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EVENTS - FESTIVALS
WORKDAYS
Friday, June 6,
2008 - 1 p.m. -
Friends of the Kern
River Preserve
Monthly Meeting.
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Saturday, June
14, 2008 - 9
a.m. - 4 p.m.
California Amphibian
& Reptile
Celebration.
Kern River Preserve
HQ, Weldon.
Saturday, June
21, 2008 – 8
a.m. – clean HQ,
groom nature trail.
RSVP.
Email
Thursday-Sunday,
June 26-29, 2008
North American
Butterfly
Association (NABA)
Biennial Meeting.
Kernville School,
Kernville
Saturday, July
12, 2008 – Bird
Count - South Fork
Rapid Assessment
Bird Survey.
Email
Saturday, August
9, 2008 - 9 a.m.
- 4 p.m.
Kern Valley
Hummingbird
Celebration.
Kern River Preserve
HQ, Weldon. Website:
Saturday,
September 20, 2008
- 7 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Kern Valley Pride
Day. RSVP.
Email
Saturday -
Sunday, September
27-28, 2008 - 9
a.m. - 4 p.m.
Kern Valley Turkey
Vulture Festival,
Kern River Preserve,
Weldon.
Saturday -
Sunday, October
25-26, 2008 -
For current members
of the Friends of
the Kern River
Preserve Only.
Annual Friends
Appreciation
Weekend. RSVP.
Email
Saturday,
December 6, 2008
- Annual Friends of
the Kern River
Preserve holiday
potluck. RSVP.
Email
2009
Saturday, January
3, 2009. 18th
Annual South Fork
Valley CBC: Compiler
Denise LaBerteaux.
760-378-4278.
Email
Sunday, January
4, 2009. 31st
Annual Kern River
Valley CBC: Compiler
Alison Sheehey.
760-378-2029.
Email
Schedule of
California Christmas
Bird Counts
Schedule of California Nature Festivals
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KRP Friends
Spring 2008 Newsletter
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Parker Ranch conservation
easement |
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 Audubon
has worked with its partners over the past several years to help
purchase a conservation easement on an integral link in the
coast to the Sierra wildlife corridor. A win-win situation for
nature and the Parker Family. The development rights were
purchased to provide the family with much needed capital, now the
ranching operations can continue in perpetuity. Ranching
managed properly benefits plants and wildlife by
providing open space and habitat. MORE... |
Spring Nature Festival
recap |
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Here John Muir Laws teaches budding nature illustrator's
how to paint wildflowers in the field. Photo courtesy
Christine Hancock © 2008 |
One more festival for the books, over 500 people enjoyed field
trips, music, keynote speeches, workshops and just being out
among the beauty of the Kern River Valley and Southern Sierra
Nevada.
We thank all of our volunteers, trip leaders, and participants
for making this one of the best festivals ever.
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Tricolored Blackbirds (Agelaius tricolor)
Breed Successfully |
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 Land protected in the South Fork Valley by Audubon and the
California Department of Fish & Game (CDFG) is home to several
new flocks of nesting Tricolored Blackbirds. These colonial
nesters have declined dramatically in the last few years and
although they have no special protection they are listed by
CDFG as a Species of Special Concern.
MORE... |
Cyrus Canyon protects extremely rare Kelso Creek Monkeyflower |
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 In 2006, after years of being good land stewards, the Sprague
Family offered Audubon another significant piece of their land
holdings in Cyrus Canyon. Audubon purchased then transferred
the land to the Bureau of Land Management to protect this
unique 1660-acre parcel of juniper woodland and upper Sonoran
grassland in perpetuity. MORE... |
San Emigdio Blue butterfly |
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 San Emigdio Blue (Plebejus emigdionis) is an extremely
rare butterfly found only in montane desert regions of
southern California from Inyo County southwest through the
Mojave Desert and Southern Sierra Nevada to Los Angeles
County. The host plant for its caterpillar is four-winged
saltbush (Atriplex canescens).
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Two
Rare Species found on
Kelso Creek Sanctuary |
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 This past April, a team of professional and amateur
lepidopterists conducted a new butterfly census in a 15-mile
circle centered around the Kelso
Valley. During the count the rare
San Emigdio Blue and Yucca Giant Skipper were discovered on our Kelso Creek Sanctuary.
This makes two wildlife preserves that Audubon owns and
manages that prove to be important islands of habitat for the
very local San Emigdio Blue butterfly. A bonus was the much
sought after Yucca Giant Skipper finding refuge in this
sanctuary as well.
Our Outreach Coordinator and butterfly count participant,
Alison Sheehey has been adding to the previous censuses of plants and animals on
this preserve for the past few years. These butterflies are
an exciting new addition to the sanctuary's growing lists of
wildlife and plants. Audubon is
currently engaged in projects to protect up
to 600 acres upstream and adjacent to the Kelso Creek Sanctuary
through fee title acquisitions. We
hope to convey any new lands to BLM to manage
for inclusion in the Brightstar Wilderness Area. |
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Current Weather Conditions at the Preserve provided by NOAA |
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Visit the Kern River Preserve in Weldon, California. Open every day of the year from
dawn to dusk.
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Native Plant Propagator
Qualifications: Skill and knowledge of plant propagation is
desirable. Must have time and transportation to make regular
weekly visits to maintain a small greenhouse at the Kern River
Preserve. Should be physically fit to carry out light outdoor
labor and other tasks to pot up, weed and water native plants.
Plants will be used to conduct restoration activities on the
Preserve. Materials and supervision will be provided by Kern
River Preserve Manager. Call
Reed at (760)
378-2531 for information.
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down to the preserve and help nature. Please donate to KRP today.
Information on Planned Giving - Bequests,
Annuities, and other Long Term Gifts
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River Valley? Would you like to help feed the birds, help
plant and maintain the hummingbird garden, or help with the
trail projects? Then please
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The Friends of the Kern River Preserve prohibits
discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis
of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age,
disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or
family status.
Frontispiece:
A female Tricolored Blackbird feeds her chicks in the mulefat
at the entrance to the preserve in May 2008. ©
All photos courtesy Alison Sheehey, Audubon All rights reserved.
KRP logo: Western
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Summer Tanager, and Southwestern Willow
Flycatcher by Keith Hansen © |
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