On January 22, 2019, a group of furloughed USGS (United States Geological Survey) staff volunteered for the day at Center for Natural Lands Management’s (CNLM) Dana Point Preserve to help with ongoing habitat maintenance within the preserve. Their hard work clearing dead and downed woody...
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As part of the CNLM stewardship team in San Diego County, Justin Trujillo had a diverse set of responsibilities - from conducting vegetation surveys, to monitoring for conservation easement compliance, to conquering invasions of non-native invasive plants. Recalls San Diego Regional Preserve Manager Markus Spiegelberg,...
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Many thanks to Ms. Ruthia Yi, who recently volunteered to translate the Coyote Hills East Preserve brochure into Korean! Updated brochures for the Coyote Hills East Preserve in English and Korean are now available for download, please click here....
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CNLM staff announced today that their recently designed “PAR App” is available to the public on a subscription basis. Based on previous versions of CNLM’s "PAR" program (Property Analysis Record) and decades of experience, the PAR App reflects improvements in accessibility and functionality of this...
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Coachella Valley, California On a Coachella Valley spring evening, if you are in the right place just as the twilight turns to night, you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a rare and endangered beetle in the lights, flying low over the ground...
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On May 24, 2018, a group of scientists, wildlife agency staff, and conservation practitioners gathered at the iconic (vernal pool) Mather Preserve in Sacramento County to discuss objectives and methods to best protect the conservation values of this iconic vernal pool ecosystem. This ~1,272-acre Preserve,...
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CNLM is happy to announce the official recognition of a newly-discovered species of wildflower which is found on the Panoche Valley Preserve. This new plant was just given an official botanical name, Navarretia panochensis, the Panoche navarretia. Navarretia is a genus containing about 50 species of...
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The Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM) monitors various species of animals and plants on their preserves for multiple purposes. For example, at CNLM’s Lokern and Semitropic Ridge Preserves in Kern County, California, the abundance of small mammals is monitored annually to provide important information...
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When floods in the spring of 2017 inundated CNLM’s Oxbow Preserve in Lathrop, California, CNLM Preserve Manager Erik Gantenbein provided some additional onsite protection for the endangered resident riparian brush rabbit and monitored the site carefully and frequently, looking for any rabbits in distress. However,...
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Remote cameras are an important tool for CNLM Preserve Managers to monitor wildlife at our Preserves. The Prichard Lake Preserve provides perfect habitat, and many tasty crawdads, for many species, such as this family of North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) with their pups (above),...
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CNLM's Markus Spiegelberg speaks with The East County Californian about the beautiful Rattlesnake Mountain Habitat Preserve. For more click, here. Photo by: Gary E. Mitrovich, The East County Californian...
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It looks cute, even romantic. You may remember finding graffiti on an old tree or seeing it in a movie. Where The Red Fern Grows, an old family favorite, centers around a heart carved on a tree with ‘Dan and Ann’ carved inside. Romantic. Iconic....
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