Latest Project Updates

ACR welcomes North Bay Conservationist Tom Gardali as new CEO

"Tom’s depth of experience in conservation science is the right fit for ACR and for a region facing the ongoing conservation challenges of dwindling biodiversity and climate-driven wildfire,” said ACR Board President Carol Lynn Wood.

Mom and Daughter Pen Winning Essays

Winners of the Second Annual M.F.K. Fisher Last House Writing Contest were announced in early September. Once again, we had so many excellent entries our judges had a very difficult job. Writers took to heart our theme this year, which asked them to write about the power and magic of survival skills.

Fire Forward Fellowship aims to boost region’s fire-line leadership

ACR is extremely delighted to welcome ten prescribed fire community members to the first class of Fire Forward Fellows. During the one-year fellowship, these ten will each receive more than 300 hours of professional development supporting their qualifications as Squad Boss and California State Certified Burn Boss positions.

The benefits of tracking mountain lions responsible for killing livestock

Living with Lions principal investigator Dr. Quinton Martins recently collared four male mountain lions (P24, P25, P30 and P31) in western and northern Sonoma County near Sebastopol, Healdsburg, Cazadero and Geyserville after each was implicated in the killing of a sheep or goat.

Can prescribed fire disrupt acorn pest lifecycles, improve seed viability and support Indigenous foodways?

A new study launched by Cal State East Bay and UC Berkeley aims to compare prescriptively burned oak woodlands on Bouverie Preserve with other woodlands in the area for signs of acorn pests, seed viability and other factors.

Just published: Diverse patterns of migratory behavior seen in Alaska-breeding Whimbrels

Annual migrations of shorebirds are among the longest treks in the world and Whimbrels are among the most far-reaching. In a study published this month in the "Journal of Field Ornithology," ACR Director of Conservation Science Nils Warnock and co-authors set out to discover the nuances in movements of Whimbrels breeding in Alaska to help uncover mechanisms driving migratory behaviors and identify potential population threats.