rockets hovering above dark-green blades add texture and familiarity to the landscape. They also turn out to be quite useful, with pollen that can be used as flour and roots that might help wetlands cope with sea level rise.
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A Good Big Year
January 01, 2009 by Aleta George
December 31, 2008, marked the end of the 2008 Endangered Species Big Year in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area …
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Shifting Sands
April 01, 2008 by Jules Evens
At the mouth of Tomales Bay, sand dunes and seasonal wetlands coexist uneasily with California’s largest coastal campground. The dunes at Lawson’s Landing, home to rare butterflies and plants like the dune tansy, are among the few left of a once-common coastal habitat that could be restored and maintained as a healthy, functioning ecosystem. But can that be accomplished without driving out the family-run camping operation at the dunes that, since 1957, has been an affordable summer getaway for thousands of visitors?
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Patience Rewarded
January 01, 2008 by Joe Eaton
You might be taken by surprise at this marshland wildlife area, with its plethora of wandering elk, playful otters, acrobatic owls, and diverse waterfowl. Just be sure it’s not hunting season when you go.
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Napa-Sonoma Marshes
July 01, 2007 by John Hart
We are somewhere west of the Napa River, nosing in a small boat along a slough between hollow islands known …
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Sears Point
July 01, 2007 by John Hart
The southernmost hump of the Sears Point ridge, known locally as Cougar Mountain, looms over Highway 37. Not its height …
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The Other Rail
July 01, 2007 by John Hart
Everybody knows about the California clapper rail, the charismatic (though elusive) endangered bird of San Francisco Bay marshes. The San …
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The View from the Can Club
July 01, 2007 by John Hart
On a fall day in duck hunting season, the sound of shotgun fire echoes across the Napa-Sonoma Marshes. It will …
