Tag: conservation

• Hunting the Tiburon Paintbrush

  Creekside staff has teamed up with researchers in order to help us learn more about the endangered Tiburon Paintbrush (Castilleja affinis ssp. neglecta). Laney Widener of the Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden has been traveling through California collecting samples and updating the distribution of this plant (and a number of Castilleja species).

  Lech

  July 14, 2013

  Research

  affinis, California, Castilleja, conservation, genetics, neglecta, paintbrush, rare plant, Tiburon

• Santa Clara Valley Habitat Conservation Plan Passed

  The staff of Creekside is very happy to report that the Santa Clara Valley HCP has been passed by the City of San Jose, the final signatory needed to enact this auspicious plan to help protect and restore habitat for 18 rare plants and animals including the Bay Checkerspot butterfly, Santa Clara Valley Dudleya and…

  Lech

  January 31, 2013

  Stewardship

  approved, biology, conservation, Creekside Center for Earth Observation, Creekside Science, ecology, habitat, HCP, land management, management, plan, restoration, Santa Clara Valley, stewardship, Stu Weiss