by Doug Drynan, Vice President of Carrizo Plain Conservancy It was a glorious fall day out in the Carrizo in mid-November as I made my way over to the Goodwin Ranch House to meet up with Bill and Camdilla. Bill Buck is our Conservation Coordinator and Camdilla Wirth...

The 2024 Carrizo Colloquium was a full day of engaging speakers and in-depth panel presentations by Carrizo Plain experts. The event culminated with a 10th anniversary celebration for the Carrizo Plain Conservancy. Learn more at...

My biological consulting work often takes me to the south San Joaquin valley, and when I return home via westbound Highway 166, I often decide to take a longer route through the heart of the Carrizo Plain National Monument. On the date of this post I decided to travel...

Spring 2023 Carrizo lupine bloom by Jane Wei. The Carrizo Plain Conservancy was incorporated under the laws of the State of California in October 2013.  In July 2014, we received our Recognition of Status as a Charitable Nonprofit corporation from the...

What a spring we had on the Carrizo Plain! Some say it was the best bloom in recent memory with more of the Plain blanketed in wildflowers than in a long while. The US BLM alone estimates there were 85,000 visitors in March and April to the Carrizo Plain National...

We have had an eventful 2018 so far, and ask for your continued support for our conservation programs in the Carrizo Plain. Here are the highlights. Adding (Again!) to the National Monument Through The “Section 14” Project In the last year CPC has acquired by purchase...

The Carrizo Plain Conservancy announces that it has donated a 42-acre parcel of private land with a quarter-mile of shoreline on Soda Lake to the United States of America for inclusion in the Carrizo Plain National Monument. While Interior Department officials in...

It takes a village to conserve important lands that connect wildlife corridors to keep landscapes and their ecosystems resilient. CPC is delighted to be adding the Sequoia Riverlands Trust (SRT) to our portfolio of partners (www.sequoiariverlandstrust.org). SRT...

In June of 2016, the Bureau of Land Management and Friends of the Carrizo Plain hosted the Carrizo Plain Conservancy and many CPNM friends and associates on a tour for Lois Capps as she completes her years of service in Congress. Neil Havlik presented Ms. Capps with a...