Thrilled to be on the cusp of a groundbreaking after years of planning, research, and collaboration. 🌟We are grateful for our partners at the City of American Canyon and for the state’s recent grant award from the California State Coastal Conservancy. Thanks to...
Nesting Season Begins at the Wetlands April marks the start of nesting season for many species. Birds are building, guarding, and in some cases already incubating eggs. You may notice: Birds carrying grasses, twigs, or even bits of trash Increased territorial behavior...
Ninety percent — that’s how much of the Bay Area’s tidal wetlands have been lost to humanactivity in the last 150 years, according to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. From the development of factories and shipyards to encroachment...
AMERICAN CANYON, Calif. — The first thing that struck me on site was the contrast: an aging industrial building set against a working wetland that still behaved like a living system. A few feet beyond the fence line, tidal water moved through channels and tule stands....
Groundbreaking on the new Napa River Ecological Center is anticipated for spring in American Canyon, about 10 years after the creation of the organization that has spearheaded the project. About 75 percent of the $9 million to pay for the transformation of the city’s...
July 18, 2024 Press Release Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced he secured an additional $2,500,000 in community project funding for Napa County’s River Ecology Center. “Once complete, the Napa River Ecology Center will provide new educational...
