All About the Snowy Egret By Emily Anderson Description: With its snowy-white plumage, this slender heron always seems to be...
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Kids Activity Booklet! Learn While You Hike
Cosumnes Kids Activity Booklet Print and bring this activity book along with you on your next trip to Cosumnes River...
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All About Chinook Salmon
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Also known as King Salmon or Spring Salmon The Cosumnes River was once abundant with migratory...
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Flooding the Preserve’s Managed Wetlands
Many visitors have asked excellent questions about when and why we flood the wetland ponds during the fall and winter...
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All About the Yellow-billed Magpie
Yellow-Billed Magpie (Pica nuttali) by Emily Anderson What? A yellow-billed magpie is a clamorous bird in the blackbird family. It...
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All About Steelhead Trout
Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) What are Steelhead Trout? Steelhead is a name for rainbow trout that are anadromous (Oncorhynchus mykiss)....
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All About the Bobcat
Bobcats are beautiful creatures that live in Cosumnes River Preserve and all throughout the state. They are known for their...
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Volunteers Keep Things Running
With everyone being told to suspend normal operations and shut down, three showed up anyway. Harry, Robin, and Greg. If...
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It’s the Little Things
In the past 121 years every February has seen at least some rainfall. This year (2020) we experienced the first...
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Looking Up or Looking Down
By Joe Watson What you see when you come out to volunteer with The Habitat restoration Team (HRT) depends on...
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Vernal Pools: why do they matter?
By Saige White If you've lived in California's Central Valley for at least a few years, you may have heard...
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Poison Oak: the good that’s hard to see
Many of us know the saying, "Leaves of three, leave them be." When we learned that phrase, we also learned...
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Pesticide Training 2020
Alex Cabrera Lectures the HRT A dozen volunteers showed up for the all day class this Saturday to learn that...
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2019 HRT Annual Review of Projects
This January found us in the midst of the closure by the Federal Government on portions of The Cosumnes River...
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Volunteering at the Preserve
As we wrap up another great year at Cosumnes River Preserve, we plan for another season of restoration projects and...
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Sometimes it’s so much fun, you forget that you’re working
Paul brought his granddaughter to the HRT workday so share the fun There are times when we can't wipe the...
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AREA CLOSED
Alex is determined to prevent further injuries Someone was seriously injured by entering an “Area Closed” section of the Willow...
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Battling Plants and Persistent Volunteers
Alex gives us our instructions for the day Saturday was supposed to be a Pokeweed removal day but, it got...
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Pollution: Three Personal Windows. 1957 1997 2017
Betty Watson, caring for a Cambodian orphan In 1957 Pollution: Three Personal Windows. 1957 - 1997 - 2017 In 1957:...
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