Welcome our new staff and summer interns!
Fish and wildlife biologists Amy Hughes and Erin Arnold have joined our team! Amy previously interned as a 2018 Directorate Fellow with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Panama City, Florida, and will be focusing on standard consultations and projects throughout our South Coast geographic area. Erin joins us with a wealth of field experience from her time with the California Condor Recovery Program and Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, and will be focusing on Vandenberg Space Force Base consultations and projects.
(Left) Amy Hughes. (Right) Erin Arnold.
We also welcome summer interns Daniel Cisneros and Anna Lad! Daniel is our very first 2021 Kendra Chan Conservation Fellow and will be working alongside Service botanists to recover threatened and endangered plants on the Channel Islands. Daniel is studying ecology and evolution at University of California Santa Barbara and his career goal is to specialize in plant ecology and connect with local communities. Anna is our 2021 Directorate Fellow and will be working with Service biologists to map Smith’s blue butterflies and their habitat along the Central California coast. She is currently studying science and technology journalism at Texas A&M.
Learn more about our new staff here.
(Left) Anna Lad. (Right) Daniel Cisneros.
What’s Your Passion?
Now more than ever, it is important that we take time to focus on the things that bring us joy! Join fish and wildlife biologist Karen Sinclair as she shares her passion for California native plants in our latest “What’s Your Passion?” video. We hope that our “What’s Your Passion?” videos inspire you to explore your own passions and share them with us!
101 Days of Species Spotlights on Facebook!
Our team works to conserve a multitude of rare and endangered plants and animals – 101 species to be exact! This year, we’re highlighting each and every one of them every week in a Facebook series called 101 Days of Species Spotlights. Don’t miss it! https://www.facebook.com/VenturaFWO/
Watch wild endangered California condor chick live on ‘Condor Cam’
For the sixth year, people from around the globe got up-close-and-personal with an endangered California condor chick in real-time through live streaming video of a cliff-side nest in a canyon near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in Ventura County, California. Don’t miss out on the action! Watch the Condor Cam live. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/california-condor/
A California condor with its chick.
Did you miss it? Take a look back at our 2020 Year in Review
As wildland fires swept across the state, we worked with partners to assess potential impacts to rare wildlife and their ecosystems. Women scientists worked to save the critically endangered Nipomo Mesa lupine, and, we spearheaded the first ever adult translocation of Ohlone tiger beetles in the world to save their species from extinction. We joined many conservation partners to prepare a restoration plan for the Gaviota coast and we helped permanently protect hundreds of acres of rolling hills in Santa Barbara County. None of this would be possible without our many partners.
Check out the video and magazine
Photo from the Field
We honor the beauty that is found in every unique individual and celebrate our shared diversity.
Illustration of rare plants that we work to conserve and protect along the southern and Central California coast. Artist: Karen Sinclair, wildlife biologist
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