Author: Brandi.Murphy

If you weren’t able to join us for our live webinars, please hop on over to our YouTube Channel and view them at your convenience.

“Riparian Restoration as it Pertains to Southern California Diverse Ecotypes.” by Shae O’Keefe, CA Area 4 Biologist with USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

“Farm Edge Habitat Improvement for Pollinators: Lessons from Sacramento Valley Bee and Butterfly Monitoring.”, by COREY SHAKE – Partner Biologist, Working Lands

Point Blue Conservation Science & Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Please join us on Friday, February 25th from 9:00-10:15 AM PT for a webinar on Improving Wildlife Habitat Quality. Details of the event are in the attached flyer, along with a link to the virtual TEAMS meeting.  Please forward to any and all you think this would be of interest to and reach out with any questions. We look forward to ‘seeing’ you there!

Congratulations to our awardees and thank you for all you do for conservation!

The Merit Award was presented to the Center for Land Based Learning- Yolo for outstanding effort or activity in promoting the conservation and development of natural resources in California and/or Nevada. The Center for Land-Based Learning cultivates opportunity for youth, for agriculture, for business, for the environment. Their mission is is inspire, educate, and cultivate future generations of farmers, agricultural leaders and natural resource stewards.. They currently operate in 27 counties in California and have several programs; SLEWS Program, Farm Leadership, Caring for our Watersheds, Apprenticeship (adult program), SLEWS Academy (adult program), and California Farm Academy. They are extensively involved with every aspect of farming and natural resource conservation and embody the essence of this award.

The Conservation Education Award was presented to Liz Harper, Executive Director of the Colusa County Resource Conservation District and Sarah Lite, Agronomy Farm Advisor with the Sutter-Yuba UC Cooperative Extension, to recognize outstanding conservation education activities in California and/or Nevada. They launched the Soil Health Connection, an informative outreach YouTube channel. The channel hosts virtual discussions and interviews with leading soil science researchers and farmers with the
intention of shedding light on the importance of soil health in California’s agricultural systems.

The Media Award was presented to Brandi Murphy To recognize outstanding news coverage of natural resources conservation issues in California and/or Nevada. Brandi has done an excellent job at recreating and developing the quarterly chapter newsletter, Conservation Perspective. In addition to being the editor, she also maintains the chapter website and many other administrative duties to encourage outreach and chapter correspondence.

As we continue to settle in to a new year, we’d like to introduce you to your Chapter Leadership for 2022. Please take a moment and reach out to any of us if you’d like to learn more about opportunities to serve our Chapter.

Robert Roy, Interim President

Brandi Murphy, President-Elect

Sonya Miller, Past-President

Tom Esgate, Treasurer

Katlyn Lonergan, Secretary

Austin Avwunudiogba, Director

Celine Morales, Director

Erik Beardsley, Director

Pamela Hertzler, Director

Zahangir Kabir, Director

Hey y’all, if you missed the opportunity to catch our webinar live, we invite you to head on over to our YouTube page and subscribe to our channel so you’ll be notified when new videos are posted. Here are the recordings for your convenience:

Water Related Impacts of Cover Crops Webinar-Jeff Mitchell, Alyssa DeVincentis, Anna Gomes, Daniele Zaccaria, and Samuel Sandoval-Solis present a webinar on “Water Related Impacts of Cover Crops”. Sponsored in partnership with Area9 San Joaquin Valley Association of RCDs Partners plus the CA-NV Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society.

CA NV SWCS 2021 Chapter Awards Presentation – California Nevada Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society present the 2021 Conservation Education, Merit and Media Chapter Awards.

Three fact-filled presentations on one video: “CFUS Herbarium & its role in Phenology Research” by Kathrine Waselkov, “Importance of the Plant Materials Program within Conservation” by Margaret Smither-Kopperl, & “Cal Flora and the Consortium of California Herbaria Database” by Cynthia Powell.

Click HERE to access this webinar and see our YouTube Channel.

Are you wanting to read some good articles, get to know one of our directors, or learn what our Chapter has been up to in the past few months? Well, the wait is over! The highly anticipated October 2021 edition of our Newsletter Conservation Perspective is here for your viewing pleasure.