Sacramento Earth Day happens Sunday, April 24, 2022, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
At Southside Park, 8th and T Streets, Sacramento, California
JOIN US and VOLUNTEER! Each volunteer gets a Sacramento Earth Day t-shirt!
Tag Archives: Habitat
Spring Native Plant Sale 2022
When: Online Sale from Wednesday, March 9th noon; to Sunday March 13th 5 p.m.
Pickup on a Sunday: either March 20th from 10:00-2:30 or March 27th from 10:00-2:30
Where: Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery
2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (On the American River Parkway at Soil Born Farms)
Contact: Gina Radieve, gina[dot]radieve[at]gmail[dot]com or Chris Lewis, cnpschris[at]gmail[dot]com
More information: SacValleyCNPS.org/PS
Native Plants are not only beautiful and climate adaptable but they also feed and shelter birds, bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Come find a wide selection of native perennials, shrubs, and trees, grasses, vines and native annuals! We’ll have plants from Cornflower Farms, and Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery.
Use this link – SacValleyCNPS.org/shop – to browse the entire list of plants we grow and sell. Not all plants will be available at every sale. The site will show which plants will be for sale two weeks before the upcoming sale starts.
The native plant sale is one of our best opportunities to connect our community members with their community of native plants. We have a wide variety of positions available. Currently we are looking for:
- Plant Puller – help us gather the orders and bring them to the pickup area
- Plant Loader – help us get the plants from the pickup tables into customers’ cars
- Customer Service Specialists – greet all customers and call in their orders
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please reach out to Lorena at Volunteer[at]sacvalleycnps[dot]org.
Hosted by the California Native Plant Society Sacramento Chapter, a member organization of ECOS.
ECOS and Partners Letter re South Airport Industrial Project, Oct 8, 2021
City staff MOU with LAFCo is improper
On October 8, 2021, ECOS, Habitat 2020 and some of our allies submitted a letter regarding the proposed South Airport Industrial Project.
Click here to read the letter in full.
Photo by Alexandr Podvalny from Pexels
U.C. Davis study finds dams ineffective for conservation…
By Dan Bacher | September 9, 2021 | Sacramento News and Review
For many years, federal, state and corporate proponents of building more dams in California have touted cold water river releases provided by increased water storage behind dams as a key tool in “saving” struggling salmon and steelhead populations.
Yet a just published study by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, Dams Ineffective for Cold-Water Conservation– 8/25/21, has found that dams are ineffective for the cold water conservation that is needed to preserve imperiled salmon, steelhead and trout.
”Dams poorly mimic the temperature patterns California streams require to support the state’s native salmon and trout — more than three-quarters of which risk extinction,” according to the study published in the journal PLOS ONE by the University of California, Davis. “Bold actions are needed to reverse extinction trends and protect cold-water streams that are resilient to climate warming.”
The study helps identify where high-quality, cold-water habitat remains to help managers prioritize conservation efforts.
https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2021/09/09/u-c-davis-study-finds-dams-ineffective-for-conservation-of-salmon-and-trout-in-sacramento-area-waterways/
Caldor Fire: Sept 1 Update
Firefighters ‘lucked out’ with lighter winds, gain in fight to save South Lake Tahoe
By Staff (ABC10), Associated Press | September 1, 2021 | ABC 10
South Lake Tahoe launched an evacuation resources page for evacuees on Wednesday. The site includes information on shelters, where evacuees can go to get their mail, discounted hotels, transportation options, and more.
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The National Weather Service warns critical weather conditions through Wednesday could include extremely low humidity, dry fuel, and gusts up to 30 mph.
Photo by skeeze (pixabay.com)
Making the Best of the Poor Conditions in this Critically Dry Year
By Jessica Law | July 23, 2021 | Sacramento Water Forum
Severe drought conditions are back in California. Unfortunately, that means the Lower American River is headed into what may be some of the worst summer conditions we’ve seen on the river in recent memory.
I won’t sugarcoat it. Conditions in the river will be bad. However, the Water Forum and our partners are working hard to ensure conditions are as good as they can possibly be, and to minimize harm to fish and habitat.
What to expect in the coming months
PHOTO CREDIT: DWR, Lower American River 2014
As you may have seen on the news, we began this year with a near-normal snowpack. In most years, the snowpack melts and feeds our lakes and rivers. This year, the snowpack disappeared in the span of several weeks, soaking into the dry soil or evaporating—perhaps foreshadowing what may turn out to be the case study for climate change impacts on our water supplies and environment.
