Our speaker, Jeannie Allen, leads the Friends of Candelaria Nature Preserve group of about 65 volunteer who support the City’s implementation of a Resource Management Plan for rewilding the 167-acre preserve and development of an Interpretive Plan. It follows an approach taken by the U.S. National Park Service. She will share the origin story of the initiative, beginning about seven years ago when neighbors discovered pesticide use on the property. Eventually, a city-sponsored Technical Advisory Group of over 60 specialists devised a 20-year process for transforming the land from commercial farming to a mosaic of native habitats that will serve as a haven for wildlife and nature study.
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Our speaker, Jeannie Allen, leads the Friends of Candelaria Nature Preserve group of about 65 volunteer who support the City’s implementation of a Resource Management Plan for rewilding the 167-acre preserve and development of an Interpretive Plan. It follows an approach taken by the U.S. National Park Service. She will share the origin story of […]
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